BarnOmics
Barnyard Millet Database
Barnyard Millet Database
| Common Name: | Jungle rice |
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| Ploidy and Chromosome number: | Allohexaploid, 2n = 6x = 54 |
| Origin: | China and Japan |
| Habitat: | Annual, and temperate region |
| Synonyms: | Echinochloa colonum, Echinochloa crus-gallisubsp.colona, Panicum colonum, Panicum cumingianum, Panicum zonale, and Milium colonum |
| Distribution: |
Widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe,and America |
| General morphology: | Erect to decumbent, 60 cm tall, with smooth leaves 10-15 cm long and red-tinged bases.Inflorescence is green to purple, 5-15 cm long, with 5-15 simple racemes, 0.5-3 cm long. Spikelets are 1-3 mm, arranged in four uniform rows on the rachis |
