What kind of crop is millet

What kind of crop is millet

Millet is one of the “five grains” and has a very long history of cultivation in my country. It is a grain crop, but is currently cultivated more as a specialty economic crop.

The seed of broomcorn millet is millet, a common crop. It not only has high nutritional value, but also has certain medicinal value. After being cooked and ground into powder and eaten, it can treat symptoms such as weak spleen and stomach, lung deficiency cough, heatstroke and dizziness. It has a wide range of uses.

What is millet?

Broomcorn millet is a plant of the Monocotyledons, Poaceae, and Millet genus. It is an annual herb. After the rice bran is removed, it becomes yellow rice, which is a kind of small yellow round grains, commonly known as millet in the north. It is widely distributed in North China, Southwest my country, Northeast China and other places.

Appearance and characteristics of millet

Millet is also called sorghum and millet. The plant has upright stems, about 40-120 cm in height, solitary or in clusters of a few. The leaves are linear lanceolate, about 10-30 cm long, covered with soft hairs on both sides, and the panicles are spread out and will droop when mature. The florets are yellow, white, brown, red and other colors. The endosperm is relatively developed, and the flowering and fruiting period is from July to October each year.