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Each value Trefle shows for Megathyrsus maximus, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded7 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Merged from a synonym record

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Austrobaileya 6: 572 (2003)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	2003	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Observations	Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	60 cm	60.2 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 60, 92, 331, 818, 882	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	empty	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit shape	caryopsis	caryopsis · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth rate	empty	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Inflorescence type	empty	panicle · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	300 cm	300 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 60, 92, 331, 818, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	false · Merged from a synonym record (Panicum maximum) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 69 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 110, 460, 818, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 80 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 67, 110, 130, 444, 882	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	363 cm	363 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 38 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	15.2 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 331	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fodder · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs, 2003 20% complete

No common name

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Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs, 2003 20% complete

No common name

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