Edible Parts : Flowers, Shoots, Vegetable
A grass which keeps growing from year to year. It forms large clumps. It can grow 2-4 m tall. The leaf blades are 4 cm wide. The edges become very sharp. The flowers are dense and spike like. They are yellow, brown and purple.
It is a tropical grass. It grows in sand and loam. It can grow in warm temperate areas. It does well in fertile soils with a rainfall or 1,000-1,500 mm per year. It grows below 2,300 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Other names : Elephant grass, Napier grass, Achara, Agwoh, Azong grass, Balanco, Bibingu, Capim elefante, Litete, Mane, Nsenjere, Ntisong, Vao povi, Xiang cao,
Synonyms :
Pennisetum benthamii Steudel; Pennisetum flexispica K. Schumann; Pennisetum hainanense H. R. Zhao & A. T. Liu; Pennisetum macrostachyum Bentham, 1849, not (Brongniart) Trinius, 1834; Pennisetum nitens (Andersson) Hackel.;