Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr., Lett. Bot. 134: 203 (1987).- Mazade 2076, CAR, Raffaï-Zemio (holo- P).
Regional litterature:
Description:
* Perennial of 1.2-1.8 m long. Culms erect, nodes bearded. Leaves linear, 20-40 cm long and 6-10 mm wide; ligule an eciliate membrane, 2.5 mm long, obtuse; sheath oral hairs bearded.
* Inflorescence a spathate panicle of 20-50 cm long, composed of terminal and axillary paired racemes; spatheole lanceolatae, 2-4 cm long, glabrous or hirsute; peduncle 4-10 cm long, pilose above. Racemes deflexed, with two straight awns per racemes-pair; rhachis fragile at the nodes, ciliate on margins; bases filiform, unequal, the longer 1.3-2 mm long, ciliate, with 3.5-5.5 mm long appendage. One pair of homogamous spikelets at the base of the lower raceme and none in upper raceme.
* Sessile spikelets linear, subterete, 8-11 mm long; callus cuneate, 2 mm long, pilose, pungent. Lower glume oblong, coriaceous, much thinner and hairy above, with a longitudinal median groove, keel-less; upper glume oblong, coriaceous, keel-less. Lower lemma oblong; upper lemma with a geniculate awn of 4-6 cm long from the sinus with twisted hirtellous column. Pedicelled and homogamous spikelets lanceolate, 9-14 mm long, as long as fertile with a cuneate callus of 0.3-0.8 mm long; glumes coriaceous with an up to 2 mm long awn.
Distribution West Africa and world-wide: CAR.