Urochloa arrecta (hack. ex T.Durand, Schinz) Morrone & Zuloaga

African signalgrass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Urochloa

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 1-2m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use fodder material poison vertebrate poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 19 - 26
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Urochloa arrecta world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Brazil, Botswana, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Honduras, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:972082-1
WFO ID wfo-0000906790
COL ID 7DTP4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 764691
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Synonyms

Urochloa arrecta Brachiaria latifolia Panicum multifolium Brachiaria radicans