Digitaria delicatula

Description

An erect annual grass growing 60 cm tall, native to tropical regions and belonging to the grass family.

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Edible Uses

The seeds are eaten as a cereal.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Africa, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, West Africa,

Also Known As

Diadie, Egorreb

References (3)

• Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Kew.
• Gallagher, D. E., 2010, Farming beyond the escarpment: Society, Environment, and Mobility in Precolonial Southeastern Burkina Faso. PhD University of Michigan.
• World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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