Cenchrus Ciliaris Seeds (Price/Kgs)

* Cenchrus ciliaris (buffelgrass or African foxtail grass, syn. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link) is a species of grass native to most of Africa, southern Asia (east to India), southern Iran, and the extreme south of Europe(Sicily).
* Other names by which this grass is known include dhaman grass, anjan grass and koluk katai.
* African foxtail grass is a perennial grass growing to 20 to 120 cm (10 to 50 in) tall.
* African foxtail grass is native to tropical Africa, the Mediterranean region and the hotter and drier parts of Asia. It is a deep-rooted grass, tolerates drought, and will grow at altitudes of up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft).
* It is considered a good forage grass in Africa. It prefers light soils with a high phosphorus content.
* Cenchrus ciliaris has become naturalised and often an invasive species in Australia, the southwestern United States, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, South America, and Macaronesia
* In the Sonoran Desert it was introduced for erosion control. In the Mexican part of the Sonoran Desert, it is still being planted and irrigated for livestock grazing.
* It was introduced in the 1930s into Arizona, United States, to provide grazing. The introduction was largely unsuccessful but the grass began to appear as a weed beside highways and in cleared fields or over-grazed land. It spreads very quickly and will often kill local native plants such as palo verdes by taking away nearby water.
* This plant has a very low ignition threshold and can burn even during the peak growing season