Cynodon plectostachyus, the giant star grass, is a species of grass (family Poaceae).

It is native to Chad, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, and has been introduced as a livestock forage to California and Florida in the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Paraguay, Argentina, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

[1][2] An aggressive competitor, it is now the most widespread grass in the New World Tropics.

[2] It is typically paired in a silvopastoral system with Leucaena leucocephala.

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