Good pasture species when young; also used for roofing and small mats.
Vern.: Black spear grass, tanglehead, Ghana: ananugai, chigaignirho lope (N Cam, SRFK 4588); damtola gaduro (foulfouldé, Malzy 63); dlaberhxu (kapsiki, Leeuwenberg & Van Beek 10422); goulbi (toupouri, Deschamp HNC16166); haussaana (massa, Deschamp HNC16166); hetchosondjoho (foulfouldé, Vaillant 417); ketto soyboho (foulfouldé, Malzy 63); ngouldjere (guiziga, Ripstein 2547); sei bho (peul, Deschamp HNC16166).