Summary
Place of publication:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915:385. 1915
Verified:
05/29/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
- Burkill, H. M. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 2:225-227.
- Dansi, A. et al. 2010. Diversity, conservation and related wild species of Fonio millet (Digitaria spp.) in the northwest of Benin. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-009-9522-3
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972 3(part 2):453.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
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Common names
English
fonio millet – hungry-rice – white fonio – German
Fonio – Spanish
digitaria – Swedish
fundi-hirs –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | | Africa | | |
Cultivated
Africa
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Burkill, H. M. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 2:225-227. |
Human food | cereal | | Burkill, H. M. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 2:225-227. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=14016.
Accessed 6 October 2024.