EPPO Global Database

Echinochloa colonum subsp. edulis(ECHCF)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ECHCF
  • Preferred name: Echinochloa colonum subsp. edulis
  • Authority: (Honda) Banfi & Galasso

Notes

A cultivated grain crop derived from E. crus-galli in India. Introduced in Ukraine,  Caucasus, Russian Far East, Central Asia, China, Indochina, tropical Africa, North America, Brazil, Australia.  E. frumentacea is distinct from another cultivated Asian Echinochloa, E. esculenta (q.v.), which is of Japanese origin. 


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Echinochloa crus-galli var. frumentacea (Link) W.F. Wright
Echinochloa frumentacea Link
Panicum frumentaceum Roxburgh

Common names
Name Language
billion-dollar grass English (US)
Indian barnyard millet English
sawa millet English
Siberian millet English
white millet English
white panic English
Futterhühnerhirse German
Indien-Hühnerhirse German
Weizenhühnerhirse German
milhã-da-Índia Portuguese
milhagem Portuguese
blek hönshirs Swedish
ежовник хлебный Russian
пайза Russian
chwastnica zbożowa Polish
japán köles Hungarian
hú nán bài zǐ Chinese
湖南稗子 Chinese
ježatka obilní Czech
плоскуха хлібна Ukrainian