Important non-legume fodders

IMPORTANT NON-LEGUME FODDERS


Sl. No.

Common name

Local name

Scientific name

I. NON LEGUMES (GRAMINACEOUS)

A. Annual (Summer)

1.

Sorghum/Jowar

Cholam

Sorghum bicolor

2.

Sudan grass

Sorghum sundanense

3.

Maize

Makkacholam

Zea mays

4.

Cumbu / Bajra / Pearl millet

Cumbu

Pennisetum glacum

5.

Teosinte

Euchlaena mexicana

6.

Finger millet/ Ragi

Kelvaragu

Eleusine corocana

7.

Little millet or samai

Samai

Panicum miliare

8.

Proso millet

Panicum miliaceum

B. Annual (winter)

9.

Oats

Avena sativa

10.

Barley

Hordeum vulgare

11.

Rye

Secale cereale

C. Perennial

12.

Hybrid Napier

Pennisetum purpureum x Pennisetum americanum

13.

Guinea grass

Guineapull

Panicum maximum

14.

Para grass/Buffalo grass

Neerpull / Erumaipull

Brachiaria mutica

15.

Doop grass / Bermuda grass

Arugampullu

Cynodon dactylon

16.

Anjan grass (Buffel grass)

Kollukkattai pullu

Cenchrus ciliaris

17.

Black anjan / Bird wood grass

Karuppu, Kolukkatti pullu

Cenchrus setigerus

18.

Rhodes grass

Mayil Kondaipullu

Chloris gayana

19.

Signal grass

Brachiaria decumbens

20.

Elephant grass/ Napier grass

Yanaipullu

Pennisetum purpureum

21.

Marvel grass (Biennial)

Dichanthium annulataum

22.

Canary grass

Phalaris tuberosa L.

23.

Blue Panic grass

Panicum antidotale

24.

Molasses grass

Melinis minutifolia

25.

Kikuyu grass

Pennisetum clandestinum

26.

Deenanath grass (Annual)

Pennisetum pedicellatum

27.

Johnson grass

Sorghum halepense

28.

Seteria

Seteria anceps

29.

Sabi grass / Little para grass

Urochloa mosambicensis


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