Poaceae FAMILY
Echinochloa obtusiflora
Echinochloa obtusiflora
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Echinochloa obtusiflora is an annual grass, occasionally living for more than one year, forming a loose clump and with erect culms up to 1 metre tall[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its edible seed.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Sahel areas of Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Sudan
HabitatWet places and shallow pools[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].