Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy

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Mukuvisi Woodland, office area

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Shashe Wilderness Camp, Tuli

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Synonyms:	Urochloa pullulans Stapf Urochloa rhodesiensis Stent
Common names:	Bosveldbeesgras (Afrikaans) Bushveld signal grass (English) Common signal grass (English) Mbawani (Shona)
Frequency:	Common
Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial tufted grass. Inflorescence of 3-20 racemes, up to 14 cm, each bearing a row of single spikelets along a narrowly winged rhachis. Spikelets 2.5-5.5 mm, ovate.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	mosambicensis: of Mozambique
Habitat:	In savanna woodland and wooded grassland, often spreading by stolons through disturbed areas.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1600 m
Flowering time:	Oct - May
Worldwide distribution:	From East Africa (Uganda and Kenya) southwards to South Africa
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
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Images last updated:	Monday 11 November 2013
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 57. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 81 - 82. Isaiah, A.M. & Komi, T. (2015). Grasses in the Botswana National Botanic Garden South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Page 34. (Includes a picture). Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 65. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 65. As Urochloa pullulans Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 111. Roodt, V. (2015). Grasses & Grazers of Botswana and the surrounding savanna Struik Nature, South Africa Pages 220 - 221. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 147.

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