''Digitaria compacta'' is a grass species native to India and Indochina. It is cultivated in the
Khasi Hills
The Khasi Hills () is a low mountain formation on the Shillong Plateau in Meghalaya state of India. The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi-Jaintia range and connects with the Purvanchal Range and larger Patkai Range further east. Khasi Hil ...
of northeast India, used as a
glutinous
Domestication syndrome refers to two sets of phenotypic traits that are common to either domestication of animals, domesticated animals, or domesticated plants. These traits were identified by Charles Darwin in ''The Variation of Animals and Pl ...
flour for making bread or porridge, and known as raishan.
See also
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Digitaria exilis
''Digitaria exilis'', referred to as findi or fundi in areas of Africa, such as The Gambia, with English common names white fonio, fonio millet, and hungry rice or acha rice, is a grass species. It is the most important of a diverse group of wild ...
'', white fonio, used as a grain crop in West Africa
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Digitaria iburua
''Digitaria iburua'', commonly known as iburu, is a grass species native to west and west-central tropical Africa, which is cultivated as a grain crop known as black fonio.
Iburu (''D. iburua'') is closely related to white fonio ('' D. exilis''), ...
'', black fonio, used as a grain crop in West Africa
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Digitaria sanguinalis
''Digitaria sanguinalis'' is a species of Poaceae, grass known by several common names, including hairy crabgrass, hairy finger-grass, large crabgrass, crab finger grass, purple crabgrass. It is one of the better-known species of the genus ''Digi ...
'', considered a weed around the world, but traditionally used as a grain crop in Europe
References
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compacta
Flora of Assam (region)
Flora of East Himalaya
Flora of Indo-China
Cereals