Digitaria compacta

Digitaria compacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Digitaria
Species: D. compacta
Binomial name
Digitaria compacta
(Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp
Synonyms[1]
  • Axonopus corymbosus (Roxb.) Schult.
  • Digitaria bifasciculata (Trin.) Henrard
  • Digitaria corymbosa (Roxb.) Merr.
  • Digitaria fascicularis Link nom. illeg.
  • Digitaria villosa Trin. nom. inval.
  • Panicum bifasciculatum Trin.
  • Panicum corymbosum Roxb.
  • Panicum fasciculare (Link) Trin. nom. illeg.
  • Panicum fasciculatum Trin. nom. inval.
  • Panicum imperfectum Roxb. ex Kunth nom. inval.
  • Panicum schraderi Kunth nom. illeg.
  • Paspalum compactum Roth
  • Paspalum corymbosum (Roxb.) Kunth
  • Paspalum porrigens Arn. ex Hook.f. nom. inval.
  • Reimaria fascicularis (Link) Link nom. illeg.
  • Syntherisma corymbosa (Roxb.) Hosok.
  • Syntherisma corymbosum (Roxb.) Sasaki

Digitaria compacta is a grass species native to India and Indo-China.[2] It is cultivated in the Khasi Hills of northeast India, used as a glutinous flour for making bread or porridge, and known as raishan.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. ↑ W.D. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, K.T. Harman & H. Williamson. "GrassBase". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Prance, G.; Nesbitt, M. (2012). The Cultural History of Plants. Taylor & Francis. p. 55. ISBN 9781135958114.
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