Eleusine — 2 species
Botanical species in the genus Eleusine recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Eleusine coracana
Eleusine coracana
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Finger millet cam be grown successfully as a seed crop from the temperate zone to the tropics, succeeding in arid to humid environments and also at higher elevations than most other cereal crops. It can tolerate an annual precipitation in the range of 290 - 4,290mm, though for good yields it requires irrigation if the rainfall is less than 530mm. Heavy rain at flowering reduces seed set The plant succeeds in areas with an annual temperature range of 11.1 - 27.4°c.
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Eleusine indica
Eleusine indica
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Wire grass can be grown from the temperate zone to the tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 2,000 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 26°c, but can tolerate 6 - 35°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 500 - 1,200mm, but tolerates 450 - 4,300mm.
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