Digitaria milanjiana Rendle Stapf. Fl. Trop. Afr. 9:430. 1919.

spikelet, membraneous, 7-nerved, puberulous, with verruculose hairs, acute. Fertile lemma elliptic, as long as the sterile lemma, cartilaginous, pallid, without keel; margins flat, apex acute. Anthers 3, 0.7 mm long. Notes Found in West Africa, China, Eastern Asia, India, Indo-China, Malesia, Australia, Southeast United States, and Brazil. Ornamental, ruderal, common. Distribution at Sulawesi Central: Donggala, Alt. 30 m. South: Surroundings Matano Lake, NE Malili. Habitat A pioneer on moist sandy to rocky soils, dunes, open habitats, sandy soils, disturbed areas, road sides, waste places, moist fields borders, and ultrabasic region.. Specimen examined Posthumus 2627 BO, Meijer 11087 BO.

29.7. Digitaria milanjiana Rendle Stapf. Fl. Trop. Afr. 9:430. 1919.

Digitaria boivinii Henrard. Monogr. Digitaria 79-80, 989. 1950. Digitaria bulbosa Henrard Peter. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40: 208. 1930. Digitaria endlichii Mez. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 194. 1922. Digitaria exasperata Henrard. Monogr. 236, 954. 1950. Digitaria fusca Chiov. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., 26: 62. 1919. Digitaria gracilenta Henrard. Monogr. Digitaria 296. 1950. Plants perennial, caespitose, rhizomatous, stoloniferous. Culms 20-200 cm long, erect, or geniculately ascending, tufted to loosely tufted. Sheaths basal glabrous to hairy. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Blades 15-30 cm by 3-13 mm. Inflorescence composed of racemes. Racemes 2-18, digitate, unilateral, 5-25 cm long. Rachis narrowly winged, triquetrous, glabrous on surface, or with scattered hairs. Spikelets in pairs: fertile spikelets pedicelled, 2 in the cluster. Pedicels unequal. Fertile spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets, 1 fertile florets, without rhachilla extension; lanceolate, 2.5-3 mm, dorsally compressed, falling entire. Glumes dissimilar, shorter than spikelet, thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume ovate, 0.2-0.5 mm long, 0.1 times length of spikelet, membraneous, without keels, 1-nerved; lateral nerve absent; apex obtuse. Upper glume lanceolate, 0.3-0.6 times length of spikelet, membraneous, without keels, 3-nerved; surface glabrous, or pubescent; margins ciliate; apex acute. Florets: basal sterile florets barren, without significant palea; lemma lanceolate, as long as spikelet, membraneous, 7-nerved, scabrous, ciliate on margins. Fertile lemma elliptic, 1.7-3.5 mm long, cartilaginous, without keel; margin flat; apex acute. Palea cartilaginous. Notes Found in South Africa, and Australia. Grains eaten by baboons, stock fodder, very high grazing value, highly palatable, natural pasture, forage, suitable for horses and cattle, requires moist condition, prefers fertile soils, it does not tolerate waterlogging, naturalized, colonizer, a weed of cultivation, excellent drought resistance, persistent under heavy grazing. Distribution at Sulawesi Celebes. Habitat Usually found in small patches among trees, occurs in red soil stream banks, woodland and thicket, open spaces, irrigated land, sandy soils, disturbed areas. Specimen examined Manitik 12 WALL.

29.8. Digitaria radicosa J. Presl Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 437. 1857.