| BRIEF DESCRIPTION A densely tufted grass with leaf-blades up to 30 cm long. Its roots may reach as deep as 150 cm. USES Used for fodder and hay it is best cut at 15 cm with 60 days intervals. Also used for pasture. GROWING PERIOD Annual or perennial grass. COMMON NAMES Rat's tail, White grass, Sain grass. FURTHER INF Rat's tail is distributed in Central Africa and the Sudan, Southeast Asia, and Australia. It can be found at elevations from 100 to 2750 m and is common on rocky hills with grass or in bush in partial shade. It is drought resistant, withstand seasonally waterlogging and survive annual burning. Dry matter production is usually between 1-7.5 t/ha. |
Grassland Index
Skerman P 1990 pp 652-654 [DRA, LIG, DEP, RAIN, TEXT, PH, FER,
Bogdan A 1977 pp 248249 [RAIN, DRA, FER, USE] |