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The botanical name of ragi or finger millet is

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Sorghum vulgare
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Eleusine coracana
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Pennisetum typhoides
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Hordeum vulgare
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The correct option is B Eleusine coracana
Eleusine coracana is an annual plant widely grown as a cereal in the arid areas of Africa and Asia. Earliest Karnataka civilisation shows it was grown in Hallur in the later Iron Age. It remains one of the main ingredients of the staple diet in Karnataka.
It is commonly known as finger millet, African finger millet, red millet, caracan millet, koracan, and ragi. E. coracana is native to the Ethiopian Highlands. It is very adaptable to higher elevations and is grown in the Himalaya up to 2,300 metres in elevation.

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