Bothriochloa bladhii
Species of plant
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Distribution
Bothriochloa bladhii is native to Africa from Senegal and Ethiopia southwards to South Africa; the Middle East; much of temperate and tropical, southern and eastern Asia, Malesia, and Australia.
Bothriochloa bladhii has also become naturalized elsewhere in the neotropics.
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Uses
Bothriochloa bladhii is used as stored food for local livestock, and as a grazing plant by both livestock and wild ruminants. It is sometimes planted as a revegetator, to restore disturbed land.
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