Abstract is: Cenchrus purpureus, synonym Pennisetum purpureum, also known as Napier grass, elephant grass or Uganda grass, is a species of perennial tropical grass native to the African grasslands. It has low water and nutrient requirements, and therefore can make use of otherwise uncultivated lands. Historically, this wild species has been used primarily for grazing, recently, however, it has been used as part of a push–pull agricultural pest management strategy. Napier grasses improve soil fertility, and protect arid land from soil erosion. It is also utilized for firebreaks, windbreaks, in paper pulp production and most recently to produce bio-oil, biogas and charcoal.
| taxon | Q16521 |
| P2036 | African Plant Database ID | 53069 |
| P6137 | Alabama Plant Atlas ID | 4989 |
| P5984 | APNI ID | 69862 |
| P3420 | Calflora ID | 10189 |
| P12554 | CalPhotos taxon ID | Pennisetum+purpureum |
| P10585 | Catalogue of Life ID | 76LMF |
| P3088 | Catalogue of Life in Taiwan ID (old version) | 201632 |
| P9649 | Dutch Caribbean Species Register ID | 189978 |
| P6864 | eBiodiversity ID | 287141 |
| P4753 | Ecocrop ID | 1651 |
| P830 | Encyclopedia of Life ID | 1115110 |
| P1417 | Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID | plant/napier-grass |
| P3031 | EPPO Code | PESPU |
| P1747 | Flora of China ID | 200025859 |
| P3795 | Flora of Israel Online plant ID | PENPUR |
| P1727 | Flora of North America taxon ID | 200025859 |
| P646 | Freebase ID | /m/075kh1 |
| P846 | GBIF taxon ID | 2706158 |
| P1832 | GrassBase ID | imp07795 |
| P1421 | GRIN URL | https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=27208 |
| P3151 | iNaturalist taxon ID | 62919 |
| P7537 | India Biodiversity Portal species ID | 243311 |
| P6161 | Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States ID | 6164 |
| P5698 | Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID | 39771 |
| P961 | IPNI plant ID | 415202-1 |
| P5055 | IRMNG ID | 10682724 |
| P815 | ITIS TSN | 42004 |
| P8408 | KBpedia ID | PennisetumPurpureum |
| P6366 | Microsoft Academic ID | 2779263494 |
| P9503 | MyBIS species ID | 41854 |
| P8189 | National Library of Israel J9U ID | 987007532276405171 |
| P10243 | NatureServe Explorer ID | 2.131422 |
| P2752 | New Zealand Organisms Register ID | 53723fc2-6e4e-49ce-a413-4e15678cd86c |
| P6754 | OBIS ID | 1492030 |
| P6105 | Observation.org taxon ID | 199534 |
| P10283 | OpenAlex ID | C2779263494 |
| P4301 | PfaF ID | Pennisetum purpureum |
| P6034 | Plant Finder ID (Missouri Botanical Garden) | 369151 |
| P1070 | Plant List ID (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) | kew-432901 |
| P5037 | Plants of the World Online ID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415202-1 |
| P8468 | Queensland Biota ID | 15141 |
| P6056 | Red List of South African Plants ID | 1326-12 |
| P12296 | SERNEC taxon ID | 33633 |
| P3105 | Tela Botanica ID | 120145 |
| P12297 | TORCH taxon ID | 33633 |
| P960 | Tropicos ID | 25509854 |
| P4728 | uBio ID | 276960 |
| P1772 | USDA PLANTS ID | PEPU2 |
| P3591 | WCSPF ID | 432901 |
| P3746 | Wildflowers of Israel ID | 2993 |
| P7715 | World Flora Online ID | wfo-0000889087 |
| P12766 | basionym of | Cenchrus purpureus | Q41531378 |
| P1343 | described by source | Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands | Q10878728 |
| Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1) | Q112869381 | ||
| P366 | has use | medicinal plant | Q188840 |
| fodder | Q211439 | ||
| P5588 | invasive to | People's Republic of China | Q148 |
| P6104 | maintained by WikiProject | WikiProject Invasion Biology | Q56241615 |
| P171 | parent taxon | Pennisetum | Q1762112 |
| P1813 | short name | P. purpureum | |
| P6507 | taxon author citation | Schumach. | |
| P1843 | taxon common name | 象草 | |
| elephant grass | |||
| 象草 | |||
| P225 | taxon name | Pennisetum purpureum | |
| P9714 | taxon range | People's Republic of China | Q148 |
| Guangdong | Q15175 | ||
| Fujian | Q41705 | ||
| P105 | taxon rank | species | Q7432 |