Digitaria exilis

Botanical Description

Fonio millet is an annual grass growing from 30 - 80cm tall. The plant has been cultivated for its edible seed for thousands of years in western tropical Africa[ 301 Title Cornucopia II Publication Author Facciola. S. Publisher Kampong Publications, California. Year 1998 ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 Description The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc. ]. A staple food in various parts of West Africa, where it is also known as ‘acha’ or ‘fundi’, it is also considered to be a prestige food (‘chief’s food’) and a gourmet item[ 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. ].