Poaceae

Palisade grass

Urochloa brizantha (A.Rich.) R.D.Webster

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Urochloa

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Palisade grass: Strip of Brachiaria brizantha (Signal grass) planted along the edge of a push-pull field in Kenya — Photo: Ethan Bass, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (8)

Afrikaans: Broodsinjaalgras
Chinese: 信号草, 信号臂形草, 信號草, 珊状臂形草
English: Palisade grass, Palisade signalgrass, Big ashama, Bread grass, Ceylon sheep grass, Large-seeded millet grass, Mauritius grass, Palisade signal grass
ff: Gawrare
German: Palisadengras
Nepali: मुलाटो घाँस
Portuguese: Capim-marandu
Spanish: Pasto alambre, Zacate signal, Pasto braquiaria, Pasto mulato, Pasto señal, Zacate señal

Synonyms

Brachiaria brizantha (A.Rich.) Stapf
Brachiaria brizantha var. angustifolia Stent & J.M.Rattray
Brachiaria brizantha var. ciliata Basappa & Muniy.
Brachiaria gangangalaensis Vanderyst
Brachiaria manzonzeensis Vanderyst
Panicum brizanthum var. lasiochloa Chiov.
Panicum brizanthum var. latifolium Oliv.
Panicum brizanthum var. pandanifolium Peter
Panicum brizanthum var. polystachyum De Wild. & T.Durand
Urochloa brizantha var. ciliata (Basappa & Muniy.) S.K.Jain

Flowers

Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

Photo: Ethan Bass, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: http://www.hear.org/starr/imageusepolicy.htm This file is licensed under the Cre, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.