Poaceae
Jungle rice
Echinochloa colona
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Echinochloa
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Common names
By language (25)
- Afrikaans
- Moerasgras, Klein-watergras
- Arabic
- أرز الغابة, دفرة
- arz
- ارز الغابة
- Catalan
- Blé du Dekkan
- Chinese
- 光头稗, 光頭稗, 芒稷, 光头稗子, 扒草, 穇草
- Czech
- Ježatka osadní
- English
- Jungle rice, Awnless barnyard grass, Deccan grass, Jungle ricegrass, Marsh grass, Shama millet, Small barnyard grass
- ff
- Pagguri
- Finnish
- Tipunhirssi
- French
- Blé du Dekkan, Panic pied-de-coq
- German
- Blé du Dekkan
- Gujarati
- સામો
- Hindi
- जंगली चावल
- Iloko
- Dakkayang, Dakayang, Dukayang
- lah
- ساوک
- Lithuanian
- Blé du Dekkan
- Persian
- سوروف برنجی
- Punjabi
- ਸਵਾਂਕੀ
- Sinhala
- හීන් මාරුක්
- Spanish
- Arrocillo, Capim, Capím, Liendre de puerco, Orthopogon subverticillatus, Pierna de gallo meridional
- Swedish
- Kycklinghirs, Blé du Dekkan
- Tamil
- புல்லம் பயிறு
- Thai
- หญ้าข้าวนก
- Tongan
- Matalaʻulie
- Welsh
- Cibogwellt y trofannau
Synonyms
- Echinochloa colonum var. glauca (Sickenb.) Simpson
- Echinochloa colonum var. glaucum (Sickenb.) Simps.
- Echinochloa colonum var. leiantha Boiss.
- Echinochloa colonum var. repens (Sickenb.) Simpson
- Echinochloa colonum var. zonalis (Guss.) Wooton & Stand.
- Echinochloa crus-galli subsp. colonum (L.) Honda
- Echinochloa crus-galli var. longiseta (Trin.) H.Hara
- Milium colonum (L.) Moench
- Milium colonum (L.) Kunth
- Oplismenus colonum (L.) Kunth
- Oplismenus crusgalii var. colonum (L.) Coss. & Durieu
- Oplismenus crusgalli var. colonum (L.) Coss. & Durieu
- Oplismenus cuspidatus Kunth
- Oplismenus daltonii (Parl. ex Webb.) J.A.Schmidt
- Panicum colonum L.
- Panicum colonum var. equitans (A.Rich.) T.Durand & Schinz
- Panicum colonum var. haematodes (C.Presl) Richt.
- Panicum colonum var. pseudocolonum (Roth) Nees
- Panicum crus-galli subsp. colonum (L.) K.Richt.
- Panicum crus-galli var. colonum Cosson ex Richter
- Panicum crusgalli subsp. colonum (L.) Makino & Nemoto
- Panicum petiverii Kotschy ex Griseb.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 86 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Harry Rose, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Campbell-Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Patterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.