Themeda gigantea (Cav.) Hack. ex Duthie

Silky kangaroo grass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Themeda

Characteristics

A grass. It is robust and strongly tillering. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 2.5-5 m tall. The leaves are narrow and taper to the tip.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Open, exposed places, secondary forest, sea shores; at elevations up to 2,000 metres.
More
A tropical plant. In Java it grows from the lowlands to 1,500 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The young shoots are eaten raw.
Uses animal food environmental use food material medicinal
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Anasarca (unspecified), Atrophy (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Chest (unspecified), Cholera (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Gravel (unspecified), Impotency (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Splenitis (unspecified), Breast (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Spermatorrhea (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Cachexia (unspecified), Phthisis (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It spreads rapidly by seeds. It can be grown from stolons or cuttings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Themeda gigantea unspecified picture

Distribution

Themeda gigantea world distribution map, present in Moldova (Republic of), Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:424187-1
WFO ID wfo-0000903542
COL ID 7BVK8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Anthistiria gigantea Perobachne secunda Themeda gigantea Androscepia gigantea Anthistiria ramosa Anthistiria mutica Calamina gigantea Themeda gigantea var. amboinensis Themeda gigantea var. vulpina