MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Eleusine Names

 

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Eleusine africana Kennedy - O'Byrne

ENGLISH : Wild African eleusine.


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.

ARABIC : Bishnah, Raggî, Kanab.

DUTCH : Ragigierst, Korakan.

ENGLISH : Coracan, Koracan, Korakan, Raggee corn.

FINNISH : Sormihirssi.

FRENCH : Coracan, Éleusine, Mil rouge ?

GERMAN : Korakan, Kurakan, Krummährige Eleusine.

HINDI : Ragi.

ITALIAN : Coracan, Dagussa, Eleusina.

JAPANESE : Shikoku bie.

NEPALESE : Kodo.

PORTUGUESE : Coracan.

RUSSIAN : Elevzina korakana.

SPANISH : Coracán, Ragi, Mijo coracano.

TAMIL : KElvaaraagu (Kelvaragu), KElvaaraagu (Kelvaragu), Kolvaaraagu (new form), KOlvaaraagu (old form), Raagi.

TURKISH : Ragi darisi (no dot on any i of darisi).

VIETNAMESE : .

ZULU : Upoko.


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. subsp. africana (Kenn.-O'Byrne) Hilu & de Wet

SYNONYM(S) : Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. subsp. africana (Kenn.-O'Byrne) S. M. Phillips

AFRIKAANS : Osgras.

DANISH : Afrikansk hirse.

ENGLISH : African millet, Wild finger millet.

GERMAN : Afrikanische Hirse.

SPANISH : Mijo africano.


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. subsp. coracana sensu Hilu & de Wet

SYNONYM(S) : Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. f. coracana (L.) Hook.f. ex Backer, Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group) , Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. cv. gr. Finger Millet

AFRIKAANS : Vogel gierst.

AMHARIC : Dagussa (Ethiopia), Tokuso (Ethiopia).

ARABIC : Tailabon (Sudan).

CHINESE : Long zhao ji, Ya jiao su.

DANISH : Fingerhirse.

DUTCH : Vingergierst.

ENGLISH : Indian millet, Ragi millet, Finger millet, African finger millet.

FRENCH : Eleusine cultivée.

GERMAN : Fingerhirse, Ragihirse.

HINDI : Ragi.

KHMER : Chë:ng kra:hs, Si:ng söng.

KIKUYU : Mugimbi (Kenya).

LAOTIAN : Pha:k kh'wa:y.

MALAY : Rumput sambau, Suket lulangan (Java).

NEPALESE : Koddo.

RUSSIAN : Elevzina korakana.

SPANISH : Coracán, Ragi, Mijo coracano, Mijo digitado.

SWAHILI : Ulezi, Wimbi.

SWEDISH : Fingerhirs.

SUNDANESE : Jampang carulang (Djambang).

THAI : Khao pang samngam.

VIETNAMESE : .

 

A number of the above names are interchangeable with many applied to the species.


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group, Compacta subgroup)

ENGLISH : Cockscomb finger millet.


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group, Coracana subgroup)


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group, Elongata - Laxa subgroup)


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group, Elongata - Reclusa subgroup)


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group, Elongata - Sparsa subgroup)


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group, Plana - Confundere subgroup)


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group, Plana - Grandigluma subgroup)


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group, Plana - Seriata subgroup)


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group, Vulgaris - Digitata subgroup)


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group, Vulgaris - Incurvata subgroup)


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group, Vulgaris - Liliacea subgroup)


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger Millet Group, Vulgaris - Stellata subgroup)


Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.

ARABIC : Kalassindra (Chad).

ENGLISH : Fowl-foot grass, Crowfoot grass, Crabgrass, Goose grass, Wire grass, Yard grass.

FRENCH : Pied de poule de l'Inde.

ITALIAN : Panico indiano.

JAPANESE : Ohi shiba, Ohi jiwa ?

MALAY : Rumput kekuasa.

NEPALESE : Kode vanso.

PILIPINO : Paragis.

PORTUGUESE : Pata de galinha, Capim de caradouro.

RUSSIAN : Elevzina indiiskaia.

SHONA : Makha.

SPANISH : Grama de caballo, Hierba dulce, Natajo dulce, Pata de gallina, Pata de ganso, Yerba dulce.

VIETNAMESE : , .

 

Photographs of inflorescences by Gerald D. Carr at Vascular Plant Families - Photographic collections, Botany Department, University of Hawaii.

 


RESOURCES

 

Carr Gerald D. Vascular Plant Families - Photographic collections, Botany Department, University of Hawaii. < http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/default.htm >. Index of Poaceae / Gramineae at < http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/po.htm > includes names, descriptions & thumbnail photos linked to larger shots.

Farmers' Rights Information Service , M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, provide a brief background on the Diversity of Millets, including common and little millet (in English) < http://www.mssrf.org/Fris9809/index.html > . Background of many cultivars / groups and photographs are given on linked pages. < http://www.mssrf.org/Fris9809/kolli-millets-1.html >.

Images collection (botanical line drawings) of grasses (Poaceae) by the Bioinformatics Working Group at Texas A & M University < http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/image/poacr2ba.htm >.

 

 

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