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Echinochloa colona
Also called Shama Millet, Awnless Barnyard Grass, Jungle Ricegrass, Deccan Grass, Barnyard Millet, Corn Panic Grass, Millet Rice
Jungle rice is a fast-growing annual wild grass from tropical Asia that thrives in disturbed ground, fields and wet margins. It is a weed in many regions, and the wild ancestor of the cultivated sawa millet.
Echinochloa colona, commonly known as jungle rice, wild rice, deccan grass, jharua or awnless barnyard grass, is a type of wild grass originating from tropical Asia. It was formerly classified as a species of Panicum. It is the wild ancestor of the cultivated cereal crop Echinochloa frumentacea, sawa millet. Some taxonomists treat the two taxa as one species, in which case the domesticated forms may also be referred to as E. colona.
The grass occurs throughout tropical Asia and Africa in fields, and along roadsides and waterways. It is considered an invasive weed in the Americas and Australia. In Australia, it has spread to wetlands, and is threatening the habitat of swamp tea trees.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinochloa colona by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
