Question

Botanical name of Bajra is

• A. Eleusine coracana
• B. Sorghum vulgare
• C. Pennisetum typhoides
• D. Oryza sativa

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Pennisetum typhoides

The correct option is C

Explanation of the correct option:

1. Bajra, popularly known as pearl millet, is a Poaceae plant with the botanical name Pennisetum glaucum or Pennisetum typhoideum (grass family).
2. The most popular variety of millet is pearl millet.
3. Since the beginning of time, it has grown in Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
4. The Sahel region of West Africa is the region with the greatest diversity and is thought to have domesticated the crop.

Explanation of the incorrect option:

Option A:

1. Eleusine coracana, or finger millet, is an annual herbaceous plant widely produced as a cereal crop in arid and semiarid areas of Africa and Asia. It is also known as ragi in India and Kodo in Nepal.
2. It is a tetraploid, self-pollinating species that is thought to have evolved from a wild related. Eleusine africana (African Eleusine)

Option B:

Sorghum bicolor, also known as giant millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a grass species grown for its grain, which is used for human food, animal feed, and the manufacturing of ethanol.

Option D:

1. The plant species Oryza sativa, often known as Asian rice, is the most commonly referred to in English as rice.
2. It is the most widely grown type of farmed rice in the world, having been domesticated 13,500 to 8,200 years ago in China's Yangtze River region.

Final answer: Botanical name of Bajra is Pennisetum typhoides .