Good forage grass, anti-erosive. In the traditional pharmacopedy used as anti-parasitic, diuretic, lepra and for treatment of respiratory tracts, diarrhoea and others.
Vern.: Gandjifu, gaudjifiri (Arabe, Jacques-Félix 1295, Vaillant 1521); koikodoro (Kotoko, Vaillant 1521); mezel (Guiziga, Rippstein es.2558; modolbiscom (Kotoko, Jacques-Félix 1295); pirn doi (mboum, WAKWA 2); sargalde (manengouba, Pascalet 10); saragaldé (f. Vaillant 396; boudi do jot (Wolof, Trochain, 485); tuji (Haoussa, Serv. Agric. Niger 28); kalasinda (Arabe) Dronne 48; mbayes (Doullou) Guillemet sn.; albáli (Balanta); fatâo (Mandinga); butchuque (Manjaco); btictchor (Papel).