Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Melinis tenuinervis Stapf
• (=) Panicum melinis Trin.

Common names:

• Brazilian stink grass  (Source: Use Pl WT Afr) - English
• efwatakala grass  (Source: Pl Book) - English
• molasses grass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• stink grass  (Source: Use Pl WT Afr) - English
• Wynne grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• herbe à miel  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• melinide  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• chopín  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• pasto de gordura  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• tang mi cao  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage; forage; forage
• Environmental:
• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Cape Verde
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar


Naturalized

Africa

• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Reunion

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China
• EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
• PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
• INDO-CHINA: Indochina

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
• Mexico

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
• NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Palau
• SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
• SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: New Caledonia, Niue, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna Islands

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: West Indies
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, [Galápagos] Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
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