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Graminae
Description
A tufted perennial with numerous ascending stems with many
nodes and long, narrow, somewhat succulent leaves (Bogdan & Pratt,
1967).
Season of growth
Summer.
Rainfall requirements
About 375 mm (Bogdan & Pratt, 1967).
Drought tolerance
Excellent.
Soil requirements
It prefers loams and alluvial silts (Bogdan & Pratt, 1967).
Sowing methods
Broadcast on roughly disc-harrowed seed-bed.
Sowing time and rate
Early wet season, at 1.2 kg/ha (Bogdan & Pratt, 1967).
Number of seeds per kg.
1.2 million spikelets with one seed (Bogdan & Pratt, 1967).
Palatability
It is well grazed by cattle.
Chemical analysis and
digestibility
At an early flowering stage it showed a crude protein content
of the dry matter of nearly 14 percent (Bogdan & Pratt, 1967).
Natural habitat
Annual grass zone of northern Kenya.
Economics
It is a useful pasture plant in the dry areas of the Sudan
and Kenya.
Further reading
Bogdan & Pratt, 1967.
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