millet varieties and local names

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Common: Pearl millet, Hindi: Bajra, Tamil: Cumbu, Botanic: Pennisetum glaucum spiked millet, bulrush millet, candle millet, dark millet Common: Foxtail millet, Hindi: Kangni Tamil: Thenai / Thinnai Botanic: Setaria italica Italian millet, German millet, Hungarian millet, Siberian millet Common: Finger millet, Hindi: Ragi/ Mandua Tamil: Kelveragu Botanic: Eleusine coracana African millet, koracan, , wimbi, bulo, telebun

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An effort to understand Millet varieties and its local names with photos of plant, grain and close ups

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Page 1: Millet Varieties and Local Names

Common: Pearl millet,

Hindi: Bajra,

Tamil: Cumbu,

Botanic: Pennisetum glaucum

spiked millet, bulrush millet,

candle millet, dark millet

Common: Foxtail millet,

Hindi: Kangni

Tamil: Thenai / Thinnai

Botanic: Setaria italica

Italian millet, German millet,

Hungarian millet, Siberian

millet

Common: Finger millet,

Hindi: Ragi/ Mandua

Tamil: Kelveragu

Botanic: Eleusine coracana

African millet, koracan, , wimbi,

bulo, telebun

Page 2: Millet Varieties and Local Names

Common: Proso millet,

Hindi: Barri

Tamil: Panivaragu

Botanic: Panicum miliaceum

common millet, hog millet,

broom-corn millet, Russian

millet, brown corn

Common: Kodo

Hindi: Kodo

Tamil: Varghu

Botanic: Paspalum

scrobiculatum

Common: Sorghum

Hindi: Jowar

Tamil: Cholam

Botanic: Sorghum bicolour

Great millet, guinea corn, kafir

corn, aura, mtama, kaoliang,

milo, milo-maize

Page 3: Millet Varieties and Local Names

Common: Little millet

Panicum sumatrense

Common: Barnyard millet

Hindi: Echinochloa crus-galli

Sawa millet, Japanese barnyard

millet

Millet Flakes