EPPO Global Database

Urochloa mutica(PANPU)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-05-25

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PANPU
  • Preferred name: Urochloa mutica
  • Authority: (Forsskål) Nguyen

Notes

Southern Mediterranean, Western Asia (Yemen), Sénégal to Sudan, Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaïre, Angola. Widely cultivated as a forage grass. Introduced in Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), eastern Africa, Madagascar, USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except northern Brazil, southern cone), New Guinea, Australia (except south)

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Brachiaria mutica (Forsskål) Stapf
Brachiaria purpurascens (Raddi) Henrard
Panicum barbinode Trinius
Panicum muticum Forsskål
Panicum numidianum Lamarck

Common names
Name Language
buffalo grass English
California grass English
Dutch grass English
giant couch English
Mauritius signalgrass English
Para grass English (US)
Scotch grass English
tall panicum English (US)
Paragras German
herbe de Para French
angola Spanish
gramalote Spanish
hierba bruja Spanish
hierba bruja Spanish (CU)
hierba de Pará Spanish
malojilla Spanish
malojillo Spanish (HN)
papare Spanish
parana Spanish
pasto de Pará Spanish (CO)
pasto Pará Spanish
yerba janeiro Spanish (EC)
yerba paéz Spanish (DO)
zacate para Spanish (HN)
capim-de-Angola Portuguese (BR)
capim-de-corte Portuguese (BR)
capim-de-planta Portuguese (BR)
capim-do-pará Portuguese (BR)
vapim-fino Portuguese (BR)
paragurasu Japanese
パラグラス Japanese
ветвянка тупая Russian
параграс Russian
парана Russian
nismanit kippachat Hebrew
נִסְמָנִית קִפַּחַת Hebrew
chińska nazwa Polish
łacińska nazwa Polish
para trawa Polish
bā lā cao Chinese
巴拉草 Chinese