EPPO Global Database

Eleusine coracana(ELECO)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ELECO
  • Preferred name: Eleusine coracana
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Gärtner

Notes

Burkina Faso, Nigeria Tchad, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Zaïre, Angola. Introduced in southern Mediterranean, Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Japan, Sénégal, Mali, Sudan, USA (east coast), South America (central Brazil), Australia (Western)


Common names
Name Language
African finger millet English
finger millet English
Indian millet English (AU)
rapoko grass English
krummährige Eleusine German
Ragihirse German
éleusine French
mijo dactiliforme Spanish
panico indiano Italian
capim-coracana Portuguese
milho-africano Portuguese
дагусса Russian
просо пальчатое Russian
элевсина коракан Russian
shān Chinese
Chinese