Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 127 (2010) (syn: Alopecurus typhoides Burm.f. Andropogon racemosus (Forssk.) Poir. ex Steud.; Cenchrus paniceus B.Heyne ex Wall.; Cenchrus pycnostachyus Steud.; Cenchrus spicatus (L.) Cav.; Chaetochloa glauca (L.) Scribn.; Chaetochloa lutescens Stuntz; Chamaeraphis glauca (L.) Kuntze; Holcus paniciformis Roxb. ex Hook.f.; Holcus racemosus Forssk.; Holcus spicatus L.; Ixophorus glaucus (L.) Nash; Panicum alopecuroides J.Koenig ex Trin.; Panicum americanum L.; Panicum coeruleum Mill.; Panicum compressum Balb. ex Steud.; Panicum glaucum L.; Panicum holcoides Trin.; Panicum indicum Mill. Panicum involucratum Roxb.; Panicum spicatum (L.) Roxb.; Penicillaria arabica A.Braun; Penicillaria deflexa Andersson ex A.Braun; Penicillaria elongata Schrad. ex Schltdl.; Penicillaria involucrata (Roxb.) Schult.; Penicillaria nigritarum Schltdl.; Penicillaria plukenetii Link; Penicillaria roxburghii A.Braun; Penicillaria solitaria Stokes; Penicillaria spicata (L.) Willd.; Pennisetum albicauda Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum americanum convar. spicatum (L.) Tzvelev; Pennisetum americanum convar. typhoides Tzvelev; Pennisetum ancylochaete Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum aureum Link; Pennisetum cereale Trin.; Pennisetum cinereum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum echinurus (K.Schum.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum gambiense Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum gibbosum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum giganteum Ten. ex Steud.; Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br.; Pennisetum leonis Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum maiwa Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum malacochaete Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum megastachyum Steud.; Pennisetum nigritarum (Schltdl.) T.Durand & Schinz; Pennisetum nigritarum var. deflexum (Andersson ex A.Braun) T.Durand & Schinz; Pennisetum nigritarum var. macrostachyum T.Durand & Schinz; Pennisetum plukenetii (Link) T.Durand & Schinz Pennisetum pycnostachyum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Pennisetum spicatum (L.) Körn.; Pennisetum spicatum var. typhoideum T.Durand & Schinz; Phleum africanum Lour.; Setaria glauca (L.) P.Beauv.; Setaria rufa Chevall.; Setaria sericea (Aiton) P.Beauv.; Setariopsis glauca (L.) Samp.);
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Benin to S. Tropical Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre; Introduced into: Afghanistan, Alabama, Amur, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, California, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Connecticut, Cuba, Cyprus, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Fiji, Florida, Gambia, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krym, Kuril Is., Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Magadan, Maine, Mali, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, Niger, North Carolina, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Réunion, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yemen as per POWO;
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pen-ih-SEE-tum
— referring to a feather
Dave’s Botanary
GLAW-kum — bloom has thin powder (like plums)Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: bulrush millet, cattail millet, horse millet, Indian millet, pearl millet, spiked millet • Bengali: বাজরা bajara • Gujarati: બાજરી bajari • Hindi: बाजरा bajra, लहर्रा laharra • Kannada: ಸಜ್ಜೆ sajje • Konkani: बाजरी bajari • Malayalam: കന്പരി kanpari • Marathi: बाजरी bajari, सजगुरा sajagura • Nepali: बाजुरो bajuro • Oriya: ବାଜରା bajara • Punjabi: ਬਾਜਰਾ bajra • Tamil: இளங்கம்பு ilan-kampu • Telugu: గంచెలు gantelu
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Distribution: cultivated (Africa, China, India, United States)
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Grass week – Pennisetum glaucum DR SMP:
Pennisetum glaucum
The Bajra plant in flower.



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Poaceae
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
pen-ih-SEE-tum — referring to a featherDave’s Botanary
GLAW-kum — bloom has thin powder (like plums)Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: bulrush millet, cattail millet, horse millet, Indian millet, pearl millet, spiked millet • Bengali: বাজরা bajara • Gujarati: બાજરી bajari • Hindi: बाजरा bajra, लहर्रा laharra • Kannada: ಸಜ್ಜೆ sajje • Konkani: बाजरी bajari • Malayalam: കന്പരി kanpari • Marathi: बाजरी bajari, सजगुरा sajagura • Nepali: बाजुरो bajuro • Oriya: ବାଜରା bajara • Punjabi: ਬਾਜਰਾ bajra • Tamil: இளங்கம்பு ilan-kampu • Telugu: గంచెలు gantelu
Distribution: cultivated (Africa, China, India, United States)
References: Flowers of IndiaNPGS / GRINDDSA
at Rajgurunagar near Pune on 29 MAY 10


Very good photographs.


Very nice pictures of Bajri बाजरी



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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week:Poaceae Pennisetum typhoides from Hyderabad CS : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors.

Pear millet, poor man’s cereal, and a good bird fee
Pennisetum typhoides
Cumbu in tamil

Now known as Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.



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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week : Poaceae – Pennisetum glaucum From Panipat BS 13: Attachments (9). 3 posts by 2 authors.
Pennisetum glaucum From Panipat
Local Name Bajra


Extremely good photographs



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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week ::Poaceae: Pennisetum glaucum from Kurukshetra- NS12 :  Attachments (7).  2 posts by 2 authors.
This one was shot from near Kurukshetra from a cultivated field… the common pearl millet.. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.….

Yes nice photographs


A bajra plant.
Pennisetum glaucum



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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae- Pennisetum glaucum from Delhi-GS90 :  Attachments (4). 1 post by 1 author.
Pennisetum glaucum (Linn.) R. Br., Prodr. 1:195. 1810. (syn: P. typhoides (Burm.) Stapf & Hubbard),
commonly grown in Delhi for its grain, the Bajra



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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week ::Poaceae » Pennisetum glaucum ? near Mumbai ::: : PKA16:: : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors.
I had seen this growing wild at the out skirts of Mumbai. Could this be Pennisetum glaucum?? (Escape from the field)?

Yes it is Bajra



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requesting identification of this plant of family Poaceae growing wild
about 5 feet tall

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Unknown grass sp from Assam KD 01 May 2020 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)

Attached images are unknown grass sp. from Assam. Please ID the species. 
Date : 30.05.2020
Location: Assam

Family : Poaceae
Genus & species : ??
Habitat: Grows wild on road side
Habit :  Herb
 

Phalaris minor. The inflorescence characters are not visible due to pollen.


This doesn’t look like Phalaris minor. It must be Pearl Millet (Bajra).


Could be. Need to know the size of the plant and inflorescence to confirm. Phalaris minor inflorescence would be only a few cm long, whereas pearl millet would be much longer and stouter.


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Identification required 8865: 3 images.
Location: Pampore srinagar j & K.
Photo collected by Umar Samad on 12 |09|2021.


Sorghum bicolor I hope


I guess you are right … !


Its Bajra/Pearl milletPennisetum americanum probably a fodder Bajra variety which has escaped from cultivation.



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Fruits and Vegetables week: Barley (NSJ-05.01.11):
Barley grains….


Does it not look more like Bajra?


It is Bajra. Pennisetum americanum



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