Zoysia tenuifolia — a medium houseplant
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Zoysia tenuifolia

Zoysia Tenuifolia

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Zoysia tenuifolia is a type of grass originally thought to be one of the native grass type to the Mascarene Island. The epithet tenuifolia is commonly used to describe plant specimens in Mascarene Islands and Zoysia tenuifolia is also called Mascarene grass. Z. tenuifolia is not widely used as a general lawn grass due to its slow growth rate.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Zoysia
Family
Poaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS

Other names.

en Manila grass en Manila Temple Grass en Mascarene grass en Korean velvet grass en Temple grass
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Zoysia tenuifolia leaf
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Zoysia tenuifolia leaf
PLATE 02 · leaf
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