Kew Bull. 16: 247 (1962).- Type: Thomas A. 3888, Sierra Leone (holo- K).
Puelia ciliata A. Chev., Chev. Bot.: 753 (1920), not Puelia ciliatia Franchet, 1887.
Regional litterature: Fl. Gabon 5:206 (1962); FWTA: 360,fïg. 418 (1972); Gram. Cameroun: 25, fig. (1992); Poac. CI: 66, fig. (1995); Fl. Guinée: 461 (2009) .
Description:
* Rhizomatous perennial of 0.6-1.2 m high. Culms uniformous, erect, with leaves all along the culm. Leaves oblong elliptical, abruptly acuminate, 10-25 cm long and 3-8 cm wide, towards the tipnarrower; false petiole 2-3 mm long; sheaths auriculate with auricles up to 7 mm long.
* Inflorescence a long panicle, towards the base racemose, 25-30 cm long with up to 19 spikeletsl basal branches up to 11 cm long.
* Spikelets linear, 4-9 cm long, open, the internodes well visible, with up to 15 florets. Lower glume acute, 3-4 mm long; upper glume obtue, 5 mm long. Lemma 8-9 mm long, lanceolate, pressed over their whole length to the rhacheole; pales as long as the lemmas, membranous, two-keeled with 2 intercarinal nerves.
Distribution West Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon.
Distribution world-wide: Gabon, Congo, GGI.