Pearl millet
Accepted name: Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Familiar synonym: Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br.
English: Pearl milletGerman: PerlhirseFrench: milSpanish: mijo perlaArabic: dukhn
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Open Millet Names Reference
A small, auditable dataset for the crop names used on Simply Millets. Each record links directly to its source and keeps accepted scientific names separate from familiar synonyms and recorded vernacular names.
Included
- • Accepted scientific names and botanical authors
- • Selected scientific synonyms used by this website or commonly encountered in millet literature
- • Selected vernacular names explicitly present in the linked source record
Deliberately excluded
- • Nutrition and health claims
- • Cooking ratios, cooking times, soaking times, and substitutions
- • Machine-translated or inferred vernacular names
- • Claims of expert or manual review
Records
Source accessed 2026-08-06. A blank language is preferable to an inferred translation.
Finger millet
Accepted name: Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.
Familiar synonym: Cynosurus coracanus L.
English: Finger milletGerman: FingerhirseFrench: coracanSpanish: mijo africanoHindi: ragiTelugu: రాగి
Foxtail millet
Accepted name: Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv.
Familiar synonym: Panicum italicum L.
English: Foxtail milletGerman: KolbenhirseFrench: millet d’ItalieSpanish: mijo de Italia
Little millet
Accepted name: Panicum sumatrense Roth
Familiar synonym: Panicum miliare var. hirtum Hook.f.
English: Little milletGerman: KutkihirseArabic: دخن سومطري
Kodo millet
Accepted name: Paspalum scrobiculatum L.
Familiar synonym: Paspalum commersonii Lam.
English: Kodo milletGerman: KodohirseSpanish: mijo kodaHindi: kodo
Barnyard millet
Accepted name: Echinochloa frumentacea Link
Familiar synonym: Echinochloa colona subsp. frumentacea (Link) Ridl.
English: Indian barnyard milletGerman: Getreide-HühnerhirseFrench: millet japonais
Proso millet
Accepted name: Panicum miliaceum L.
Familiar synonym: Milium esculentum Moench
English: Proso milletGerman: RispenhirseFrench: millet communSpanish: mijo común
Browntop millet
Accepted name: Urochloa ramosa (L.) T.Q.Nguyen
Familiar synonym: Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf
English: Browntop millet
Sorghum
Sorghum — listed separatelyAccepted name: Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Familiar synonym: Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot.
English: SorghumGerman: Echte SorghumhirseFrench: sorgho communSpanish: sorgo africano
Provenance and reuse
This compilation is released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Taxonomic records are attributed to Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Reusers should preserve each taxon key, source link, licence, and access date. This is an automated source compilation; it does not claim manual or expert review.
Suggested attribution: “Simply Millets Open Names Reference, version 2026-08-06, derived from GBIF records, CC BY 4.0.”