View crop

View crop Data sheet EcoPort

Eleusine indica

Authority (L.) Gaertn. Family Liliopsida:Commelinidae:Cyperales:Gramineae Synonyms Common names chapra, crab grass, crow's foot, goose foot, te uteute Editor Ecocrop code 985

Notes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION A coarse grass branching at the base, 30-60 cm tall, the culms ascending or prostrate. It has a particularly tough root system and is hard to pull out. USES Used for pasture, it should be eaten when young, later the foliage becomes very tough. It can be made into coarse hay or silage. Can also be used for stabilizing sandy soils. In India, the seeds are eaten in times of food scarcity. The seedlings are eaten as vegetable and the grass can be used to make mats. GROWING PERIOD Summer-growing annual grass. COMMON NAMES Goose grass, Crow's foot grass, Grama de caballo, Pata de gallina, Rapoka grass, Crab grass, Indian goose grass, Kavoronaisivi, Mangrasi, Fowl foot grass, Yardgrass, Fowl-foot grass. FURTHER INF Goose grass is a worldwide weed of the tropics and subtropics, the seeds are spread in the manure from the livestock. It can occasionally contain hydrocyanic acid and be toxic to calves and sheep. In the tropics, it can be found from sea level to about 2000 m in elevation and is common in disturbed land, waste places, along roadsides and in nitrogen-rich soils. It is drought resistant. Yields of up to 30 t/ha of fresh herbage have been reported.
Sources
Grassland Index Skerman P 1990 pp 401-404 [LIMIT, TEMP, RAIN, DEP] Roecklein J 1987 pp 511 [USE, FER, LIMIT] Duke J 1979 pp 95 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Duke J 1975 pp 15 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Bogdan A 1977 pp 132-133 [FER] Purseglove A 1972 pp 146-147 [USE, LIMIT] Aronson J 1989 pp 68 Jansen P 1991 pp 179