Pangola
/paŋˈɡəʊlə/(also Pongola)
noun
In full Pangola grass, Pangola finger-grass. A stoloniferous, creeping finger-grass, Digitaria decumbens, native to southern Africa and widely grown in warm and tropical regions, especially as a pasture grass.
Origin
1940s. From the name of the river Pongola in South Africa.