Bothriochloa pertusa
| Bothriochloa pertusa | |
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| a sward of B. pertusa in Maui | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Bothriochloa |
| Species: | B. pertusa |
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Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A.Camus |
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Bothriochloa pertusa is a species of grass. It is widely used as a fodder and a graze for .
Common names for the plant include hurricane grass, Indian couch grass, Indian-bluegrass, pitted bluestem,Seymour grass, Barbados sourgrass,Antigua hay, pitted beardgrass,sweet pitted grass, silver grass (English),comagueyana,yerba huracán (Spanish),suket putihan, salay (Philippines), ya-hom, ya-hangma (Thailand), huyêt tha'o lô (Vietnam), and kong ying cao (Chinese).
The native range of the grass is probably in Asia, including China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Its type locality was in India. It is now widespread outside its native range, having been purposely introduced to many regions, such as Australia, the Americas, the Pacific, and Africa. It is most common in tropical areas.
This is a perennial grass that spreads via stolons. The stolons may be pink or red. They can be robust; stolons measuring 1.6 meters have been observed. The stems are upright to erect and reach 60 to 100 centimeters tall. At times they may extend along the ground for a distance, rooting where stem nodes contact the soil. The leaves are up to 30 centimeters long; the upper leaves longer than the lower. The leaves are green to gray-green. The inflorescence is a bunch of very hairy racemes each a few centimeters long. Parts of the inflorescence can be purplish in color. The spikelet has a twisted awn up to 2 centimeters long. The grass is aromatic, with a scent like ginger when it is crushed.
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