Poaceae FAMILY

Brachiaria fasciculata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Brachiaria fasciculata is an annual grass producing a cluster of decumbent culms 20 - 120cm tall thar form roots at their lower nodes[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is occasionally cultivated for its edible seed[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ]. The plant is frequently found growing as a weed[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeS. America - all countries except Chile; through the Caribbean and C. America north to Arizona, Oklahoma, Georgia and Florida

HabitatTropical and subtropical wet sclerophyll forests, dry sclerophyll forests, Brigalow forests, tropical and subtropical sub-humid woodlands, temperate sub-humid woodlands, and semi-arid shrub woodlands[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ].