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Echinochloa brevipedicellata (Peter) W.D. Clayton | |
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| Description Coarse, tufted annual with erect culms 30-200 cm high. Leaf-blades 10-30 cm long and 4-10 mm wide; ligule a ciliate fringe. Inflorescence lanceolate, purple, 8-25 cm long made up of several-rowed racemes closely spaced along a central axis. Each raceme is 1-4 cm long bearing crowded spikelets. Spikelets elliptic, 1.5-2.5 mm long (rarely more), pubescent to hispid; lower lemma acute, upper lemma 1.5-2.5 mm long. |
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Habitat Stream-sides on water-logged clays. Altitude range 420-1820 m. Distribution Kenya; also from United Republic of Tanzania; not known elsewhere. Use Of low grazing value in limited areas. Similar Species Echinochloa frumentacea, however in that species ligules are absent and the inflorescence are greenish. |
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