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Paspalum scrobiculatum, commonly called kodo millet or koda millet, [1] [2] [3] is an annual grain that is grown primarily in Nepal (not to be confused with ragi (finger millet, Eleusine coracana)) [4] [5] and also in India, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and in West Africa from where it originated.
Little millet (Panicum sumatrense) is believed to have been domesticated around 5000 BC in Indian subcontinent and Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum) around 3700 BC, also in Indian subcontinent. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Browntop millet ( Urochloa ramosa ) was likely domesticated in the Deccan near the beginning of the third millennium BCE and spread ...
Kodo millet: Paspalum scrobiculatum: কোডো (Kodo) কোডো (Koḍo) ... Botanical name Assamese Bengali Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Marathi Oriya Punjabi ...
Paspalum scrobiculatum (koda, varuka, varuku, etc.) is a millet locally grown as food grain. Some species, such as bahiagrass (P. notatum) and P. nicorae, are grown for pasturage, especially with the perennial forage peanut (Arachis glabrata) as a companion crop. Bahiagrass has also some significance as a honey plant.
Tongba: Limbu style, hot millet beer Tongba is actually the name of the vessel that holds the fermented millet beverage known as mandokpenaa thee. [4] Tongba is prepared from brown finger millet (Eleusine coracana, also known as ragi in India or kodo in Nepal) grown in hilly regions, and it is cooked and combined with traditionally cultured khesung, which is a microbial colony or starter culture.
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) is an annual herbaceous plant widely grown as a cereal crop in the arid and semiarid areas in Africa and Asia. It is a tetraploid and self-pollinating species probably evolved from its wild relative Eleusine africana. [2] Finger millet is native to the Ethiopian and Ugandan highlands. [3]
This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names, in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
It is usually made from kodo millet (kodo) or rice; different grains produce different flavors. [2] It is made by distilling a chhaang, a brewed alcoholic drink. [3] The Limbus and Kirati people, for whom it is a traditional beverage, [4] drink tongba and raksi served with pieces of pork, water buffalo or goat meat sekuwa. [5]