Talk:Finger millet

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This is currently a mixed page - Finger millets (Eleusine coracana) is an African species, not found in Asia; the plant grown there (and referred to on this page) is the related Eleusine indica, a.k.a. Fowlfoot grass.

Two options:

Move the page to Eleusine so that it covers both species (and a third not yet mentioned, E. africana), with redirects from both common names (my preference), or
Cut the Asian details and transfer them to a new page (which would still require an Eleusine genus page)

Anyone any opinions? MPF 14:35, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

On second thoughts (given the cultivation info now added for Asia, keep the page as it is, it makes more sense now - MPF 1 July 2005 23:48 (UTC)

E. indica is a weed species; E. coracana is indeed the crop grown in Africa and Asia, so this page is correct. See for example [1] and [2]Mark Nesbitt 21:57, 19 January 2006 (UTC)