Poaceae
Fonio
Digitaria exilis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Digitaria
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- فونيو
- arz
- فونيو
- Bambara
- Fini
- Basque
- Fonio
- Breton
- Fonio
- Catalan
- Fonio
- Croatian
- Fonio
- Czech
- Rosička útlá
- dag
- Kabiga
- Dutch
- Fonio
- English
- Fonio, Fonio; acha
- ff
- Fonnye, Seremmbe; Funye
- Finnish
- Fonio
- French
- Fonio
- German
- Foniohirse, Fonio, Hungerreis
- Hausa
- Acca
- Indonesian
- Fonio
- Italian
- Fonio
- Japanese
- フォニオ
- Malagasy
- Fôniô
- min
- Fonio
- Portuguese
- Fonio
- sg
- Hâriyä
- Spanish
- Mijo fonio
- Swahili
- Mfonio
- Yoruba
- Sùúrù
Synonyms
- Panicum exile (Kippist) A.Chev.
- Paspalum exile Kippist
- Syntherisma exile (Kippist) Newbold
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: Gabbri.gabbri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.