''Digitaria compacta'' is a grass species native to India and Indochina. It is cultivated in the
Khasi Hills of northeast India, used as a
glutinous
Domestication syndrome refers to two sets of phenotypic traits that are common to either domesticated animals, or domesticated plants. These traits were identified by Charles Darwin in '' The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. ...
flour for making bread or porridge, and known as raishan.
See also
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Digitaria exilis'', 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'', 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