Habit : An annual grass with stem tufted, stout or slender, erect or geniculately ascending, leafy throughout and nodes glabrous.
Leaves : Linear, finely acuminate, flaccid, glabrous or sparsely hairy, contracted at the insertion, sheaths thin, loose, glabrous ligule a narrow lacerate membrane.
Inflorescence and Flowers :
Spikes mostly arranged along the axis of an inflorescence, alternate, single or in fascicles of 2 or 3 together, rachis-dorsally flattened, ventrally trigonous.
Spikelets alternate, sessile, involucral glumes lanceolate, hyaline, keeled with slightly recurved minutely scaberulous awns, the lower involucral glume shorter than the upper.
Floral glumes ovate-oblong, trigonous, pale brown.
Flowering and Fruiting Time : August
Significance :
The grass is considered to be an excellent fodder for cattle, particularly buffaloes, when fed green it is reported to increase the flow of milk.
It is not suitable for making hay of for ensilage.
