Poaceae

Pemba grass

Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Stenotaphrum

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Pemba grass: Stenotaphrum dimidiatum espèce de Poaceae au jardin botanique de Peradeniya — Photo: Arn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Pemba grass
Swahili: Gombakanzu, Gomba kanzu, Majani ya Pemba

Synonyms

Panicum dimidiatum L.
Rottboellia complanata Sw.
Rottboellia dimidiata Thunb.
Stenotaphrum complanatum Schrank
Stenotaphrum glabrum Trin.
Stenotaphrum glabrum var. multiflorum Döll
Stenotaphrum koenigii Schrank
Stenotaphrum madagascariense Kunth
Stenotaphrum swartzianum Nees

Photos

Photo: Arn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thomas Pleyber, 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.