Description
Paspalum (scientific name: Paspalum thunbergii Kunth ex steud.) is a plant of the family Gramineae, Paspalum, and perennial grass. The culms are upright, clustered, 50-100 cm high, and the nodes are pilose. The leaf sheath is ridged, the tongue is membranous, and the leaf blade is linear, 10-25 cm long and 5-8 mm wide. 3-6 racemes, 5-10 cm long, alternate on the main axis 3-8 cm long, forming racemes of panicles; the second glume is equal to the first lemma, membranous, with 3 veins, with bright margins Microscopically pubescent. The second lemma is as long as the spikelet, leathery and shiny. Flower and fruit period from May to October.
Distributed in Japan, North Korea and China; in China distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Taiwan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong and other provinces; born in the moist grassland in the wilderness.
Paspalum is an excellent pasture in grazing land, and cattle and sheep like to eat it. According to China's Jiangxi Feed Research Institute, the dry matter contains 13.83% crude protein, 17% crude fat, 33.99% crude fiber, 42.10% nitrogen-free extract and 8.91% crude ash from booting to heading stage.
