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Golden Millet
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Golden Millet
P Introduced Photo: Kuntal Saha
Common name: Golden Millet, African bristle grass, African pigeon grass, Canary seed grass, Golden bristle grass
Botanical name: Setaria sphacelata    Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Panicum sphacelatum, Panicum chrysanthum, Setaria aurea
Golden Millet is a stout and usually clustered grass. It produces short rhizomes and many flattened blue-green stems up to 1.8-2 m high. The leaves are bluish grey green, soft and hairless, 50 cm long x 1-1.7 cm wide, with long pointed tips. The inflorescence is a spike-like 7-25 cm long x 8 mm wide, dense narrow panicle, that radiates golden-yellow bristles. Golden millet is an important fodder plant in Africa. It is native to Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, cultivated worldwide.
Identification credit: Kuntal Saha Photographed in Pahalgam, Kashmir & Shilli Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh.
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