Bug's egg grass
Eragrostis amabilis

Family: Poaceae

What it is like

A delicate annual grass. It forms tufts. It grows 30-60 cm high. The leaf blades are flat and 2-10 cm long by 0.5 cm wide. The seeds are oval and red and 0.5 mm across.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. It grows along roadsides and on cultivated land across Africa and in Asia. It grows in savannah woodland. In Yunnan.

Countries/locations it is found in

Africa, American Samoa, Asia, British Indian Ocean Terr., BIOT, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa, China, East Africa, Fiji, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Pacific, Sahel, Senegal, Sierra Leone, St. Kitts and Nevis, Taiwan, Tibet, Tuvalu, West Africa

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Seeds, grain, cereal

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Ahipody, Budo mboju, Buluuhi, Love grass, Nyina foni

Synonyms

Eragrostis tenella (L.) P. Beauv.; Poa tenella L.; and several others