lowers blood sugar and cholesterol when consumed, according to Yonhap. Japanese barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta syn. E. cg. var. utilis), a domesticated form of E. crus-galli, is cultivated on a small scale in Japan, Korea and China. It underwent selection for larger grain size over a span of one or two millennia in Japan. Diseases and pests This grass is subject to the brown spot disease caused by Bipolaris oryzae, a fungal infection. Common names Punjabi dialect forms The following Punjabi dialect forms are recorded in Punjab for this grass: Hisar bharti, s.f., Echinochloa crus-galli Indian languages Sanskrit: varuka, s.m., a kind of inferior grain, the same name used for Paspalum scrobiculatum and Echinochloa frumentacea Marathi: barag, s.m., millet, also used for Panicum miliaceum. Kannada: baraga, s.m., baragu, s.n., 1. Panicum frumentaceum, Indian millet; 2. A kind of hill grass from which writing pens are made. Malayalam: varige, varagu, varaku, s.m., Panicum frumentaceum; a grass Panicum. Tamil: சாமை cāmai (சாமி), s.m., A kind of grain, millet. < From Old Indo-Aryan šyāmā s.m., 1. Poor-man's millet, sown in Āvaṇi and maturing in six weeks to four months, Panicum crusgalli. Compare: சிறுசாமை ciṟu-cāmai, n. < id. + சாமை, a kind of little millet, Panicum; சாமைவகை. (சங். அக.); புற்சாமை puṟ-cāmai, n. < id. + a species of little millet, Panicum; சாமைவகை.; பனிச்சாமை paṉi-c-cāmai, n. < பனி + a kind of little millet, Panicum; சாமைவகை. (யாழ். அக.) வரகு varaku, s.n. 1. Common millet, Paspalum scrobiculatum; ஒருவகைத் தானியம். புறவுக் கரு வன்ன புன்புல வரகின். 2. Poor man's millet, Echinochloa crusgalli; சாமைவகை. Paspalum scrobiculatum Linn. = P. frumentaceum Rottb. P. crusgalli is not identified in Hooker. Telugu: చామ cāma, ṭsāma, pl.m., The millet Panicum miliaceum Also compare బొంతచామలు Panicum frumentaceum< From Old Indo-Aryan šyāmā s.m., 1. Poor-man's millet, sown in Āvaṇi and maturing in six weeks to four months, Echinochloa crusgalli. varaga, Inscr. varuvu, n., Panicum miliaceum. Non-Indian languages Catalan: Serreig. Czech: Ježatka kurí noha. Danish: Almindelig Hanespore, Hanespore. Dutch: Europese Hanepoot. Estonian: Tähk-kukehirss. Finnish: Rikkakananhirssi. French: Echinochloa pied-de-coq, Panic pied de coq. Italian: Giavone comune, Giavone, Panicastrella. Japanese:いぬびえ inubie Khmer: Smao bek kbol Korean: 피(pi) or 피쌀(pissal) Norwegian: Hønsehirse. Portuguese: Capim-arroz Serbo-Croatian: kostrva, kostrava, koštriva, kostrina, proso brkato, korovsko proso, veli muhić, veliki muhar, kokonožac, konopljena trava, svrakanj Aragon'': cola de caballo, mutxitxa Tai Lue: ᦛᧂ wang Thai: หญ้าปล้องละมาน yaa-plong-lamaan Vietnamese''': . Notes crus-galli Millets Flora of Europe Flora of temperate Asia Flora of tropical Asia