Poaceae FAMILY

Setaria incrassata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Setaria incrassata is a clump-forming, perennial grass with short rhizomes, producing culms up to 200cm tall in east Africa, but only to 60cm in west Africa[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use in thatching, basketry etc. It is sometimes grown in soil stabilization projects.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria to Ethiopia and Somalia, south through eastern Africa and southern Africa to northern S. Africa.

HabitatFound in a variety of habitats from savannah to stony hillsides and margins of evergreen forest; from lowlands to upland situations, most commonly on heavy clay soils[ 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/ ].