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Pongola|pɒnˈgəʊlə|
Also Pangola, and with lower-case initial.
In full, Pongola or Pangola (finger-)grass. The name of a South African river used absol. and attrib. to designate a variety of the perennial grass Digitaria decumbens, originally native to regions near the river, but now widely cultivated in tropical areas.
1947D. B. D. Meredith Effect of Fertilisers on Grasses in S. Afr. v. 115 The area selected had been planted..to alternate rows of the Pongola Finger grass and Digitaria Smutsii. 1952M. A. Flores in Proc. 6th Internat. Grassland Congr. II. 1435 Pangola grass, introduced within recent years from Africa through Florida, U.S.A., is finding favor with livestock producers because of its resistance to drought. 1959Agronomy Jrnl. LI. 111/1 Napier or elephant grass..guineagrass..and pangola⁓grass..are among the most important of the forage grasses of the Tropics. 1966A. M. M. Rees in Davies & Skidmore Trop. Pastures xi. 171 Recorded gross outputs of over {pstlg}50 per acre were obtained..from milk and beef produced from Pangola pastures. 1972E. Hargreaves Fair Green Weed vii. 93 We're putting in pangola to make pastures of the old banana plantations. 1972Stand. Encycl. S. Afr. V. 320/2 The quick-grasses.., Pongola finger-grass..and Swaziland finger-grass..are amongst those grasses that are commonly planted as lawns or on sports grounds. 1977A. V. Bogdan Trop. Pasture & Fodder Plants 113 The name Pangola grass has been derived from the Pongola River in the Piet Retief district of eastern Transvaal..and some authors suggested the name Pongola grass, possibly with a view of avoiding confusion with any other forms of Digitaria which may come from the Pangola River area of western Transvaal. It has also been suggested that the name Pangola grass should be applied only to those clones which..were originally brought to USA in 1935 and which are now widely grown in a number of countries. |