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Panicum coloratum is a grass which occurs naturally in East Africa in areas of comparatively low rainfall. In the course of a preliminary study of the indigenous pasture plants of Kenya, this species has shown considerable promise. Efforts to establish it from seed have, however, been unsuccessful, although an abundant crop of apparently good seed is produced. In small field experiments kept under observation for periods of from three to six months after sowing, no germination was observed. The caryopsis is extremely hard and is closely invested by hard shining paleæ.
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EDWARDS, D. Hard Seeds in Panicurn coloraturn, Stapf. Nature 132, 209 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132209a0
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