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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Guinea Grass, Green Panic, Buffalograss; French Capime Guiné TRADITIONAL NAMES: Tinikarāti (RR AK), Tinikarati (MG MK), Tine (AT); COMMENT: Aitutaki - tini means many, tīni is a tanliteration of Dean. Opinion indicaates that Dean did not introduced this grass, and tini means many (11/2000GMcC). GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE tropical Africa; EXOTIC EXOTIC cicumtropical, incl. PNG - French Polynesia COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent (pre-1899), Naturalised; S.Group only - widespread and very common; Land, lowlands - inland valleys SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Weed - moderate

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++++	++	+++	+	-	++++	-		-

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Urochloa maxima (N.Jacquin)
SYNONYMS: Panicum maximum N.Jacquin;

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); LILIOPSIDA (=Monocotyledones); COMMELINIDAE; Cyperales; POACEAE

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Weed - moderate. Comments: Forms dense stands in pastures and open areas; also used as forage

GENERAL NOTE: ACSm good pasture and foder grass.

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.1569 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.73 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.1/345 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.302 R* Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga
p.20 R Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.404c Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zupB05b

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