Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 306 (1935).- Type: Thomas 296, Uganda (holo- K).
Regional litterature: FTEA : 130 (1970); Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 7: 68, fig (1995); Pl. Sudan & S Sudan: 123 (2015).
Description:
* Coarse, loosely tufted perennial of 0.6-1.5 m high. Culms erect or spreading, up to 3 mm in diameter, pendulous. Leaves up to 75 cm long and 5-14 mm wide, flat or becoming convolute, stiff, setaceously acute.
* Inflorescence an oblong panicle of 15-30 cm long, loose or somewhat contracted, brownish.
* Spikelets 2-flowered, oblong, 4-6 mm long, the rhachilla internodes 0.2 mm long. Glumes subequal, 3-5 mm long. Lemmas narrowly oblong-ovate, 3-4 mm long, pilose with hairs 0.5-1 mm long near the margins, the tip entire or shortly and acutely bilobed; awn 3-6 mm long; callus of upper florets 1-1.5 mm long, densely bearded with hairs up to 1.5 mm long. Anthers 2 mm long.
Distribution West Africa: South Sudan.
Distribution world-wide: Ethiopia, Uganda.