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The boundary between
Cenchrus pennisetiformis and
Cenchrus ciliaris is very indistinct. Apart from their cupuliform inflorescence, plants of
Cenchrus pennisetiformis are of smaller stature, usually annual, and favour sub-desert conditions.
Cenchrus pennisetiformis is an extremely valuable fodder grass as it remains green during the dry season. Cattle are very fond of it.
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Description
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Annual or short-lived perennial; culms 10-40 cm high, ascending. Leaf-blades 2-20 cm long, 2-5 mm wide. Panicle 2-6 cm long; involucre elongate, 6-16 mm long; inner bristles greatly exceeding the spikelets, one of them longer and stouter than the rest, flattened at the base, connate for 1-2.5 mm above the basal disc to form a cup, almost glabrous to sparsely ciliate below, grooved on the face or not, filiform above, flexuous, often wavy, antrorsely scaberulous; outer bristles filiform. Spikelets 1-3 per burr, 3-5 mm long.
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Distribution
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Distribution: Pakistan (Sind & Baluchistan); tropical East Africa through Arabia to India; introduced to Australia.
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Flower/Fruit
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Fl. & Fr. Per.: February-April and again August-October.
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