Sehima

Sehima is a genus of mostly Asian and African plants in the grass family.

The generic name is derived from the Arabic sæḥīm ('black'), local name of the type species in its native Yemen. Species Sehima galpinii Stent - Angola, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mpumalanga, Limpopo Sehima ischaemoides Forssk. - drier parts of Asia and Africa from Cape Verde to Limpopo to India Sehima nervosum (Rottler) Stapf - eastern Africa from Eritrea to Mozambique; southern Asia from Yemen to southern China to Java; New Guinea to northern Australia Sehima notatum (Hack.) A.Camus - Uttar Pradesh Sehima sulcatum (Hack.) A.Camus - Myanmar, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh formerly included see Andropogon Andropterum Eremochloa Ischaemum Pogonachne Thelepogon Triplopogon