Leptochloa chinensis

Leptochloa Chinensis, commonly known as red sprangletop, Asian sprangletop, or Chinese sprangletop, is a grass species.

It is native to regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Places it is found include Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, West Africa, Fiji and Samoa.

It is known to be a pasture grass and is a livestock grazing feed grass specialty, but in some cases it is a common rice weed.