Senckenberg Biol. 46: 136 (1965).- Type: Milne-Redhead 3928, Zambie (holo- K!)
Oryza angustifolia C.E.Hubbard, in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 35: t. 3492 (1951).
Regional litterature: Fl. Zambesiaca 10,1: 30 (1971); Gram. Cameroun: 47, fig 8 (1992).
Description:
* Annual reddish green, 0.5 m high. Culms straight, nodes glabrous. Leaves narrow, 10-14 cm long and 1 mm wide; ligule with auricles of 4 mm long.
* Inflorescence a panicle with ascending branches, 15-17 cm long and 1.5 cm wide.
* Spikelets glabrous purplish, 5.5-7 mm long and 0.8-1 mm wide. Glumes both absent or obscure. Lemma and palea chartaceous keeled and 5 -veined midvein ciliate with minute hairs, only at the tip glassy hairs of up to 0.4 mm long; awn 6-11 cm, mid-green, purplish.
Distribution West Africa: Cameroon.
Distribution world-wide: Angola, Zambia.