Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme

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Smut grass PRODUCT NAME

Sporobulus indicus R. Br. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Smut grass
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Family: Poaceae
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Product Description: Usually a rather densely tufted, perennial, slender, wiry grass with erect, branched stems, 1m less in height. The leaves are 10-20cm long, and flat; when dry, rolled up lengthwise. The panicles are slender, erect or somewhat nodding, and 10-35cm in length.
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DISTRIBUTION

Countries Found: Philippines
Description: This species is widely distributed in the Philippines in waste places, along roadside, etc

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Partners: Bureau of Forestry, Philippines

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