Panicum decompositum

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name="Panicum decompositum"
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regnum=Plantae
divisio=Magnoliophyta
classis=Liliopsida
ordo=Cyperales
familia=Poaceae
genus="Panicum"
species="P. decompositum"
binomial="Panicum decompositum"
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Native millet, "Panicum decompositum", is a grass native to the inland of Australia.

The leaves are hairless, up to 50 cm long. The sed spikes are typically 30-80 cm long, but sometimes up to 145 cm high. The seeds are 1.5 mm long. [Low, T., "Wild Food Plants of Australia", 1991. ISBN 0-207-16930-6]

Uses

Native millet is a staple food of outback Aborigines, who hand-harvest the seed to make damper - a traditional 'bread'.

Farmers also highly prize the grass as pasture for stock.

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