Andropogon gayanus

Andropogon gayanus Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 163 1829. (syn: Sorghum gayanum (Kunth) Kuntze);

Native range is Cape Verde, Tropical & S. Africa as per POWO;

Andaman Is.; Angola; Benin; Bolivia; Botswana; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Burkina; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Caprivi Strip; Central African Repu; Chad; Colombia; Cuba; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Ivory Coast; KwaZulu-Natal; Laos; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Namibia; Nicobar Is.; Niger; Nigeria; Northern Provinces; Northern Territory; Philippines; Queensland; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; Sudan; Suriname; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Trinidad-Tobago; Uganda; Western Australia; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe as per Catalogue of Life;

Native and widely distributed in tropical Africa, north and south of Equator; introduced to other tropical areas, as tropical Queensland, Brazil, India, and western Australia as per Purdue;