Question: Botanical name of 'Bajra' is
Options:
Avena Sativa
Triticum Vulgare
Pennisetum Glaucum
Hordeum Vulgare
Pennisetum glaucum is the botanical name of Bajra.
It belongs to the grass (Poaceae) family.
It can be of different colours such as white, yellow, grey, brown, or purple.
The Bajra plant can have a length of 0.5 – 4 m.
It is also known as bajra, cattail millet, bulrush millet, and dark millet.
📌 Important Points
Botanical Name Of Cereal Crops:
🌾 Rice: Oryza sativa
🌾 Wheat: Triticum aestivum
🌾 Maize: Zea mays
🌾 Barley: Hordeum vulgare
🌾 Sorghum: Sorghum bicolor
🌾 Oat: Avena sativa
🌾 Rye: Secale cereale
🌾 Pearl Millet: Pennisetum glaucum
🌾 Finger Millet: Eleusine coracana
🌾 Proso Millet: Panicum miliaceum
🌾 Foxtail Millet: Setaria italica
🌾 White Fonio: Digitaria exilis
🌾 Black Fonio: Digitaria laura
🌾 Buckwheat (Pseudo-cereal): Fagopyrum esculentum
🌾 Quinoa (Pseudo-cereal): Chenopodium quinoa