Summary
Place of publication:
Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1918:62. 1918
Verified:
05/07/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
Abyssinian love grass – tef – teff – teff grass – Swedish
teff –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Cultivated
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990 |
Environmental | erosion control | | Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990 |
Human food | cereal | | Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=15320.
Accessed 6 October 2024.