- its
wild relative Eleusine africana.
Finger millet is
native to the
Ethiopian and
Ugandan highlands.
Interesting crop
characteristics of
finger millet are...
-
commonly cultivated of the
millets.
Finger millet,
proso millet, and
foxtail millet are
other important crop species.
Millets may have been
consumed by...
- second-most
widely planted species of
millet, and the most
grown millet species in Asia. The
oldest evidence of
foxtail millet cultivation was
found along the...
-
Pearl millet (Cenchrus americ****,
commonly known as the
synonym Pennisetum glau****) is the most
widely grown type of
millet. It has been
grown in Africa...
-
commonly called kodo
millet or koda
millet, is an
annual grain that is
grown primarily in
Nepal (not to be
confused with ragi (finger
millet,
Eleusine coracana))...
-
ancestral to
modern Nilo-Saharan and Mandé
cultures started to
collect wild millet,
around 8,000 to 6,000 BC. Later, gourds, watermelons,
castor beans,...
-
proso millet,
broomcorn millet,
common millet, hog
millet,
Kashfi millet, red
millet, and
white millet.
Archaeobotanical evidence suggests millet was first...
- Playa, to the south. The
Bashendi used
sandstone grinders to
grind local wild millet and sorghum. At
Farafra Oasis, a goat
dated around 6100 BC (8100 cal...
-
finger millet (also
called ragi) is
debated with
various proposals placing it in
Africa (Abyssinia), or India.
Charred grains of
cultivated and
wild ragi...
-
esculenta are
called ****anese millet. This
millet is
widely grown as a
cereal in India, ****stan, and Nepal. Its
wild ancestor is the
tropical gr**** Echinochloa...
