Carajas is a perennial forage grass with an erect growth habit, forming dense, vigorous clumps with plenty of tillers. It is an improved Banagras cultivar with good nutritive value and excellent palatability and digestibility. It is drought tolerant and can be used for direct grazing, silage, hay-making, standing hay and “greenchop”. It is suitable for cattle, horses, sheep, goats and game.