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Genus: Eleusine
(Finger millet genus) Life
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There are nine species worldwide (Africa) of which
two are native to southern Africa and two are naturalised.
Species native to southern Africa
List from Fish (2003).
Eleusine coracana (Finger millet)
This species was domesticated in Africa from the wild form
Eleusine africana more that 5000 years ago (this dating is based on the
seeds found in a 5000 year old archaeological site in Ethiopia). In southen
Africa it has been cultivated since the Iron Age. |
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Eleusine indica |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from Fish (2003).
Eleusine multiflora |
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Eleusine tristachya |
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