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[[File:Mature Proso Millet Panicles.jpg|thumb|right|'''Panicum miliaceum''']]
 
[[File:Mature Proso Millet Panicles.jpg|thumb|right|'''Panicum miliaceum''']]
'''Panicum miliaceum''' is a grain crop with many common names including proso millet, broomcorn millet, common millet, hog millet, Kashfi millet, red millet, and white millet. Archeological evidence suggests that the crop was first domesticated before 10,000 BCE in Northern China. The crop is extensively cultivated in China, India, Nepal, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Middle East, Turkey, Romania, and the United States, where approximately half a million acres are grown each year.
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'''Panicum miliaceum''' is a grain crop with many common names including proso millet, broomcorn millet, common millet, hog millet, Kashfi millet, red millet, and white millet. Archeological evidence suggests that the crop was first domesticated before 10,000 BCE in Northern China.
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==
 
{{Uses|Heart disease}}.
 
{{Uses|Heart disease}}.
  
 
==Parts Used==
 
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|seeds}}.
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{{Parts Used|Seeds}}.
  
 
==Chemical Composition==
 
==Chemical Composition==
Resistant starch (22.95%, 0.23%, 2.02%, and 0.78%, respectively; P < .05). Lys was the first limit amino acid (AAS: 16.08%). Linolenic acid (61.74%) and oleic acid (22.16%) were the dominant fatty acids.
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Resistant starch (22.95%, 0.23%, 2.02%, and 0.78%, respectively; P < .05). Lys was the first limit amino acid (AAS: 16.08%). Linolenic acid (61.74%) and oleic acid (22.16%) were the dominant fatty acids.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
<ref name="chemical composition"/>
 
  
 
==Common names==
 
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=baragu|ml=|sa=|ta=pani varagu|te=variga|hi=chena or barri|en=Broom Millet}}
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{{Common names|kn=Baragu|ml=|sa=|ta=Pani varagu|te=Variga|hi=Chena, Barri|en=Broom Millet}}
  
 
==Properties==
 
==Properties==
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
===Leaf===
 
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple, Alternate|linear in outline| leaves occur along the entire length of each culm, becoming less abundant above. The leaf sheaths are whitish green, swollen, and terete to slightly compressed; they are covered with long spreading hairs (hispid-papillose). The leaf blades are ascending, widely spreading, or arching; they are up to ¾" (20 mm.) across, 12" long, and widest near their bases.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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{{Leaf|Simple|Linear in outline|Leaves occur along the entire length of each culm, becoming less abundant above}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
  
 
===Seeds===
 
===Seeds===
{{Seeds|Simple|ovoid|4.5–5 mm. long|white when mature|}}
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{{Seeds|Simple|Ovoid|4.5–5 mm. long|White when mature|}}
  
 
===Other features===
 
===Other features===
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==How to plant/cultivate==
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
It has a wide adaptability and can be grown in climates which are too hot and dry, and on soils which are too shallow and poor for successful cultivation of other cereals. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 32°c, but can tolerate 15 - 45°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 500 - 750mm, but tolerates 200 - 1,000mm. The plant is best adapted to areas of low or medium relative air humidity.
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It has a wide adaptability and can be grown in climates which are too hot and dry, and on soils which are too shallow and poor for successful cultivation of other cereals.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
 
  
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proso_millet Panicum miliaceum]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proso_millet Panicum miliaceum on wikimedia.org]
  
  
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Poaceae]]
 
[[Category:Poaceae]]

Revision as of 17:01, 26 June 2020

Panicum miliaceum

Panicum miliaceum is a grain crop with many common names including proso millet, broomcorn millet, common millet, hog millet, Kashfi millet, red millet, and white millet. Archeological evidence suggests that the crop was first domesticated before 10,000 BCE in Northern China.

Uses

Heart disease.

Parts Used

Seeds.

Chemical Composition

Resistant starch (22.95%, 0.23%, 2.02%, and 0.78%, respectively; P < .05). Lys was the first limit amino acid (AAS: 16.08%). Linolenic acid (61.74%) and oleic acid (22.16%) were the dominant fatty acids.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Baragu
Hindi Chena, Barri
Malayalam
Tamil Pani varagu
Telugu Variga
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Broom Millet


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herbs

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Linear in outline Leaves occur along the entire length of each culm, becoming less abundant above

[2]


Seeds

Template:Seeds

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

It has a wide adaptability and can be grown in climates which are too hot and dry, and on soils which are too shallow and poor for successful cultivation of other cereals.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Irrigation area.

Photo Gallery

References

External Links