Poaceae FAMILY

Sporobolus indicus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sporobolus indicus is usually a rather densely clump-forming, perennial grass with erect, branched culms 30 - 100cm tall[ 345 Title Minor Products of Philippine Forests Publication Author Brown. W. H. Publisher Bureau of Forestry, Manilla. Year 1920 ISBN Description A useful guide to some of the plants of the area, though terse on details. The book is out of copyright and can be legally downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its straw, which is woven into various items. The seed has occasionally been used for food. The plant has become naturalised in many areas outside its original range. It spreads well in areas where there is traffic and the soil has been compacted and is particularly aggressive in wet and swampy soils[ 305 Title Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk Publication Author Website http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeWidespread in subtropical to tropical areas of Europe and Asia; S. America through Central America, the Caribbean and southern N. America.

HabitatFound in poor dry soils in Australia[ 154 Title Flora of Victoria. Publication Author Ewart. A. J. Publisher University Press; Melbourne Year 1930 ISBN Description A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project. ]. Waste places, roadsides etc in the Philippines[ 345 Title Minor Products of Philippine Forests Publication Author Brown. W. H. Publisher Bureau of Forestry, Manilla. Year 1920 ISBN Description A useful guide to some of the plants of the area, though terse on details. The book is out of copyright and can be legally downloaded from the Internet. ]. Savannahs, dry hills, fields and waste places in Panama[ 368 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 30 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis. Year 1943 ISBN Description Contains parts of the Flora of Panama.This, and other volumes of the series, are available for download from the Internet. ].