Talk:Digitaria sanguinalis

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More on the EDIBLE Particulars of this Plant is Needed

"The grains of D. sanguinalis -- naturalized [in North America] from Eurasia -- are edible and were highly prized by the Slavs. This crabgrass was at one point cultivated in Poland as a cereal plant." -- from page 471 of The Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North America by Dr. Francois Couplan. Starhistory22 (talk) 21:22, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Sikiya" millet ln India?

The Baiga of Dindori district in Madhya Pradesh cultivate a small millet called "sikiya," which is apparently a variety of Digitaria sanguinalis.

Looking for other sources, but in the meantime, see:

"Madhya Pradesh's century-old millet sikiya finds few revivalists," by Deepanwita Gita Niyogi, Down to Earth, 14 Aug. 2018 https://www.downtoearth.org.in/food/madhya-pradesh-s-century-old-millet-sikiya-finds-few-revivalists-61394
"Fonio of the Baigas," Agro-Eco Wisdom: The Indian Context (blog), 18 Dec. 2019 https://agriwisdom.wordpress.com/2019/12/18/fonio-of-the-baigas/

-- A12n (talk) 13:39, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]