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Bothriochloa bladhii

Botanic Family

Poaceae

Author

(Retzius) S.T. Blake

Propagation

S.

Cultivated

C, forage

Common Names

• Cò co (Vietnam)
• Có la tre (Vietnam)
• Ya Khaem Khok (Thailand)
• Ya Khi Ma (Thailand)
• Australian Bluestem
• Forest Bluegrass
• Long-leaved Beard Grass
• Za man cha wa (Tibet)

Geographical Habitats

• Afghanistan
• Angola
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Western Australia - Australia
• Bangladesh
• Benin
• Borneo
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde Islands
• Chad
• China
• Congo (DR)
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Iran
• Ivory Coast
• Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Kedah
• Malacca
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Mali
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nepal
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Nigeria
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Reunion
• Senegal
• Cape Provinces
• Natal
• Northern Provinces
• Transvaal - South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tadzhikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Turkey
• Uganda
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Wallis & Futuna Islands
• Yemen
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Hedgerows
• disturbed areas
• savanna
• roadside

Flowering Times

• Sep
• Oct (Honduras) Apr (Madagascar) Nov (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• Nov (Mexico)

Sometimes scandent perennial grass with glabrous stems, glabrous culms to 2m, glabrous sheathes. Lleaf blades 500mm x 10mm, scabrous above with scaberulous margins. Spikes or panicles to 170mm x 50mm, hairy racemes to 50mm, spikelets 4mm long, fertile awns to 10mm or more, greenish-yellow glumes, upper glumes to 3mm x 1.2mm, lower glumes 3mm x 1mm.

Used for forage, & stabilizer

Further References

• FI
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• JAA
• GBS
• Kew