EPPO Global Database

Echinochloa crus-galli subsp. utilis(ECHUT)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ECHUT
  • Preferred name: Echinochloa crus-galli subsp. utilis
  • Authority: (Ohwi & Yabuno) T. Koyama

Notes

Native to China. Grain crop plant derived from E. crus-galli in Japan which started its cultivation more than 2000 years ago.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Echinochloa esculenta (A. Braun) H. Scholz
Echinochloa utilis Ohwi & Yabuno
Panicum esculentum A. Braun

Common names
Name Language
Japanese barnyard millet English
Japanese millet English
shirohie millet English
eßbare Hühnerhirse German
Japan-Hühnerhirse German
japanische Hirsche German
japanische Hühnerhirse German
millet du Japon French
mijo japonés Spanish
milho-do-Japão Portuguese
japansk hönshirs Swedish
hie Japanese
ヒエ Japanese
ежовник культивируемый Russian
японское просо Russian
chwastnica jadalna Polish
japán köles Hungarian
zi sui bai Chinese
紫穗稗 Chinese
ježatka japonská Czech