paspalum

[Greek paspalos =a name for millet.] Bot.: A genus of gra es, tribe Panicese. The inferior flower is neuter, one-paled; the superior hem aphrodite, two-paled. Steudel describes 262 species. Paspalum scrobiculatum , the Millet Khoda, will grow in India in very inferior soils, and is largely cultivated. The poorer cla es eat the grain, but it tends to produce diarrhea and a kind of intoxication. Cattle are fed upon the straw. P. exile , cultivated in the west of Africa, produces a fine grained corn.