About Alloteropsis semialata (R.Br.) Hitchc.
Alloteropsis semialata (R.Br.) Hitchc. typically grows to a height of 20 to 150 centimeters (8 to 59 inches) from a short, white rhizome. Its leaf blades are usually 10 to 50 cm (4 to 19 and 1/2 inches) long and 1 to 10 millimeters (1/16 to 3/8 of an inch) wide. This plant produces fertile spikelets that each contain 2 flowers. It is distributed across a large portion of tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, and Papuasia. In its ecology, the seeds of Alloteropsis semialata are an important part of the wet-season diet for many seed-eating finches and parrots. The rhizomes of the plant are included in the dry-season diet of some animals.
