NGBT Logo Ministère de L'Environnement
Banque Nationale de Gènes

Welcome!
Welcome to the GR Database of The National Genebank of Tunisia.


Taxon:  Paspalum scrobiculatum L.



Summary
Genus:
Paspalum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Nomen number:
26917
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 1:29. 1767
Verified:
04/07/1993 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Paspalum scrobiculatum L. var. bispicatum Hack. (0 active accession[s])
Paspalum scrobiculatum L. var. scrobiculatum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst.
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  3. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  4. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1966. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976 7:270-272.
  5. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  6. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Paspalum+scrobiculatum&quantity=1
  8. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  9. Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
  10. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
  11. Koyama, T. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. 1987
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  14. Randall, R. P. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007 http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf
  15. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  16. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:185. http://proseanet.org
  17. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  18. Wagner, W. L. et al. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource). http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/query2.cfm
  19. Wet, J. M. J. de et al. 1983. Diversity in Kodo Millet, Paspalum scrobiculatum. Econ. Bot. 37:159-163. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
  20. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
  21. Zon, A. P. M. van der. Graminées du Cameroun. 1992
  22. Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. http://posa.sanbi.org/searchspp.php
  23. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
creeping paspalum –
ditch millet –
Indian paspalum –
kodo millet –
scrobic paspalum –
water couch –
German
Kodohirse –
India (Hindi)
kodo –
kodra –
Japanese Rōmaji
suzume-no-kobie –
Spanish
mijo koda –
Swedish
koda-hirs –
Transcribed Chinese
ya jie cao –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
1NativePacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States s.e.
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina
Northern America
  • REGION: United States (s.e.)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Human food
cereal (fide Wealth India RM 7:270-272. 1966) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Grass SAfr; Pl Res SEAs 4:185. 1992) –
Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Weed CIBA) –


NGBT Plant Germplasm System Distribution Policy

Plant germplasm is distributed to scientists, educators, producers and other bona fide research and education entities from National genebank of Tunisia active collection sites. The NGBT Curator and/or Research Leader will, in accordance with current NPGS policies and procedures, determine the legitimacy of a request when necessary.

Distributions to fulfill requests for repatriation of subsamples of germplasm collections to a country or community of origin, especially following natural or man-made catastrophes, are considered a high priority.

Although distributions for research, education, and repatriation are of the highest priority, the NPGS also encourages various seed-saver organizations and public gardens to conduct germplasm conservation activities that engage many individuals and groups throughout the country. Elements of the NPGS cooperate with seed-saver organizations and public gardens and may store germplasm for and distribute germplasm to such organizations.

Distribution of germplasm from NPGS collections to fulfill requests from individuals seeking free germplasm strictly for home use is generally considered an inappropriate use of limited resources and conflicts with U.S. Government policy of not competing with commercial enterprises. Requestors can be asked, in an appropriate manner, to justify the use of specific NPGS germplasm instead of suitable commercially available germplasm.

Accessions listed in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) database as “not available” due to insufficient or low viability seed and/or scheduled for regeneration will generally not be available for distribution.

Other accessions are listed in GRIN as “not available” because they are not a part of the NPGS collection per se, but are conserved in NPGS genebanks to meet specific needs as described later in the section entitled “Categories of Germplasm Distributed and Availability.” In this category are certain accessions of improved germplasm that are only available from the owner/developer. Other accessions require that specific conditions be met by the requestor before distribution is possible.

NPGS sites will not distribute germplasm internationally when they cannot comply with the importation or quarantine requirements of the recipient country unless the requestor can provide a valid waiver of such requirements.