- Environmental: erosion control ()
- Environmental: ornamental ()
- Animal food: potential as forage ()
- Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of sugarcane (fide Bot Gaz 118:154-155. 1957, citing a 1938 cross that resulted in a 2n+n hybrid)
- Medicines: folklore (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):310. 1999; Herbs Commerce ed2, as I. cylindrica var. major)
- Weed: potential seed contaminant (fide Weed CIBA; Invasive Pl Spec)
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Portugal,
[Madeira Islands]
Spain
[Canary Islands]
-
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria,
Egypt,
Libya,
Morocco,
Tunisia
-
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Chad,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Sudan
-
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya,
Tanzania,
Uganda
-
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo,
Gabon,
Rwanda,
Zaire
-
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cote D'Ivoire,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Liberia,
Mali,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Togo
-
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe
-
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana,
Lesotho,
Namibia,
South Africa,
[Cape Province,
Free State,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Transvaal]
Swaziland
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman,
Saudi Arabia,
Yemen
-
WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan,
Cyprus,
Egypt,
[Sinai]
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Syria,
Turkey
-
CAUCASUS:
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Georgia,
Russian Federation
[Dagestan]
-
MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan
-
CHINA:
China
-
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan,
[Hokkaido,
Honshu,
Kyushu,
Ryukyu Islands,
Shikoku]
Korea
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan,
India,
Nepal,
Pakistan,
Sri Lanka
-
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
-
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia,
Laos,
Myanmar,
Thailand,
Vietnam
-
MALESIA:
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Philippines
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[New South Wales,
Northern Territory,
Queensland,
South Australia,
Tasmania,
Victoria,
Western Australia
(n.e.)]
Europe
-
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Greece (incl. Crete),
Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily),
Slovenia
-
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
France (s. & Corsica),
Portugal,
Spain (incl. Baleares)
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
-
MACARONESIA:
Cape Verde
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar,
Seychelles
Asia-Tropical
-
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
-
INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia,
[Lord Howe Island]
Australia
[Lord Howe Island]
-
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Northern America
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Guam,
Micronesia,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
American Samoa,
Vanuatu
Southern America
-
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
-
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Central America
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
-
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Chile
-
South America
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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=19864. Accessed 23 April 2018.