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| Image number: | 1557 |
| Feature : | grass (Hyparrhenia Fourn. Poaceae) |
| Grouping : | savanna and herbs |
| Discipline : | botany |
| Year : | 1996 |
| Locality : | Dimbal |
| Country : | Mali |
| Region - tribe : | Bandiagara |
| Physiographic region : | W-African Savanna belt |
| Notice : | In the Seno plain, these grasses are protected by the local peasants around their gardens. The grasses are also used on the roofs of the millet granaries. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1996 Image 1557. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |