Urochloa brizantha (A.Rich.) R.D.Webster

Palisade signalgrass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Urochloa

Characteristics

A grass.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.2
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 7-7
Soil humidity 2-2
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food invertebrate food medicinal
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°) 15 - 24
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Productivity -

Images

Urochloa brizantha unspecified picture

Distribution

Urochloa brizantha world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Botswana, Central African Republic, Congo, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, eSwatini, Seychelles, Chad, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943736-1
WFO ID wfo-0000906798
COL ID 7DTPD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Urochloa brizantha Brachiaria gangangalaensis Brachiaria brizantha var. ciliata Urochloa brizantha var. ciliata