Taxon:
Paspalum scrobiculatum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 1:29. 1767
Verified:
04/07/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
creeping paspalum – ditch millet – Indian paspalum – kodo millet – scrobic paspalum – water couch – German
Kodohirse – India (Hindi)
kodo – kodra – Japanese Rōmaji
suzume-no-kobie – Spanish
mijo koda – Swedish
koda-hirs – Transcribed Chinese
ya jie cao –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Liberia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mauritania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangsu Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Indochina | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
1 | Native | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Indochina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | s.e. |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
-
INDO-CHINA:
Indochina
Northern America
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REGION:
United States (s.e.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1966. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 7:270-272. |
Animal food | forage | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:185. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Human food | cereal | | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1966. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 7:270-272. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:185. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58 |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope |