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Panicum maximum
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Haslemere lane, Umwindsidale, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haslemere lane, Umwindsidale, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haslemere Lane, Umwindsidale, Harare
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Guinea grass (English) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tall tufted perennial, usually 1-2 m tall, occasionally much taller. Inflorescence a large open panicle, pyramidal or oblong in outline with the lower branches often whorled. Spikelets 3-4.5 mm, glabrous or pubescent, sometimes overtopped by long hairs from tip of pedicel; lower glume broadly ovate, 1/3 to 1/2 length of spikelet, 3-nerved; upper glume ovate-oblong, 5-nerved, acute; lower lemma ovate-oblong, 5-nerved; upper lemma strongly transversely rugose. |
| Notes: | A very common and variable grass, distinguished by its size and the strongly rugose upper lemma. |
| Derivation of specific name: | maximum: largest |
| Habitat: | In a wide variety of natural and disturbed habitats, usually in shade and often preferring damp situations. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | P |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 96. (Includes a picture). |
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Kew Herbarium catalogue: Panicum maximum
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