in Mildbread, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsche Zentr. Afr. Exped.: 93 (1922).- Type: Preuss s.n., Cameroun (holo- B, delet.).
Microbambus macrostachys K.Schum., in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 24: 336 (, t. 4 (1897);
Guaduella zenkeri Pilg., Bot. Jahrb. 24: 336 (1897).- Type: Zenker 1144, Cameroun (holo- B, détruit; iso- K,P,WAG, Y A).
Regional litterature: Fl. Nigeria: 18 (1970); FWTA: 360 (1972); Ghana grasses: 158, fig 41 (1977); Gram. Cameroun: 28 (1992); Poac. CI: 66, fig. (1995).
Description:
* Erect rhizomatous perennial grass 0.2-0.8 m high, with old bladeless dry sheaths at the base. Leaves 8-18(-30) cm long and 2.5-6 cm broad, oblong, base broadly rounded into a short petiole, tip acuminate, with fine distinct nerves radiating from the base, glabrous with scabrid margins; ligule membranous, 2-3 mm long; sheath somewhat compressed with prominent auricles fused into the ligule, glabrous.
* Inflorescence a terminal sometimes branched raceme of 5-25 cm long with 2-9 spikelets on short pedicels.
* Spikelets linear lanceolate, 2 -9 cm long and 5-7 mm large. Lemmas imbricate, leaving the rhachis visible, lanceolate, 7-9 mm long, pubescent all over; paleas slightly shorter, bicarenate with 4 intercarinal nerves.
Distribution West Africa: Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon.
Distribution world-wide: Gabon.
Note: Similar to G. oblonga Hutch. ex Clayton.