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|author = (Kippist) Stapf
|author = (Kippist) Stapf
|order = Poales
|order = Poales
|family = Gramineae
|family = Poaceae
|genus = Digitaria  
|genus = Digitaria  
|nb chromosomes = 2n =  
|nb chromosomes = 2n =  
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|status = cultivated
|status = cultivated
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*English: '''fonio millet''', hungry rice, fundi
|title=Usages summary
*French: '''fonio'''
|text=*annual grass
 
 
*annual grass
*digitate panicle
*digitate panicle
 
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*cultivated in Africa since 5000 BC
*cultivated in Africa since 5000 BC
*a prestige crop with very small seeds
*a prestige crop with very small seeds
*eaten in couscous, or made into flour or beer
*eaten in couscous, or made into flour or beer


== Description ==
*English: '''fonio millet''', hungry rice, fundi
*French: '''fonio'''


== Popular names ==
== Popular names ==
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== Biology ==


== Classification ==
== Classification ==
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== History ==
== History ==
The wild progenitor si possibly ''Digitaria longiflora'' (Retz) Pers. (1805).
The wild progenitor is possibly ''Digitaria longiflora'' (Retz) Pers. (1805).


== Uses ==
== Uses ==
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== Links ==
== Links ==
*[http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:46:357523271804739::NO::module,mf_use,source,akzanz,rehm,akzname,taxid:mf,,botnam,0,,Digitaria%20exilis,35320 Mansfeld]
*[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Digitaria+exilis&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=query_ipni.html IPNI]
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl?Digitaria%20exilis GRIN]
*[[Digitaria exilis (PROSEA)|PROSEA on Pl@ntUse]]
*[[Digitaria exilis (PROTA)|PROTA on Pl@ntUse]]
*[http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?h=M4&t=Digitaria,exilis&p=Digitaria+exilis Prota4U]


[http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:46:357523271804739::NO::module,mf_use,source,akzanz,rehm,akzname,taxid:mf,,botnam,0,,Digitaria%20exilis,35320 Mansfeld]
[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Digitaria+exilis&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=query_ipni.html link to IPNI page ]
[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl?Digitaria%20exilis link to GRIN page]
[http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?h=M4&t=Digitaria,exilis&p=Digitaria+exilis link to Prota4U page]
[[Category:Species]]
[[Category:Seed plant]]
[[Category:Cereal, cultivated]]
[[Category:Cereal, cultivated]]

Latest revision as of 17:15, 10 August 2016

Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf

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Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Digitaria

2n =

Origin : savannahs of western Africa

cultivated

English {{{english}}}
French {{{french}}}


Usages summary
  • annual grass
  • digitate panicle


  • cultivated in Africa since 5000 BC
  • a prestige crop with very small seeds
  • eaten in couscous, or made into flour or beer


Description

  • English: fonio millet, hungry rice, fundi
  • French: fonio

Popular names


Classification

Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf (1915)

basionym:

  • Paspalum exile Kippist (1842)


Cultivars

History

The wild progenitor is possibly Digitaria longiflora (Retz) Pers. (1805).

Uses

References

Links