{{Short description|Species of grass}} {{Speciesbox |image=Cenchrus setiger.jpg |image_caption=Habit |image2=Starr 020226-9006 Cenchrus setigerus.jpg |image2_caption=Uprooted specimen |status=LC |status_system=IUCN3.1 |status_ref=<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Allen, R. |year=2018 |title=''Cenchrus setiger'' |article-number=e.T110680094A110680098 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110680094A110680098.en |access-date=16 November 2022}}</ref> |genus=Cenchrus |species=setiger |authority=Vahl |synonyms_ref=<ref name="321572-2" /> |synonyms={{Collapsible list| *''Cenchrus bulbifer'' {{small|Hochst. ex Boiss.}} *''Cenchrus ciliaris'' var. ''setiger'' {{small|(Vahl) Maire & Weiller}} *''Cenchrus montanus'' {{small|Nees ex Steud.}} *''Cenchrus quinquevalvis'' {{small|Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.}} *''Cenchrus schimperi'' {{small|Hochst. & Steud.}} *''Cenchrus tripsacoides'' {{small|R.Br.}} *''Cenchrus uniflorus'' {{small|Ehrenb. ex Boiss.}} *''Pennisetum ciliare'' var. ''setigerum'' {{small|(Vahl) Leeke}} *''Pennisetum setigerum'' {{small|(Vahl) Wipff}} *''Pennisetum vahlii'' {{small|Kunth}} }}}} '''''Cenchrus setiger''''' (syn. ''Pennisetum setigerum''), the '''birdwood grass''', is a species in the grass family Poaceae. It native to drier parts of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, India, and as far as Myanmar, and has been introduced to the United States, Brazil, and Australia.<ref name="321572-2" >{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321572-2 |title=''Cenchrus setiger'' Vahl |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=8 April 2022 }}</ref> Drought-tolerant and quite palatable to livestock, it is a valuable fodder and forage in areas that get as little as 200 mm of rain per year, but its productivity is low.<ref name="Feedipedia_481" >{{cite web |url=https://www.feedipedia.org/node/481 |title=Birdwood grass (''Cenchrus setiger'') |last1=Tran |first1=G. |date=29 March 2016 |website=Feedipedia – Animal Feed Resources Information System |publisher=Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO |access-date=8 April 2022 |quote=Common names; ... birdwood buffel, cow sandbur, South African pennisetum }}</ref>
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setiger Category:Fodder Category:Forages Category:Flora of Senegal Category:Flora of Mauritania Category:Flora of Algeria Category:Flora of Burkina Faso Category:Flora of Ghana Category:Flora of Niger Category:Flora of Egypt Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa Category:Flora of Socotra Category:Flora of East Tropical Africa Category:Flora of the Arabian Peninsula Category:Flora of Iran Category:Flora of Pakistan Category:Flora of India (region) Category:Flora of the Andaman Islands Category:Flora of the Nicobar Islands Category:Flora of Myanmar Category:Plants described in 1806
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