Setaria poiretiana (Schult.) Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Setaria

Characteristics

A grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1.5 m tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses animal food medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can be grown from seeds or rhizomes.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Setaria poiretiana world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Congo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1089511-2
WFO ID wfo-0000899477
COL ID 4X2JV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Chaetochloa poiretiana Chaetochloa speciosa Panicum longipaniculatum Panicum poiretianum Panicum racemiferum Panicum speciosum Setaria caudula Setaria jurgensenii Chamaeraphis juergensii Chamaeraphis speciosa Panicum elongatum Panicum jurgensenii Setaria speciosa Setaria poiretiana Panicum speciosum var. laxum Panicum speciosum var. martianum Panicum speciosum var. poeppigii