A Handbook of West African Weeds

15 cm long 30 cm long 60 cm high achenes annual grass annual herb apex areas and roadsides awns axillary axils base bipinnate Botanical name bracts branched bristly brown bush regrowths carpels clusters cm long cm wide colour Common name common weed cultivated crops cultivated fields cyme dense Description field crops fleshy florets forest zone fruit glabrous greenish Guinea savanna zone Habitat hairless high that reproduces inflorescence consists lanceolate leaf leaf axils leaf blades leaf sheaths leaflets leaves are alternate leaves are linear leaves are opposite leaves are simple ligule Linn lower nodes lowland rice margins ovate pairs pale panicle pedicels perennial grass perennial herb petals petioles plant raceme reproduces from seeds rhizomes roots rough sessile short slightly hairy smooth spikelets spikes stalks stem is erect stem is slender stem is woody stolons subtended terminal tips umbel upper waste areas weed of cultivated weed of field West Africa widespread in West