- Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 32509 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 200.00 POACEAE Setaria italica | Entry Book Number | 152.1910 | |
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| Iso Country | China | TDWG Region | China | ||
| Parts Held | Geography Description | Manchuria, Asia-Temperate, China | |||
| Uses | Use: FOOD User: Man | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Japan British Exhibition | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Boer Manna is a S African term for the millet better known as Italian Millet, or Foxtail. It is much cultivated in the subtropics and in those parts of the tropics where there is a cool season, often for human food. This millet is often s, een in this country as spray millet for cage birds. Its advantages as a crop are its quick maturity and its ability to withstand dry condition it is much grown for forage on sandy lands in Austria, Italy and the Balkan region. | ||||