Themeda triandra

Themeda triandra

Taxobox
name = "Themeda triandra"


image_caption="Themeda triandra" in the Adelaide Hills
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Themeda"
species = "T. triandra"
binomial = "Themeda triandra"
binomial_authority = Forssk.
synonyms ="Triandra australis" (R.Br.) Stapf [APNI | name = "Triandra australis" | id =825 ]

"Themeda triandra" is a perennial grass widespread in Australia, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. In Australia it is commonly known as kangaroo grass, in South Africa it is known as red grass or, in Afrikaans, rooigras.

The species has a tuffted habit and can reach up to 1.5 m tall and 0.5 m across. It flowers in summer producing large red-brown spikelets on branched stems. [Australian National Botanic Garden. [http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/interns-2004/themeda-triandra.html Themeda triandra] ]

The young growth is palatable to stock. [Burbidge. N.T. 1966. "Australian Grasses". Angus and Robertson Publishers] [FAO. [http://www.fao.org/AG/agA/AGAP/FRG/afris/Data/165.HTM Animal feed resources information system] ]

Uses

A traditional food plant in Africa, this little-known grain has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare. [cite book |authorlink= |author=National Research Council |editor= |others= |title=Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains |origdate= |url=http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=2305 |format= |accessdate=2008-07-18 |edition= |series=Lost Crops of Africa |volume=1 |date=1996-02-14 |publisher=National Academies Press |location= |isbn=978-0-309-04990-0 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=271 |chapter=Wild Grains |chapterurl=http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=2305&page=251 |quote= |ref= ]

References

External links

* [http://www.plantzafrica.com/planttuv/themedatri.htm PlantzAfrica]


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