Description
A tall, robust perennial grass forming dense clumps, one of the most important fodder grasses in the tropics.
Food Uses
Grown extensively as green fodder for cattle and other livestock; also used for thatching, mulch, and erosion control.
Cultivation
Propagated by stem cuttings; fast-growing and cut repeatedly for fodder, tolerating poor soils and drought better than many other fodder grasses.
