​Family: Poaceae
 
Genus: Themeda
Contains about 20 species of grass native to Africa, Australia, and Asia.
Members are cereals, bamboos, lawn grasses.
Provides majority of world’s food.
Building materials. Bamboo thatch, straw.
Hollow stems.
Narrow alternative leaves.
 
Species: Themeda Triandra: Kangaroo Grass
 
Perennial tussock forming grass.
Location: Australia, Asia, the Pacific and Africa.
Height 1.5m Leaves up to 1 m long.  Flowers spike above the leaves.
Width 0.5m
Flowers: red/brown spikes on branched stems in summer.
Birds love the seeds.