Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.
??178 Brachiaria sp.*A POACEAE (GRAMINEAE) 4
Descriptions : Grass; sheath with hairs along one (outer) margin; ligule with a fringe of hairs; blade ±
narrowly ovate, to a length of 3.5 cm and to a width of 1.2 cm; apex acute; blade sparsely covered with bulbous-based hairs; inflorescence: several racemes arising in all directions from a main axis; racemes secund, with spikelets usually in 2's, one on a shorter and one on a longer pedicel; main axis and racemes with hairs; pedicels with long hairs; spikelets elliptic, dorsoventrally compressed, from a little less than 3 to 3.5 mm long; glume 1 (G1) less than ½ length of spikelet, with faint veins; glume 2 (G2) equal in length to spikelet, with 7- 8 veins; lemma 1 (L1) equal in length to spikelet and similar to G2, but with 4- 5 veins; palea 1 (P1) membranous; first flower staminate, with 3 stamens, or apparently lacking; lemma 2 (L2) hardened, finely tuberculate, mucronate; palea2 (P2) hardened; second flower perfect; stamens 3, anthers orangish; ovary with 2 purple plumose stigmas.
