Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Poaceae / Gramineae
Echinochloa frumentacea Link.
(Syn: Panicum frumentaceum Roxb.)
English name: Japanese Millet, White Millet.
Local name: Sanwak, Bajhar.
Description:
A robust annual herb 30-150 cm high, erect, spikes dense, greenish. Spikelets
unawned or shortly awned.
Flowering Period:
Mostly from September to October but also sporadically earlier in the year.
Habitat:
Acommon grass species of cultivated beds and moist soil.
Uses:
The grains are sweet, acrid, oleaginous, cooling and
digestible. They are said to be useful in biliousness and
constipation.
Distribution:
Pakistan, tropical East Africa Southwards to Rhodesia,
India; Australia. Sometimes cultivated for grains in Asia
and Africa.