Digitaria compacta

Digitaria compacta is a grass species native to India and Indochina.^[3][4]

Digitaria compacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Genus:	Digitaria
Species:	D. compacta
Binomial name
Digitaria compacta (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp
Synonyms[1]
Axonopus corymbosus (Roxb.) Schult. Digitaria bifasciculata (Trin.) Henrard Digitaria corymbosa (Roxb.) Merr. Digitaria cruciata var. esculenta Bor[2] Digitaria fascicularis Link nom. illeg. Digitaria villosa Trin. nom. inval. Panicum bifasciculatum Trin. Panicum corymbosum Roxb. Panicum fasciculare (Link) Trin. nom. illeg. Panicum fasciculatum Trin. nom. inval. Panicum imperfectum Roxb. ex Kunth nom. inval. Panicum schraderi Kunth nom. illeg. Paspalum compactum Roth Paspalum corymbosum (Roxb.) Kunth Paspalum porrigens Arn. ex Hook.f. nom. inval. Reimaria fascicularis (Link) Link nom. illeg. Syntherisma corymbosa (Roxb.) Hosok. Syntherisma corymbosum (Roxb.) Sasaki

It is cultivated in the Khasi Hills of northeast India, used as a glutinous flour for making bread or porridge, and known as raishan.^[5] It is cultivated in maize fields by sowing in April-May and harvesting the grain in September-October; the straw is harvested later after the other crops in the field have been harvested. It is often cooked like rice or even with rice (1 part raishan to two parts rice). The straw is used for winter fodder for cattle.^[6]

See also

• Digitaria exilis, white fonio, used as a grain crop in West Africa
• Digitaria iburua, black fonio, used as a grain crop in West Africa
• Digitaria sanguinalis, considered a weed around the world, but traditionally used as a grain crop in Europe