Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 435 (1919).- Type: Roger s.n., Senegal (iso- K);
Panicum perrottetii Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 2: 395 (1831);
Paspalum perrottetii (Kunth) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 20 (1896);
Syntherisma perrottetii (Kunth) Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 19: 191 (1906);
Milium minutiflorum Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., 2 Pt. Sci. Nat. 3: 121 (1835), nom. superfl.
Regional litterature: Fl. Mauritania: 448 (1991); Pl. Mauritanie: 302 (1998); Fl. Chad (2013).
Description:
* Annual of 0.3-2 m high. Culms decumbent, sometimes rooting from the lower nodes. Leaves curled, 3-35 cm long and 3-20 mm wide, base simple rounded or amplexicaul; ligule an eciliate membrane; sheath.
* Inflorescence numerous racemes borne in several whorls, spreading, along a central axis of 8-30 cm long. Racemes unilateral, 2-11 cm long; rhachis wingles, angular with scattered hairs. Spikelets in pairs, on unequal pedicels.
* Spikelets elliptic, 1.2-2.3 mm long. Lower glume; upper glume elliptic, as long as spikelet, membranous, 3-veined, puberulous or pubescent, acute. Lower lemma without palea, similar o upper glume, 5-7-veined; upper lemma as long as spikelet, cartilaginous, light brown, margins thinner covering most of palea.
Distribution West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, Chad.
Distribution world-wide: DRC and Burundi, E and southern Africa.