Poaceae
Teff
Eragrostis tef
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (39)
- Afrikaans
- Tef
- Amharic
- ጤፍ, ጢፍ
- Arabic
- أثب طيفي, تف
- Armenian
- Տեֆ
- arz
- اثب طيفى
- Asturian
- Teff
- Azerbaijani
- Tef
- Basque
- Tef, Teff
- Catalan
- Tef, Teff
- Chinese
- 苔麸
- Croatian
- Tef
- Czech
- Milička habešská
- Danish
- Teff
- Dutch
- Teff, Tef
- English
- Teff, Annual bunch grass, Williams' lovegrass
- Finnish
- Tefheinä, Tef, Teff
- French
- Teff
- Galician
- Tef, Teff
- German
- Teff, Zwerghirse
- Hebrew
- בן-חילף טף, טף
- Hungarian
- Teff
- Indonesian
- Tef, Teff
- Italian
- Teff
- Japanese
- テフ
- Korean
- 테프
- Lithuanian
- Abisininė posmilgė, Tefas
- Malay
- Tef
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Teff
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Teff
- Oromo
- Xaafii
- Persian
- علف عشق حبشی
- Polish
- Miłka abisyńska, Tef, Teff, Trawa abisyńska
- Portuguese
- Teff
- Russian
- Теф, Абиссинская трава, Тефф, Тефф абиссинский, Тэфф
- Spanish
- Teff
- Swahili
- Mtefi
- Swedish
- Teff, Tef
- Ukrainian
- Теф
- Welsh
- Serchwellt teff
Synonyms
- Cynodon abyssinicus (Jacq.) Raspail
- Eragrostis abessinica Link
- Eragrostis abyssinica (Jacq.) Link
- Eragrostis abyssinica var. alba Hochst. ex Chiov.
- Eragrostis abyssinica var. viriidis Hochst. ex Chiov.
- Eragrostis pilosa subsp. abyssinica (Jacq.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Eragrostis pilosa var. tef (Zuccagni) Fiori
- Eragrostis tef f. spiciformis Serp.
- Eragrostis tef subsp. spiciformis (Serp.) Portal & H.Scholz
- Poa abyssinica Jacq.
- Poa cerealis Salisb.
- Poa flaccida Moench ex Steud.
- Poa radicans Moench
- Poa tef Zuccagni
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Rasbak assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rasbak 06:48, 12 June 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rasbak 11:36, 24 June 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rasbak 14:36, 18 July 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rasbak 15:19, 5 August 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rasbak 13:46, 14 August 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eurobas, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maheder, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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.