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Brachiaria nigropedata (Ficalho & Hiern) Stapf | |
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Graminae Common names: Spotted brachiaria |
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| Description Densely tufted perennial, 25-100 cm high with the base bulbous and with silky tomentose sheaths. Leaf-blades flat, pubescent to villous, 6-30 cm long and 2-8 mm wide. Inflorescence of 3-16 racemes on an axis 3-14 cm long; racemes 1-6 cm in length with a villous triquetrous rhachis. Spikelets silky villous, ovate elliptic, 3.5-5 mm long, borne singly with a cylindrical black stipe about 0.5 mm long. |
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Habitat Open or bushed grassland, often on sandy soil and rocky ground. Altitude range 600-1600 m. Distribution Kenya; also in United Republic of Tanzania southwards to South Africa. Use Well grazed grass. Similar Species Brachiaria lachnantha, but that species has a green stipe. |
 Brachiaria nigropedata |
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