millet varieties and local names
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An effort to understand Millet varieties and its local names with photos of plant, grain and close upsTRANSCRIPT
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
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
Common: Little millet
Panicum sumatrense
Common: Barnyard millet
Hindi: Echinochloa crus-galli
Sawa millet, Japanese barnyard
millet
Millet Flakes