Digitaria iburua

Botanical Description

Black fonio is an annual grass with erect stems 45 - 140cm tall. The plant is grown as a staple food in some areas of Nigeria, and is often cultivated as a supplementary cereal crop by local people in other areas of Nigeria and in Togo[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].