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Pearl millet

Pearl millet is the most widely grown type of millet. It has been grown in Africa and the Indian subcontinent since prehistoric times. The center of diversity and suggested area of domestication for the crop is in the Sahel zone of West Africa.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Cenchrus americanus
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Cenchrus
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Poales
Habit: shrub