Poaceae
Buffel grass
Cenchrus ciliaris
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cenchrus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- سبط مهدب, حدح, قزمير
- arz
- سبط مهدب
- Chinese
- 水牛草
- Czech
- Dochan nevzhledný
- English
- Buffel grass
- Hausa
- Ƙarangiyar azbin
- Persian
- خورنال
- Tamil
- கொழுக்கட்டைப்புல்
Synonyms
- Cenchrus anjania Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Cenchrus bulbosus Fresen. ex Steud.
- Cenchrus bulbosus Fresen. ex Steud.
- Cenchrus ciliaris f. intermedius (Chiov.) Chiov.
- Cenchrus ciliaris subsp. ibrahimii Chrtek & Osb.-Kos.
- Cenchrus ciliaris var. anachoreticus (Chiov.) Pirotta
- Cenchrus ciliaris var. leptostachys (Leeke) Maire & Weiller
- Cenchrus ciliaris var. longisetosus Kuntze
- Cenchrus ciliaris var. nubicus Fig. & De Not.
- Cenchrus ciliaris var. pallens (Leeke) Maire & Weiller
- Cenchrus ciliaris var. robustior Penz.
- Cenchrus ciliaris var. villifer Fig. & De Not.
- Cenchrus ciliaris var. villiferus Fig. & De Not
- Cenchrus glaucus C.R.Mudaliar & Sundararaj
- Cenchrus longifolius Hochst. ex Steud.
- Cenchrus melanostachyus A.Camus
- Cenchrus mutabilis Wight ex Hook.f.
- Cenchrus pennisetiformis var. intermedius Chiov.
- Cenchrus rufescens Desf.
- Pennisetum cenchroides Rich.
- Pennisetum cenchroides var. echioides Hook.f.
- Pennisetum cenchroides var. hamphilahense N.Terracc.
- Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link
- Pennisetum ciliare f. brachystachys Peter
- Pennisetum ciliare f. longifolium Peter
- Pennisetum ciliare var. anachoreticum Chiov.
- Pennisetum ciliare var. ciliare
- Pennisetum ciliare var. leptostachya Leeke
- Pennisetum ciliare var. leptostachys Leeke
- Pennisetum ciliare var. pallens Leeke
- Pennisetum ciliare var. robustior Penz.
- Pennisetum ciliare var. robustius Penz.
- Pennisetum distylum Guss.
- Pennisetum incomptum Nees ex Steud.
- Pennisetum longifolium Fenzl ex Steud.
- Pennisetum oxyphyllum Peter
- Pennisetum pachycladum Stapf
- Pennisetum panormitanum Lojac.
- Pennisetum petraeum Steud.
- Pennisetum polycladum Chiov.
and 3 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- June, August to October, December to April (from 265 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lucas Christofides, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rafael Torres, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.