Buffel grass
கொழுக்கட்டைப்புல்
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
- light
- —
- water
- Little
- tall
- 70 cm
- wide
- —
Poaceae
Formerly Cenchrus bulbosus, Cenchrus glaucus, Cenchrus longifolius, Cenchrus melanostachyus, and 11 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Sicilia, S. Greece, Africa, Arabian Pen. to Indian SubcontinentKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 20 cm to 1.2 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, flowers, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 水牛草
- Simplified Chinese
- 水牛草
- Tamil
- கொழுக்கட்டைப்புல்
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Cenchrus ciliaris (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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