EPPO Global Database

• EPPO code: PESPU
• Preferred name: Cenchrus purpureus
• Authority: (Schumacher) Morrone

Africa (except south), Western Asia. Cultivated as a forage grass, and for environmental regeneration. Introduced in Himalayas, China (including Taiwan), southeast Asia, New Guinea, USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone)

WSSA list of weeds in North America