Pennisetum is a perennial herb of Gramineae. It is a hybrid offspring of Pennisetum americanum and elephant grass. The stems are erect, stout and clustered, with a plant height of 3.5m, panicles, dense columns, sterile florets and no seeds. Commercial hybrid seeds need to be produced every year. The plant type is compact, about 300 cm high, and the root system is developed, with 1 1.2 tillers, at most 15-20 tillers and 4-5 tillers. Stems erect and round; More than 20 main stems and leaves are needle-shaped, 60-70 cm long, with a grain weight of 75.49 grams per plant and a 1000-grain weight of 7.0 grams. The seeds are gray, rice-shaped, japonica-shaped, edible and concentrated with high quality. The growth days are 130 days. After the seeds are harvested, the straw remains green and can be used for silage or roughage. The grass yield per mu of Pennisetum L-1.5000 kg.
The contents of crude fat, crude protein, crude fiber, nitrogen-free extract and ash in the dry matter of fresh grass cut at booting stage were 4.2-4%, 65,438 0.5%, 35-36%, 23.8-26.4% and 7-65,438 0.5% respectively. Drought resistance, lodging resistance, no disease, suitable for mowing grass for many times and raising herbivores and fish.