Kew Bull. 32: 1 (1977).- Type: Nels 76, Afrique du Sud (iso- K).
Andropogon squamulatus Höchst., It. Abyss. No 715 (1842);
Andropogon appendiculatus Nees var. polycladus Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4, App. 3:11 (1896);
Andropogon gayanus var. squamulatus (Hochst.) Stapf, FTA 9: 263 (1919).
Regional litterature: FWTA: 489 (1972); Ghana grasses: 94 (1977); Gram. Togo: 142 (1983); Gram. Cameroun: 446, fig. (1992) ; Poac. CI: 578, fig. (1995); Pl. Mauritanie: 308 (1998); Poaceae Niger : 585, fig. (1999); Fl. Bénin: 180 (2006) ; Fl. Chad (2013); Pl. Sudan & S Sudan: 118 (2015).
Description: Coarse tufted perennial, 1.5-3 m. Culms sometimes prop-rooted at the base. Leaves variable, from a bladeless terete false petiole to long lineair with a petiolate basis, glaucous, glabrous to finely hairy, scabrid margins; ligule a short brown membrane; external false ligule often present as a membranous rim, with or without a hairy fringe; sheath glabrous, sometimes hairy.
* Awns 1.5-3 cm.