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East Indian crabgrass
Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Grasses & bamboos

East Indian crabgrass

Digitaria setigera Roth

Introduced by people

Names

EnglishEast Indian crabgrass
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese海南马唐
Scientific nameDigitaria setigera Roth

About this species

Digitaria setigera, also more commonly called East Indian crabgrass, is a species of perennial grass in the family of Poaceae.

It was an introduced weed spread across Polynesia with native agriculture. In the Hawaiian Islands, the plant known as kūkaepuaʻa ("pig poop") became associated with the fertility deity Kamapuaʻa as its tangible form (kinolau).

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusDigitaria

In Suriname

41Records in Suriname
1913First record
2017Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para20
  • Paramaribo3
  • Commewijne1
  • Nickerie1
  • Sipaliwini1
  • Wanica1
  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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