Batochloa is a genus of grasses. It includes a single species, Batochloa deusta, commonly known as broadleaf panicum or rietbuffelgras. It is a tufted or shortly rhizomatous perennial native to Senegal and to eastern and southern Africa from Sudan to South Africa. It grows in forests, deciduous bushland and grassland on argillaceous (heavy clay) or arenaceous (sandy) soils.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Broadleaf panicum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Panicum
- Species
- Panicum deustum
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