BarnOmics
Barnyard Millet Database
Barnyard Millet Database
| Common Name: | Indian barnyard millet |
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| Ploidy and Chromosome number: | Allohexaploid, 2n = 6x = 54 |
| Origin: | India, Pakistan, and Nepal |
| Habitat: | Annual, and temperate region |
| Synonyms: | Billion Dollar grass, sawa millet, sama millet |
| Distribution: |
Widely distributed in Central Africa, Africa,Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, and South America |
| General morphology: | Erect, 242 cm tall, with smooth, glabrous leaves 15-40 cm long and 1-2.5 cm wide. Mostly green, with occasional purple tinges in vegetative and reproductive parts. Compact, erect inflorescence, 1-28 cm long, with 20-70 racemes, 1-3 cm in length. Spikelets are tightly clustered, 2-4 mm long, acute, and awnless |
