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Each value Trefle shows for Melinis repens, 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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Sourced5 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Willd.) Zizka	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Biblioth. Bot. 38(138): 55 (1988)	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	1988	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Red natal grass	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Africa to Arabian Pen.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	38 cm	37.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 63, 331, 699, 882	Differs from sources
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	caryopsis	caryopsis · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Graminoid	Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
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	empty	150 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 63, 331, 699, 882	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual, perennial	annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 110, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 130, 444, 445	Sourced

Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka, 1988 20% complete

Red natal grass

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