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Cynodon nlemfuensis
Also called African Bermuda Grass, Bermuda Grass, Rhodesian Star Grass, Robust Star Grass, Star Grass, African Stargrass, Bermudagrass
African Bermudagrass is a perennial, stoloniferous grass native to tropical Africa and widely grown as forage and lawn-type cover in warm, seasonally dry regions. It spreads by above-ground stolons rather than underground rhizomes and does best in full sun and warm weather.
Cynodon nlemfuensis, the African Bermuda-grass, is a species of grass, genus Cynodon, family Poaceae. It is native to Tropical Africa except West Africa, and widely introduced as a forage elsewhere; Hawaii, Texas, Florida, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Galápagos, South America, western and southern Africa, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, the Philippines and Australia. It is stoloniferous, and not rhizomatous.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
