Iburu
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Iburu or Black fonio ( Digitaria iburua ) is a plant from the genus of finger millet ( Digitaria ) within the family of grasses . This grain belongs to the same genus as the Fonio millet ( Digitaria exilis ), also known as "White Fonio" .
Names
Synonyms are Syntherisma iburua (Stapf) Newbold . The Hausa call the species “iburu”, the Lamba “afio-warun”.
description
Iburu is an annual herbaceous plant and reaches heights of up to 140 centimeters. The stalk is erect with short leaves. The finger ears consist of two to eleven narrow partial ears that are up to 13 centimeters long. The spikelets are single-flowered. The caryopses are very small with one to 1.5 millimeters.
Occurrence and use
The distribution area extends from tropical West Africa to Cameroon . The location requirements as well as the use and application correspond to those of the White Fonio. The Black Fonio is restricted to the Jos-Bauchi Plateau in Nigeria and the northern regions of Togo and Benin.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Digitaria iburua. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved November 20, 2016.