A nutrient and energy supply that meets the animals’ requirements is crucial for successful heifer growth. An under-used grass in pastures in Ontario. http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/03030800-0b07-490a-8d04-0605030c0f01/media/Html/search.html?zoom_query=, Acevedo-Rodríguez P, Strong M T, 2012. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report. Wildlife Monographs, 5, 5-41. Pangola grass, scientifically known as Digitaria eriantha, is a grass used for hay and pasture within the tropical and subtropical climates. Maui, O’ahu islands. Spreads by runners and competes strongly with weeds 5. The species is frost sensitive and has a low shade tolerance. In Australia, it is described as being very similar to D. ciliaris and D. violascens. http://herbariodb.uprrp.edu/Bol/uprrp/Search, USDA-ARS, 2016. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Palatable, productive, persistent 2. UPRRP Herbarium., University of Puerto Rico. BOLDS, 2016. Pangola grass has relatively high concentrations of sodium in its tissues, compared with many other tropical grasses. Pangola grass (Digitaria eriantha) is a perennial grass which is an extremely variable species that comprises a number of morphologically different former species.D. Richmond, UK: Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. Cases of "Big Head" disease (nutritional hyperparathyroidism) have been recorded in horses grazing pangola grass pastures. Pangola silage ranked higher than its fresh and hay forms as well as Ruzi grass which was the control. Plant: A mat-forming, creeping perennial, spreading by runners (stolons) that root at the nodes. Alternative species should be sought in affected areas. Cuttings are obtained from a reasonably bulky; nursery area prepared for the purpose, and harvested using suitably adjusted mechanical equipment such as a forage harvester. Maintains good nutritive value even at maturity Catasús Guerra L, 2015. to stimulate early- or late-season growth. $55 Inc per tray located Childers. Pangola grass aphids found in Queensland and New South Wales can greatly reduce productivity in some seasons. In: Revista del Jardín Botánico Nacional, 36 115-150. Antioquia, Atlántico, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta Santander, San Andrés, Tolima, Valle del Cauca. Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk., Honolulu, USA: HEAR, University of Hawaii. The origin and introduction of Pangola grass Digitaria decumbens (Stent) into the Caribbean islands is described. Other nutrients should be applied as required e.g. Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, La Pampa, Misiones, Santiago del Estero. Catasús Guerra L, 2015. Culms 40–120 cm., ascending to erect, glabrous, nodes dark and glabrous. One or more of the features that are needed to show you the maps functionality are not available in the web browser that you are using. Detailed coverage of invasive species threatening livelihoods and the environment worldwide. Feedipedia, a programme by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. Theoria: a journal of social and political theory, 5, 36-43. Missouri Botanical Garden, 2016. This grass is able to withstand a great deal of grazing and originated in South Africa. Once pangola grass is established it spreads rapidly by stolons. Rachis triquetrous, narrowly winged, up to 0.5 mm. This should be applied according to the needs of the production system e.g. Aw - Tropical wet and dry savanna climate, < 60mm precipitation driest month (in winter) and < (100 - [total annual precipitation{mm}/25]), Cs - Warm temperate climate with dry summer, Warm average temp. 10 t/ha of hay may remove 150 - 200 kg/ha of nitrogen, 15 to 20 kg/ha of phosphorus, and 100 - 150 kg/ha of potassium, or the equivalent of about 400 kg of urea, and 200 kg/ha each of superphosphate and muriate of potash. http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/. It is best adapted to moist, well-drained soils, from sands to clays, but not very heavy black clays. A fast growing grass, it can be grazed or used in cut-and-carry systems, either to be directly fed or to make hay or silage. Kingdoms of Life being barcoded. Beltsville, Maryland, USA: National Germplasm Resources Laboratory. It makes excellent hay provided it is leafy and succulent when cut. http://botany.si.edu/Antilles/WestIndies/catalog.htm, CABI, Undated. Spikelets 2.2–3.5 mm. Arthur Cameron, DPIFM, NT "Pangola Grass" Agnote E35, A collaboration between AWI, GRDC, MLA, RIRDC and Dairy Australia, Tropical Forages database (SoFT) - Pangola grass, Spreads by runners and competes strongly with weeds, Maintains good nutritive value even at maturity, Recorded as having caused big head in horses. Therefore, they are potential alternative energy crops to serve as feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol production in the future for Thailand. It is reported as suppressing native species in invaded areas in Australia (Weeds of Australia, 2016). Legumes: lotononis1, greater lotus1, creeping vigna1, caribbean stylo2, cassia1,2, american jointvetch1,2, leucaena1,2, calopo2, hetero2, centro2. It is well-suited to irrigation. https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/cc-gm/pangola.html. In cultivation, the species gets established fast, suppressing other plants and weeds (PROTA, 2016). The species epithet 'eriantha' comes from the Greek 'erio' meaning woolly and 'anthos' meaning flower, and refers to the hairs on the spikelets. In: College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) Sustainable and Organic Agriculture Program, Hawaii, USA: The University of Hawaii. D. eriantha is a perennial grass native to tropical and subtropical southern Africa (USDA-ARS, 2016). Darwiniana, 49(2), 139-247. Catalogue of the family Poaceae in Colombia. Common Finger Grass is a photoautotroph. Harry Bishop, formerly DPI&F, Mackay, Qld. , 2012. Grassland species profiles., Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Washington DC, USA: Smithsonian Institution. However, it is only really productive with over 1,000mm, and can still be useful in areas receiving over 3,000mm. Soil pH range from 4.4 to 9.1. Pangola grass is widely used as roughage for livestock to obtain quality and safety of meat and milk. The lower lemma in D. eriantha is smooth, while scaberulous in D. milanjiana. Considerations about the invasive grasses in Cuba. Para grass is a palatable species mainly used for its high quality forage. A stoloniferous, creeping finger-grass, Digitaria decumbens, native to southern Africa and widely grown in warm and tropical regions, especially as a pasture grass. Pedicels 2-nate, 0.5–2.5 mm. http://www.tropicos.org/, New York Botanical Garden, 2016. Social benefit. Probably susceptible to glyphosate. It is now found in Asia, Africa, North America, Central America and Queensland, Australia (see Distribution Table for details). > 0°C, dry winters). It has simple, broad leaves. Wageningen, Netherlands: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. St. Louis, Missouri, USA: Missouri Botanical Garden. It is particularly suited to wet, poorly drained places as it can grow in water down to 1.2 m deep (Lansdown et al., 2013). It was this promotion that led to the first broad-scale dispersal of this species It is used as a fodder/forage for horses, sheep, cattle and lactating cows. Recommended for soil conservation and erosion control. In trials at Beatrice Hill Farm, the grazing of pangola grass has resulted in better animal live weight gain per hectare compared with the use of most other introduced pasture grasses. The fungal disease, rust, may be a problem in wet years, particularly towards the end of the season, when the small brown powdery spots (pustules) form on the leaves, coalescing and yellowing or killing the leaves. Digitaria eriantha, commonly known as digitgrass or Pangola-grass, is a grass grown in tropical and subtropical climates. Washington, DC, USA: Smithsonian Institution. It can withstand several months of waterlogging, but not sustained flooding. The use of grass hay to feed heifers is a common practice in areas with a marked dry season. Susceptible to pangola stunt virus and rust. It has a self-supporting growth form. http://botany.si.edu/Antilles/WestIndies/catalog.htm. The fibres are used for baskets and in Bantu craftwork (Grossert, 1953; PROTA, 2016).Environmental Services. http://herbariodb.uprrp.edu/Bol/uprrp/Search, USDA-ARS, 2016. Pangola grass (Digitaria eriantha Steud., synonym D. decumbens) is one of recent examples of grasses that have been successfully introduced to Southeast Asia and is often considered as one of the highest quality tropical grasses popularly grown as pasture. http://www.hear.org/pier/index.htm, Sanderson M A, Voigt P, Jones R M, 1999. DNA barcode information for the species is available at the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS, 2016).Reproductive Biology, D. eriantha reproduces mostly vegetatively by stolons and by seed (Tropical Forages, 2016). Honolulu, USA: HEAR, University of Hawaii. Also cultivated on Maui. An account is given of the characteristics and uses of Pangola grass [Digitaria decumbens] and of recommended cultural practices for growing it in Trinidad.-P.J.B. D. eriantha grows in its native habitats in tree and shrub savannas and bushvelds (Weare and Yalala, 1971). This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. 1192 pp. It is a very variable grass with many forms, very … Seedhead:  The flowering head extends above the leaves, with one or two rings of radiating branches at the top (cf. long, oblong. National list of invasive and potentially invasive plants in the Republic of Cuba - 2011. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). The leaf development rate (LDR) of pangola grass (the number of new leaves produced on a shoot per unit of time) growing in swards on Cununurra Clay in the Ord Valley was found to decline linearly with cumulative net pan evaporation (+Ep) and ceased at a +Ep of 201 mm. July 2012. Ligule 2–4 mm. This perennial grass has a large number of species and grows and spreads very rapidly. D. eriantha is foraged by game animals in Africa (PROTA, 2016), being one of the preferred grasses of the African buffalo (Bastos et al., 2000). Superior lemma somewhat shorter than the spikelet, oblong, acute, yellowish green to pale brown. The culms of D. eriantha are more robust than D. didactyla, but not as bulbously thickened as in D. nodosa (PROTA, 2016; Tropical Forages, 2016). It is longer-lived than both species, and distinguished by often producing roots at its stem joints (Weeds of Australia, 2016). superphosphate at 50 - 100 kg/ha every one or two years. http://www.hear.org/pier/index.htm, PROTA, 2016. Moderately tolerant of soil salinity and high aluminium. Bissea: Boletín sobre Conservación de Plantas del Jardín Botánico Nacional de Cuba, 6(Special Issue 1):22-96, PIER, 2016. 49 (2), 139-247. http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-67932011000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=es, Missouri Botanical Garden, 2016. PROTA4U web database. Epidemiology and Infection, 124(3), 591-598. Digitaria eriantha (pangola grass); habit, showing seedheads. Without fertiliser, yields could be lower than 5 t/ha DM, which could be more than doubled with 100 kg/ha N. In suitable environments, pangola can produce better animal production performance in terms of both live weight gain per head and per hectare than most other introduced pasture grasses. It persists on infertile soils, but requires at least moderately fertile soil for production. Inflorescence composed of 3–10 racemes, 5–20 cm. The racemes are used as hair decorations. Encyclopedia of Life, 2016. (Lista nacional de especies de plantas invasoras y potencialmente invasoras en la República de Cuba - 2011). The species is cultivated as forage/fodder for livestock. Symptoms are stunting and slow growth, distorted seed heads, yellowing, and plants becoming more susceptible to leaf rust in the autumn to winter period. grows in its native habitats in tree and shrub savannas and bushvelds (, http://botany.si.edu/Antilles/WestIndies/catalog.htm, http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Home, http://darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/#plants, https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/cc-gm/pangola.html, http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/AGPC/doc/Gbase/Default.htm, http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ConsultaPublicaUC.do#CondicaoTaxonCP, http://apps.kew.org/seedlist/SeedlistServlet, http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/Forages/Media/Html/Digitaria_eriantha.htm, http://herbariodb.uprrp.edu/Bol/uprrp/Search, http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl, http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/03030800-0b07-490a-8d04-0605030c0f01/media/Html/search.html?zoom_query=, https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomysimple.aspx, http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/935/, http://www2.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/cc-gm/pangola.html, http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/agpc/doc/gbase/data/pf000477.htm, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. It grows relatively well in various soils, but grows especially well in moist soils. June 2009. Pangola grass definition, a grass, Digitaria decumbens, native to southern Africa, cultivated for hay and forage in the southeastern U.S. See more. rhodes grass), each branch about 10cm long. But it can be used in crop pasture integrated systems where the grass seed is oversown on maize crop planted earlier for the production of high quality forage in the off season. http://darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/#plants, CTAHR, 2016. For studies by the Office of Special Studies of the Mexican Government. Interactions of woody and herbaceous vegetation in a southern African savanna. (Consideraciones sobre las gramíneas invasoras en Cuba). Brazilian Flora 2020 in construction., http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ConsultaPublicaUC.do#CondicaoTaxonCP, Giraldo-Cañas D, 2011. Digitaria eriantha (pangola grass); ripe seedhead. Online Database. The influence of grazing on seed production and seed banks of some African savanna grasslands. Sanderson MA, Voigt P, Jones RM, 1999. The sheath is closed to near the top and is hairy. CTAHR, 2016. They use their front and hind feet to back accumulated soil toward the burrow entrance, and vigorously kick dirt out of the entrance up to a meter or more. Honolua Lipoa Point, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Darwiniana, 45(1), 92-119. Tropicos database. Giraldo-Cañas D, 2011. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Tolerant of heavy grazing, waterlogging, drought and fire 3. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 98:1192 pp. Crab grass leaf beetle adults and larvae can severely damage young leaf tissue during the early part of the growing season. "Pastures: Mackay Whitsunday region". Tropical Forages database (SoFT) - Pangola grass Pastures: Mackay Whitsunday region. Allsopp N, 1998. Millennium Seed Bank - Seed List. The seeds of many forms of the species being reported as not viable, and the seedlings not establishing well with competition and with heavy grazing by livestock, could deter its spread outside of cultivation (O’Connor and Pickett, 1992; Catasús Guerra, 2016). An ecological reconnaissance of the Mara Plains in Kenya colony. http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ConsultaPublicaUC.do#CondicaoTaxonCP. National list of invasive and potentially invasive plants in the Republic of Cuba - 2011. Individuals can grow to 0.61 m. http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/Forages/Media/Html/Digitaria_eriantha.htm, UPRRP, 2016. Definition of pangola grass. Hawaii, USA: The University of Hawaii. It flowers throughout most of the growing season with a peak during the summer (Tropical Forages, 2016).Associations, D. eriantha is usually planted with legumes, and generally not with other grasses (Tropical Forages, 2016). Note:There is only one type of pangola grass available in Australia. An ecological reconnaissance of the Mara Plains in Kenya colony. D. eriantha grows best on sands and sandy loam soils, tolerating loams, clay loams and clays. Botswana Notes and Records, 3, 131-147. 'Pangola' is a very palatable grass that is readily consumed by livestock (beef and dairy cattle and horses) as grazed pasture or hay. 4. It was actively planted (and dispersed) for use as a pasture grass within constructed pondage banks, since at least the 1930s in Queensland and the Northern Territory (Anning and Kernot 1991; Wildin and Chapman 1988). broad, smooth to scaberulous, with scabrous margins. Darling FF, 1960. It was introduced to Cuba in 1950 (Catasús-Guerra, 2015) and to Mexico in 1956 (Ortega-S et al., 2013). Damage usually occurs as small brown patches that, in extreme cases, can cover a paddock, giving the impression at a distance, of frost damage. Leaf laminae 5–20 × 0.2–0.4(0.7) mm., linear, flat to involute, minutely scaberulous on both surfaces, often with a few bulbous based bristles near the base, scabrous along the margins. > 10°C, Cold average temp. Please consider upgrading your browser to the latest version or installing a new browser. D. eriantha is used to induce labour and to treat external sores and wounds. Heuzé V, Tran G, Archiméde H, 2015. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Wallingford, UK: CABI. The species is listed as invasive in Central America (Costa Rica), the Caribbean (Cuba), South America (Colombia, Ecuador) and Oceania (Australia, USA-Hawaii) (Oviedo Prieto et al., 2012; PIER, 2016). In: Wildlife Monographs, 5 5-41. April 2018. It has not been given a cultivar name. Juice Yield: We get about 20 ounces of juice from a 10x20 inch tray of Grass. More information on the biology of the species, and the various impacts of the species where reported as invasive, is needed. The pasture should be only lightly grazed initially, until pangola plants have developed a good root system, and adequate ground cover achieved. Species adapted for planting Arizona Pinyon-Juniper woodland. Mealani Ag Station Waimea, Hawaii, Hawaii, USA. Encyclopedia of Life, 2016. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl. White, in Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants (Third Edition), 2012. Weare PR, Yalala A, 1971. The species has low to moderate salt and alkalinity tolerance, and moderate tolerance to aluminium. BOLD Systems. It is tolerant to droughts, water lodging, suppresses weeds and grows relatively quickly post grazing. It is used as a fodder/forage for horses, sheep, cattle and lactating cows. Pangola is drought-tolerant, surviving in areas with average annual rainfall as low as 800mm. Oviedo Prieto R, Herrera Oliver P, Caluff MG, et al. Lignocellulosic biomass, like grasses, could be successfully used in cellulosic ethanol production by biological process. Pesticides should always be used in a lawful manner, consistent with the product's label. The LDR of vegetative shoots, which have hairy … D. eriantha is mainly used for forage, hay or silage. Due to the variable regulations around (de)registration of pesticides, your national list of registered pesticides or relevant authority should be consulted to determine which products are legally allowed for use in your country when considering chemical control. Online Database. Although D. eriantha is reported as invasive in a few countries, it is not considered as a serious threat in others where it is naturalized, with few data on its effects on invaded habitats and native species (Catasús Guerra, 2015; CTAHR, 2016). The Plant List: a working list of all plant species. D. eriantha is a perennial grass not considered as a serious weed in some countries, but a competitive and aggressive weed in others (PROTA, 2016; Tropical Forages, 2016; Weeds of Australia, 2016). tropical seeds, llc. While it will grow on black self-mulching clays, establishment is difficult. Lavin F, Johnsen TN, Jr., 1977. In most parts of northern Australia, this will be in January or February, although there can be difficulty with machinery on cultivated, wet ground at this time of year. scabrous, broadened at the apex. It is considered to be easy to control or eliminate in Hawaii, USA, without further details on control methods (CTAHR, 2016). Honolua Lipoa Point, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Unlike Nappier grass and being very aggressive, it is difficult to intercrop Brachiaria grass in long term associations with fodder legumes. https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/cc-gm/pangola.html. eriantha is often used for hay and pasture in tropical and subtropical regions due to its ability to withstand heavy grazing. You should probably expect to get less (around 10 ounces) until you are an … http://eol.org/, FAO, 2016. Pangola grass is a tropical crop containing high protein and fibre. Bantu art. Encyclopedia of Life., http://eol.org/, FAO, 2016. These are spread onto the surface of a well prepared seedbed and lightly disced to cover. It is recommended as a ground cover for soil conservation and erosion control (Tropical Forages, 2016). It grows from near sea level to 2250 m elevation (Tropical Forages, 2016). Pangola grass (Digitaria eriantha). Chinese pangolins in temperate areas spend the winter months in deep burrows. Digitaria eriantha. Lowlands near the coast. Weeds of Australia, Biosecurity Queensland Edition. Pangola grass. https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomysimple.aspx, Jeanine Vélez-Gavilán, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. It is also reported as an excellent species for beef and milk production (Tropical Forages, 2016).Social benefit, D. eriantha is used to induce labour and to treat external sores and wounds. Weeds of Australia, 2016. long, ovate to triangular, sometimes acuminate and ciliate. The surest way to know what amount of seed to use: Spread dry seed on the bottom of your Tray so that the seed is spread evenly but densely. Charles Darwin Foundation, 2016. Generate a print friendly version containing only the sections you need. 1. CTAHR Sustainable and Organic Agriculture Program. It is one of the higher nutritional quality tropical grasses and very palatable for livestock. Digitaria eriantha Steud. Pangola grass (Digitaria eriantha Steud., synonym D. decumbens) is one of recent examples of grasses that have been successfully introduced to Southeast Asia and is often considered as one of the highest quality tropical grasses popularly grown as pasture. The Linked Data Service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the Library of Congress. The University of Hawaii, Highly adaptable to different environments, Tolerates, or benefits from, cultivation, browsing pressure, mutilation, fire etc, Highly likely to be transported internationally accidentally, Highly likely to be transported internationally deliberately. Knoop WT, Walker BH, 1985. Despite being one of the higher-quality, perennial warm-season grasses, digitgrass has limited cool-season growth and is not as popular as it once was. Although pangola can persist at low levels of available soil nitrogen, it requires at least 100 kg/ha of nitrogen each year for higher levels of production. Galapagos Species Checklist of the Charles Darwin Foundation. Machines designed to harvest and plant vegetative parts of … It is tolerant to droughts and water logging (Encyclopedia of Life, 2016). Its optimal growth is between 16° and 29°C (Heuzé et al., 2015). Pangola is a ideal pasture to plant to assist with the control of Giant rats tail grass and to control erosion once established it forms a dense coverage which helps to reduce germination of seed. © Copyright 2020 CAB International. 1), 22-96. CABI is a registered EU trademark. long, subtriangular, shortly ciliate. Philip J. Digitaria eriantha (formerly Digitaria decumbens). long, erect, (2)3–6 together in an inferior whorl, sometimes a few solitary along a short common axis, and mostly 2–4 together in a second, superior whorl. It also differs from other Digitaria species by its densely packed purple tinged racemes and its silky-haired basal leaf-sheaths (PROTA, 2016). PIER, 2016. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Home. Compendium record. Allsopp (1998) reports associations with arbuscular mycorrhizas but without further details.Environmental Requirements. Dry matter digestibility varies from 45 - 70%. Brazilian Flora 2020 in construction. Tops are burnt by frost, although stands recover from crowns along the stolons. Journal of Applied Ecology, 29(1), 247-260. http://www.feedipedia.org/node/461, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, 2015. 'Pangola' Digitaria pentziiStent The C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium. (Lista nacional de especies de plantas invasoras y potencialmente invasoras en la República de Cuba - 2011). UPRRP Herbarium. http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp. Bissea: Boletín sobre Conservación de Plantas del Jardín Botánico Nacional de Cuba. Invasive on Hawai’i, Kaho’olawe, Kaua’i. Catasús Guerra (2015), however, argues that the species should not be on the list of the invasive species for Cuba, due to lack of spread as it is being over-grazed and not producing viable seeds. D. eriantha was extensively planted from the 1960’s to the1980’s in the humid tropics and subtropics as a fodder/forage species. Digitaria eriantha Pangola node1 (7066409233).jpg 1,312 × 1,016; 168 KB Digitaria eriantha Pangola spikelets1 (7066414557).jpg 1,755 × 1,737; 403 KB Digitaria eriantha plant base1 NWS - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 4.74 MB More information about modern web browsers can be found at http://browsehappy.com/. Pangola grass (Digitaria decumbens Stend) is a commonly used grass in tropical cattle feeding. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 37(3), 537-545. We use a GreenStar Juicer. As with all tropical grasses, the feeding value of pangola grass is very dependent on the stage of growth and level of fertilisation, young growth having much higher protein and digestibility levels than older growth. Inferior lemma as long as the spikelet, oblong, 7-nerved, nerves smooth or slightly scaberulous, appressed hairy, with or without bristle-hairs. Poorly adapted; Original citation: Lavin and Johnsen (1977 ). DOI:10.2307/4003508, UPRRP, 2016. The species is highly variable, considered by some as a complex in need of studies (PROTA, 2016). April 2018. The species has a medium to high likelihood of introduction into tropical and subtropical areas; to be cultivated as a fodder and forage species (Tropical Forages, 2016). It comprises a number of morphologically different former species (Tropical Forages, 2016). e.g. Pangola grass is utilized extensively as grass for animal grazing, hay and silage making. Vega AS, Rugólo de Agrasar ZE, 2007. 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