English common name para grass, buffalo grass, panicum grass
Scientific nameBrachiaria mutica (Frossk.) Stapf
Para grass (Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf) is a semi-aquatic, palatable and good quality forage grass particularly suited to poorly drained, swampy and flooded tropical and subtropical areas. Para grass can be grazed, used in cut-and-carry systems or made into hay or silage. It can be used for erosion control on river banks and steep slope