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Digitaria compacta

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Species of grass also known as raishan

Digitaria compacta
At Jardin botanique de la Charme, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Digitaria
Species: D. compacta
Binomial name
Digitaria compacta
(Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp
Synonyms
  • Axonopus corymbosus (Roxb.) Schult.
  • Digitaria bifasciculata (Trin.) Henrard
  • Digitaria corymbosa (Roxb.) Merr.
  • Digitaria cruciata var. esculenta Bor
  • 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 Indochina.

It is cultivated in the Khasi Hills of northeast India, used as a glutinous flour for making bread or porridge, and known as raishan. It is cultivated in maize fields by sowing in April-May and harvesting the grain in September-October; the straw is harvested later after the other crops in the field have been harvested. It is often cooked like rice or even with rice (1 part raishan to two parts rice). The straw is used for winter fodder for cattle.

See also

References

  1. "Digitaria cruciata var. esculenta Bor | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  2. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. W.D. Clayton; M. Vorontsova; K.T. Harman; H. Williamson (2016-02-03). "Digitaria compacta". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  4. "Digitaria compacta (Roth) Veldkamp". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  5. Prance, G.; Nesbitt, M. (2012). The Cultural History of Plants. Taylor & Francis. p. 55. ISBN 9781135958114.
  6. Singh, H. B.; Arora, R. K. (1 October 1972). "Raishan (Digitaria sp.)—a minor millet of the Khasi Hills, India". Economic Botany. 26 (4): 376–380. doi:10.1007/BF02860709. ISSN 1874-9364. Retrieved 20 January 2025. Uses the synonym Digitaria cruciata var. esculenta
Taxon identifiers
Digitaria compacta
Paspalum compactum
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