Pennisetum purpureum: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
acfucsracsracsr	Kosraean	Kosrae Island	? (0)
bokso	Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 8)
canne fourragère	French	?	Lavergne, Christophe (2006)
elefante	Spanish	Colombia (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 371)
elephant grass	English	?	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 55)
fausse canne à sucre	French	?	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 115)
herbe éléphant	French	?	MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 61)
hierba elefante	Spanish	?	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 115)
merker grass	English	?	U. S. Government (2009)
Napier grass	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 338)
pasto elefante	Spanish	?	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 115)
puk-soh	Pohnpeian	Pohnpei Island	? (0)
vao povi	Samoan	Western Samoa Islands	? (0)
yerba elefante	Spanish	El Salvador (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 371)
zacate elefante	Spanish	?	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 371)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
English	?	elephant grass	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 55)
English	?	merker grass	U. S. Government (2009)
English	?	Napier grass	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 338)
French	?	canne fourragère	Lavergne, Christophe (2006)
French	?	fausse canne à sucre	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 115)
French	?	herbe éléphant	MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 61)
Kosraean	Kosrae Island	acfucsracsracsr	? (0)
Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	bokso	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 8)
Pohnpeian	Pohnpei Island	puk-soh	? (0)
Samoan	Western Samoa Islands	vao povi	? (0)
Spanish	?	hierba elefante	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 115)
Spanish	?	pasto elefante	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 115)
Spanish	?	zacate elefante	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 371)
Spanish	Colombia (Republic of)	elefante	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 371)
Spanish	El Salvador (Republic of)	yerba elefante	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 371)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	English	elephant grass	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 55)
?	English	merker grass	U. S. Government (2009)
?	English	Napier grass	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 338)
?	French	canne fourragère	Lavergne, Christophe (2006)
?	French	fausse canne à sucre	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 115)
?	French	herbe éléphant	MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 61)
?	Spanish	hierba elefante	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 115)
?	Spanish	pasto elefante	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 115)
?	Spanish	zacate elefante	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 371)
Colombia (Republic of)	Spanish	elefante	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 371)
El Salvador (Republic of)	Spanish	yerba elefante	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 371)
Kosrae Island	Kosraean	acfucsracsracsr	? (0)
Palau Islands (main island group)	Palauan	bokso	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 8)
Pohnpei Island	Pohnpeian	puk-soh	? (0)
Western Samoa Islands	Samoan	vao povi	? (0)

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
English	elephant grass	?	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 55)
English	merker grass	?	U. S. Government (2009)
English	Napier grass	?	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 338)
French	canne fourragère	?	Lavergne, Christophe (2006)
French	fausse canne à sucre	?	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 115)
French	herbe éléphant	?	MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 61)
Kosraean	acfucsracsracsr	Kosrae Island	? (0)
Palauan	bokso	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 8)
Pohnpeian	puk-soh	Pohnpei Island	? (0)
Samoan	vao povi	Western Samoa Islands	? (0)
Spanish	elefante	Colombia (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 371)
Spanish	hierba elefante	?	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 115)
Spanish	pasto elefante	?	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 115)
Spanish	yerba elefante	El Salvador (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 371)
Spanish	zacate elefante	?	Holm, Leroy G./Plucknett, D. L./Pancho, J. V./Herberger, J. P. (1977) (p. 371)

This page was created on 30 SEP 2005 by PT for PIER, and was last updated on 6 Jul 2009 by PIER.