Poaceae

Malabar sprangletop

Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Diplachne

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Malabar sprangletop: Leptochloa fusca subsp. uninervia (habit). Location: Maui, Waiohuli Keokea — Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: حيش, زفون
Chinese: 双稃草, 雙稃草
English: Malabar sprangletop
Swedish: Skäggspretgräs
Welsh: Leptocloa

Synonyms

Bromus polystachios Forssk.
Diplachne polystachya Backer
Festuca fusca L.
Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth
Poa fusca (L.) Desf.
Uralepis fusca (L.) Steud.

Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: M. Hedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.