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Brachiaria comata (A. Rich.) Stapf | |
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Graminae Synonyms: Brachiaria kotschyana (Steud.) Stapf Common names: Brachiaria comata |
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| Description Procumbent or geniculately ascending, tufted annual 20-100 cm high. Leaf-blades lanceolate, 1-15 cm long and 3-15 mm wide with cartilaginous margins. Inflorescence a false panicle of 6-15, often branched racemes on an axis 5-20 cm long: racemes l-9 cm in length with a pubescent triquetrous rhachis; the pubescent to glabrous elliptic spikelets borne on short branches or in fascicles; spikelets 1.5-2.5 mm long sometimes having a fringe of longer hairs near the tip. |
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Habitat Deciduous bushland and in unsettled ground. Altitude range 600-2000 m. Distribution Kenya; also from Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Nigeria and Democratic Republic of the Congo to Ethiopia. Use Said to be good fodder; probably suitable for hay. |
 Brachiaria comata |
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