Indian millet
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Indian Millet is a name widely used in different parts of the world to describe a number of different plants. A possibly incomplete list is:
All of these are members of the family Poaceae
and they are either fodder or grain producing plants.
- Sorghum bicolorSorghum bicolorSorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum and also known as durra or jowari, is a grass species cultivated for its edible grain. Sorghum originated in northern Africa, and is now cultivated widely in tropical and subtropical regions. S. bicolor is typically an annual, but some cultivars are...
(synonym: Sorghum vulgare) - Stipa hymenoides
- Panicum miliaceum
- Penicillaria spicata
- Achnatherum hymenoides
- Oryzopsis hymenoides
All of these are members of the family Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
and they are either fodder or grain producing plants.