Poaceae
Guinea grass
Megathyrsus maximus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Megathyrsus
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Common names
By language (20)
- Afrikaans
- Blousaadsoetgras, Blousaad soetgras
- Arabic
- ثمام كبير, حشيشة الجينا, دخن كبير
- arz
- ثمام كبير
- Chinese
- 大黍, 羊草
- English
- Guinea grass, Guineagrass
- Finnish
- Guineanhirssi
- French
- Fataque, Herbe fataque, Panic maximal
- Haitian Creole
- Zèb ginen
- Indonesian
- Rumput benggala
- Japanese
- ギネアキビ, ギニアキビ
- Kannada
- ಗಿನಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು
- lah
- گنی گھاہ
- Malayalam
- ഗിനിപ്പുല്ല്
- Portuguese
- Capim-mombaça
- Punjabi
- ਗਿੰਨੀ ਘਾਹ
- Russian
- Гвинейская трава
- sg
- Ngôngô
- Swahili
- Inde
- Tamil
- கினியா புல்
- Tongan
- Saafa
Synonyms
- Megathyrsus bivonanus (Brullo, Miniss., Scelsi & Spamp.) Verloove
- Megathyrsus maximus var. coloratus (C.T.White) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs
- Megathyrsus maximus var. pubiglumis (K.Schum.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs
- Milium arundinaceum J.Koenig ex Steud.
- Panicum airoides Flüggé ex Nees
- Panicum bivonanum Brullo, Miniss., Scelsi & Spamp.
- Panicum compressum Biv.
- Panicum confine Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Panicum eburneum Trin.
- Panicum giganteum Mez
- Panicum heynii Roth
- Panicum hirsutissimum Steud.
- Panicum jumentorum Pers.
- Panicum laeve Lam.
- Panicum mahafalense A.Camus
- Panicum mananarense A.Camus
- Panicum maximum Jacq.
- Panicum maximum subsp. commune (Nees) Peter
- Panicum maximum subsp. pubescens M.Sharma
- Panicum maximum var. altissimum Kuntze
- Panicum maximum var. coloratum C.T.White
- Panicum maximum var. commune Nees
- Panicum maximum var. confine Chiov.
- Panicum maximum var. effusum A.Camus
- Panicum maximum var. glaucum Nees
- Panicum maximum var. heterotrichum Peter
- Panicum maximum var. hirsutissimum (Steud.) Oliv.
- Panicum maximum var. hirsutum Peter
- Panicum maximum var. laeve Nees
- Panicum maximum var. obtusissimum A.Chev.
- Panicum maximum var. pubiglume K.Schum.
- Panicum maximum var. trichoglume Robyns
- Panicum pamplemoussense Steud.
- Panicum poiforme Willd. ex Spreng.
- Panicum polygamum Sw.
- Panicum praelongum Steud.
- Panicum praticola Salzm. ex Döll
- Panicum scaberrimum Lag.
- Panicum sparsum Schumach.
- Panicum teff Desv.
and 5 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to December (from 519 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrícia Mees, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ema Hsiao 蕭惠心, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Harry Rose, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Riccardo Rocca, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.