*Melinis minutiflora Palisot de Beauvois. Common name: Molasses Grass. Phenology: Oct-Jan. Habitat: Disturbed areas, pine rocklands, flatwoods, fruit groves. Introduced as a forage grass. Distribution: Native of Africa.
Origin/Endemic status: Subsaharan Africa
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25, K4, Meso6, SFla. Basionym: Melinis minutiflora P.Beauv. 1812
Links to other floras: = Melinis minutiflora - FNA25
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