What is "eleusine coracana"

corakan \corakan\ n. same as coracan.

Syn: finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan, kurakkan, Eleusine coracana.

coracan \coracan\ n. an East Indian cereal grass ( Eleusine coracana) whose seeds yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.

Syn: finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, corakan, kurakkan, Eleusine coracana.

kurakkan \kurakkan\ n. An East Indian cereal grass ( Eleusine coracana) whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.

Syn: finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan, corakan, Eleusine coracana.

Eleusine coracana is an annual plant widely grown as a cereal in the arid areas of Africa and Asia. Earliest records of its cultivation in India show that it was cultivated in the Hallur region of Karnataka in the later Iron Age. It remains one of the main ingredients of the staple diet in Karnataka.

It is commonly known as finger millet, African finger millet, red millet, caracan millet, koracan, in Tamil, raagi(கேழ்வரகு) and, in Kannada, ragi(ರಾಗಿ). E. coracana is native to the Ethiopian Highlands where it is called dagusa. It is very adaptable to higher elevations and is grown in the Himalaya up to 2,300 metres in elevation.