Poaceae FAMILY
Eragrostis annulata
Eragrostis annulata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Eragrostis annulata is a loosely clump-forming, anual grass with ascending, branched or unbranched culms up to 40 cm tall[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSouthern Africa - Angola, Namibia, Botswana, S. Africa.
HabitatFound on a range of soil types, especially on sandy, stony or calcareous soils where the groundwater table is high, and in disturbed locations[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].