Poaceae
Finger millet
Eleusine coracana
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eleusine
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Common names
By language (43)
- Afrikaans
- Vingermanna
- Amharic
- ዳጉሳ
- Arabic
- دخن إصبعي, راجي
- arz
- اليوزين كوراكانا
- Catalan
- Mill africà
- Chinese
- 穇子, 穇, 鸭距粟, 龙爪稷
- Czech
- Kalužnice křivoklasá
- Divehi
- ބިންބި
- English
- Finger millet, African millet, Coracan, Natcheny, Obulo, Oburo, Ragi
- ff
- Cargaari
- Finnish
- Afrikansormihirssi
- French
- Éleusine
- Ganda
- Obulo
- Georgian
- Დაგუსა
- German
- Fingerhirse
- Gujarati
- નાગલી, રાગી
- Hausa
- Tamba
- Hebrew
- דגוסה
- Hindi
- रागी, मड़ुआ
- Japanese
- シコクビエ, 四国稗
- Kannada
- ರಾಗಿ, ಗುಲಿ ವಿಧಾನ: ರಾಗಿ, ಗುಳಿ ವಿಧಾನ: ರಾಗಿ, ರಾಗಿ ಬೆಳೆ.
- kcg
- Gbeam, Gbaam
- lah
- منڈوا
- Malayalam
- മുത്താറി, പഞ്ഞപ്പുല്ല്,കൂവരക്,റാഗി,ഫിംഗർ മില്ലെറ്റ്
- Marathi
- नाचणी
- Nepali
- कोदो
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Korakan
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Korakan
- os
- Галмуг
- Persian
- ارزن انگشتی
- Polish
- Manneczka łękowata, Korakan
- Punjabi
- ਰਾਗੀ, ਮੰਡੁਆ
- Russian
- Дагусса, Kapaкан, Коракан, Токусса
- Sanskrit
- रागीधान्यम्, मडक, रागी
- Sinhala
- කුරහං හෙවත් කුරක්කං
- Slovenian
- Indijska prosenka, Korakan
- Sundanese
- Jampang munggang
- Swahili
- Mwimbi
- Swedish
- Korakan
- Tamil
- கேழ்வரகு, கேப்பை
- tcy
- ರಾಗಿ
- Telugu
- రాగులు, రాగి
- Thai
- ข้าวฟ่างสามง่าม
Synonyms
- Cynodon coracanus (L.) Raspail
- Cynosurus coracanus L.
- Eleusine cerealis Salisb.
- Eleusine coracana subsp. coracana
- Eleusine coracana var. alba Körn.
- Eleusine coracana var. atra Körn.
- Eleusine coracana var. fusca Körn.
- Eleusine coracana var. stricta (Roxb.) Nees
- Eleusine coracana var. tocussa (Fresen.) Franch.
- Eleusine dagussa Schimp.
- Eleusine indica subsp. coracana (L.) Lye
- Eleusine indica var. coracana (L.) Fiori
- Eleusine indica var. stricta (Roxb.) Chiov.
- Eleusine luco Welw.
- Eleusine ovalis Ehrenb. ex Sweet
- Eleusine pilosa Gilli
- Eleusine reniformis Divak.
- Eleusine rigida Spreng.
- Eleusine sphaerosperma Stokes
- Eleusine stricta Roxb.
- Eleusine stricta var. alboabbreviata Cif.
- Eleusine stricta var. alboelongata Cif.
- Eleusine stricta var. fuscoabbreviata Cif.
- Eleusine stricta var. fuscoelongata Cif.
- Eleusine stricta var. rufoabbreviata Cif.
- Eleusine stricta var. rufoelongata Cif.
- Eleusine tocussa Fresen.
- Eleusine tocussa var. erytroleuca Chiov.
- Eleusine tocussa var. erytromelana Chiov.
- Eleusine tocussa var. flavocarpa Chiov.
- Eleusine tocussa var. leucocarpa Chiov.
- Eleusine tocussa var. melanocarpa Chiov.
- Eleusine tocussa var. olivacea Chiov.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nanna Joubert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neelam Sharma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Émile Maurice, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alboss, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Karthik Thrikkadeeri, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aditya Parashar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.