Wild echinochloa grain

Echinochloa obtusiflora

grain

Small grains of a tufted grass about a metre tall, with short clustered spikes, gathered from the wild in Kordofan, Sudan, when food runs short.

Origin

Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The grains are winnowed and washed, then cooked into porridge.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Arabinoxylans · Magnesium · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its species look so alike and cross so often that botanists struggle to draw their boundaries.