Urochloa nigropedata, commonly known as spotted brachiaria, is a perennial grass belonging to the grass family (Poaceae).

[2] It is native to Southern Africa in the tropical regions of South Africa and East Africa.

[3] Urochloa nigropedata is used as fodder grass in Namibia.

[4] As a pioneering grass, it has also environmental uses such as revegetation and soil binding.

[5] This Panicoideae article is a stub.