Echinochloa frumentacea Link.
Synonym Panicumfrumentaceum Roxb.
Family Gramineae; Poaceae.
Habitat Cultivated mainly in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
English Japanese Barnyard Millet.
Ayurvedic Shyaamaaka.
Siddha Kudrraivali pfflu (Tamil).
Folk Shamaa, Saanvaa.
Action Plant—cooling and
digestible, considered useful in
biliousness and constipation.
The millet has a well balanced amino acid composition, but is deficient in lysine. Gkitelin is the major constituent
of protein.