It establishes more rapidly than the green panic with good first season yields and is easier to manage than the tall guinea grasses. O’Reilly (1975) described green panic (panicum var trichglume) cv Petrie as a native of Africa. It is also a tall, tufted, summer growing perennial. Green panic is lighter in appearance. Green panic or slender Guinea (P. Maximum var trichoglume Eyles) is a variety with fine stems up to 1.8 m high and short leaves. Mutale is a local cultivar of South Africa from the northern Transvaal. Another cultivar is Vencidor, which was bred