About Kangaroo Grass
Themeda triandra is a species of C4 perennial tussock-forming grass widespread in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific. In Australia it is commonly known as kangaroo grass and in East Africa and South Africa it is known as red grass and red oat grass or as rooigras in Afrikaans. Kangaroo grass was formerly thought to be one of two species, and was named Themeda australis. The plant has traditional uses as food and medicine in Africa and Australia. Indigenous Australians harvested it to make bread and string for fishing nets around 30,000 years ago. It was used as livestock feed in early colonial Australia, but this use was largely replaced by introduced plants.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Themeda triandra
- Genus
- Themeda
- Family
- POACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deiduous forests, grasslands and wastelands
- Distribution
- Warm and tropical regions of Old World
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Kannada
- Bettanchi hullu, Bheemana handhi hullu, Gantu kaasi hullu
Poaceae
Grass family
Kangaroo Grass belongs to the Poaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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