Kew Bull. 16:248 (1962).- Type: Coombe 173, Nigeria (holo- K).
Regional litterature: FI. Nigeria: 17 (1970); FWTA: 360 (1972); Gram. Cameroun: 23, fig. (1992).
Description:
* Small rhizomatous perennial up to 50 cm high. Aphyllous culms 15-26 cm long; culms with leaves up to 50 cm long. Leaves asymmetrical with racemes carrying some subsessile spikelets with a false petiole of 2-6 cm long and 3-3.5 mm wide, hairy on both sides.
* Inflorescence on aphyllous culms in short racemes with some subsessil spikelets; sometimes the culms with leaves with an inflorescence.
* Spikelets linear-elliptic2-3.5 cm long. Lemmas oblong, 8 mm long; paleas longet than the lemmas.
Distribution West Africa and world-wide: Nigeria, Cameroun