Habitats in the Western Desert Electronic Herbarium From our Expeditions

Pennisetum glaucum

Family	Gramineae
Synonyms	P. spicatum, P. americanum, P. typhides, Setaria glauca, Panicum glaucum, P. americanum, P. lutescens, Setaria glauca, S. lutescens
Local name	Dakhn
Habitat in Egypt	cultivated cereal
Distribution	widely cultivated in the tropics for fodder and grain. particularly important in the Sahel zone of West Africa