Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Sporobolus africanus, 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 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Poir.) Robyns & Tournay	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25: 242 (1955)	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	1955	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Rat-tail grass	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Nigeria to Ethiopia and S. Africa, Arabian Pen., Sri Lanka	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	45 cm	45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 699, 882	Sourced
Biological type	empty	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	caryopsis	caryopsis · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Maximum height	85 cm	85 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 699, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual, perennial	annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 130, 444, 445	Sourced

Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay, 1955 18% complete

Rat-tail grass

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