Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A. Rich.) Munro

• Habit
• Culms: Caespitose
• Culm Diameter: 5 - 10 cm
• Culm Internode Length: 20 cm
• Wall thickness: Thick-walled or Solid
• Height: 3 - 10 meter

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• Identification Features: Culms bright green; Culm-sheaths about 20 cm long, hispid with dark brown hairs, without auricles; Leaves 5-25 cm long, 1-3 cm broad, linear-lanceolate, some what glaucous; Inflorescence spikelets 1.5-4 cm long, narrowly lanceolate; Caryopsis with adherent pericarp,oblong.
• Flowering Cycle: Over 7 years
• Distribution: Tropical & South Africa (Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
• Uses: Building materials, Textiles and Fibres, Edible, Fuel, Medicinal purpose