Dactyloctenium geminatum

Family: Poaceae

What it is like

A grass. It is tough and mat forming and keeps growing from year to year. The spikelets have 3-6 flowers. The seed or grain is 1 mm long.

Where it is found

It is a subtropical plant.

Countries/locations it is found in

Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Rhizome, root

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Dactyloctenium bogdanii S. M. Phillipes; Dactyloctenium glauciphyllum var. somalicum Chiov.; Dactyloctenium mucronatum var. angustius Andersson;