Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)


Eleusine coracana ssp. africana


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Eleusine coracana ssp. africana

A robust, hardy annual grass with slanted culms. A serious weed of cultivation, difficult to eradicate due to strong root system. Some ecotypes grown as finger millet, a traditional African grain crop.

Photo by JM Van Staden courtesy Ecoport.
(source URL: http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdb&PdbID=6712&pictureType=PH&subjectType=E&subjectId=5656)


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This page was last updated on 12/18/2008.