Details for: PI 349688, Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf, Fundi


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf
Top Name:
Fundi
Origin:
Collected – Nigeria
Received by NPGS:
27 Apr 1970
PI Assigned:
1970
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 349688 CR02 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf
Top Name:
Fundi
Origin:
Collected – Nigeria
Received by NPGS:
27 Apr 1970
PI Assigned:
1970
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected

Nigeria
Locality: Riyom, Jos Plateau

Donated
27 April 1970.


Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Fundi
Type: Local name

Narrative
Seed used for food in parts of Africa. Short-day plant.
Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf
Genus:
Digitaria
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Anthephorinae
Nomen number:

14016
Place of publication:

Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915:385. 1915
Verified:
05/29/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Paspalum exile Kippist

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Syntherisma exile (Kippist) Newbold

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishfonio millet  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishhungry-rice  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishwhite fonio  1Dansi, A. et al. 2010. Diversity, conservation and related wild species of Fonio millet (Digitaria spp.) in the northwest of Benin. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 57:827-839. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-009-9522-3.
English (Nigeria)acha from Hausa language2National Research Council. 1996. 3. Fonio (Acha). Lost crops of Africa. 1:59-75.
Frenchfonio  2National Research Council. 1996. 3. Fonio (Acha). Lost crops of Africa. 1:59-75.
GermanFonio  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishdigitaria  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishfundi-hirs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in centimeters4 S9.MILLETPI 349688 01 SDNot Available
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in centimeters5.5 S9.MILLET.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010PI 349688 02 SDNot Available
GROWTHPlant HeightPlant height in centimeters from ground level to the top of the panicle4 S9.MILLETPI 349688 01 SDNot Available
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in centimeters16 S9.MILLETPI 349688 01 SDNot Available
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in centimeters20 S9.MILLET.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010PI 349688 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length in centimeters of the fourth leaf from the top of the plant21 S9.MILLETPI 349688 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length in centimeters of the fourth leaf from the top of the plant23 S9.MILLET.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010PI 349688 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width in millimeters of the fourth leaf from the top of the plant7 S9.MILLETPI 349688 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width in millimeters of the fourth leaf from the top of the plant8 S9.MILLET.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010PI 349688 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYStem DiameterStem diameter in millimeters between third and fourth node from the top of the plant5 S9.MILLET.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010PI 349688 02 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays to first flowering190 S9.MILLETPI 349688 01 SDNot Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databasePlant - Image of Plant S9.MILLET.IMAGE.2010 Not Available