Description: Guinea grass (Panicum maximum) is a tall
vigorous perennial grass with stems up to 3.5 m tall that
varies widely in growth habit. It grows in tropical and
subtropical areas with more than 900 mm of rainfall on
a wide range of soils. The deep, dense and fibrous root
system allows guinea grass to survive quite long
drought periods, but it performs best on well drained
soils of good fertility in high rainfall regions. (Humphreys
and Partridge, 1995). Guinea grass is tolerant of shade