Biology:Digitaria compacta
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Short description: Species of grass also known as raishan
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Digitaria |
| Species: | D. compacta
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| Digitaria compacta (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp
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Digitaria compacta is a grass species native to India and Indochina.[3][4]
It is cultivated in the Khasi Hills of northeast India, used as a glutinous flour for making bread or porridge, and known as raishan.[5] It is cultivated in maize fields by sowing in April-May and harvesting the grain in September-October; the straw is harvested later after the other crops in the field have been harvested. It is often cooked like rice or even with rice (1 part raishan to two parts rice). The straw is used for winter fodder for cattle.[6]
See also
- Digitaria exilis, white fonio, used as a grain crop in West Africa
- Digitaria iburua, black fonio, used as a grain crop in West Africa
- Digitaria sanguinalis, considered a weed around the world, but traditionally used as a grain crop in Europe
References
- ↑ "Digitaria cruciata var. esculenta Bor | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77273593-1.
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-408876. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "Digitaria compacta". 2016-02-03. https://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp02936.htm. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ↑ "Digitaria compacta (Roth) Veldkamp" (in en). Kew Science. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:398718-1/general-information.
- ↑ Prance, G.; Nesbitt, M. (2012). The Cultural History of Plants. Taylor & Francis. p. 55. ISBN 9781135958114. https://books.google.com/books?id=niwsBgAAQBAJ.
- ↑ Singh, H. B.; Arora, R. K. (1 October 1972). "Raishan (Digitaria sp.)—a minor millet of the Khasi Hills, India" (in en). Economic Botany 26 (4): 376–380. doi:10.1007/BF02860709. ISSN 1874-9364. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02860709. Retrieved 20 January 2025. Uses the synonym Digitaria cruciata var. esculenta
Wikidata ☰ Q15503652 entry
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