Jejer (Cenchrus setosus)

Jejer (Cenchrus setosus) is a species of plant in the Poaceae, erect, slender, up to 1 meter high, branched and easy to breed. Cylindrical stem, segmented to grow new shoots that will become new stems, the upper stem is green, the lower stem and segments are reddish green.

The leaves are ribbon-shaped, slender and thin like paper. The upper surface is green, the lower surface is pale green, both surfaces and margins are rough with hairs. A vein in the middle.

Flowers grow in long and erect bunches with a golden or reddish color, grow at the tip of the top stem and have long stalks. This plant has a very strong adaptability and productivity remains high on a variety of soil textures in forests and marginal lands, agricultural land, roadsides with lots of sunlight,

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Cenchrinae
Genus: Cenchrus L. in Sp. Pl.: 1049 (1753)
Species: Cenchrus setosus Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occid.: 26 (1788)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Cenchrus polystachios subsp. setosus (Sw.) P.M.Peterson & Y.Herrera in Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 107: 95 (2018)
Pennisetum polystachion subsp. setosum (Sw.) Brunken in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 79: 63 (1979)
Pennisetum setosum (Sw.) Rich. in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 72 (1805)

PUBLICATIONS

Turner, I.M., Middleton, D.J., Duistermaat, H. & Veldkamp, J.F. (2019). Flora of Singapore precursors, 6: Typification of grass names relevant to the flora of Singapore. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 71: 1-44.

van der Zon, A.P.M. (2023). Revision of Cenchrus section Brevivalvula (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Kew Bulletin 78: 415-424.

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 牧地狼尾草
Chinese (traditional): 牧地狼尾草
English: Jejer, Feathery pennisetum, Missiongrass, Thin napiergrass, West Indian pennisetum, Mission Grass
Indonesia: Jejer
Java: Jejer
Portuguese: Capim-oferecido, Capim-custódio, Capim-avião, Capim-mandante, Capim-elefante-brasileiro, Rabo-de-mucura, Taquari-de-cavalo, Capim-dos-nhambiquaras, Capim-da-praia
Russian: Перистощетинник многоколосый
Spanish: Plumitas
Thai: หญ้าขจรจบดอกเหลือง

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