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Pennisetum glaucum

pearl millet

Other common names
African millet
bajri
see morebulrush millet
gero
spiked millet
Indian millet
Synonyms
Setaria glauca
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Botanical details
Family
Poaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Pennisetum

Genus description

Pennisetum can be annual or perennial, evergreen or deciduous grasses, clump-forming or spreading in habit, with linear leaves and narrow flowering panicles with conspicuous bristles

Name status

Correct

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