Common Names For Pearl Millet
- In Pakistan: باجرا (Ba'ajra, in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Saraiki)
- In India: बाजरी (Bajri in Rajasthani, Gujarati and Marathi), ಸಜ್ಜೆ (Sajje in Kannada); கம்பு (Kambu in Tamil); बाजरा (Bajra in Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi) and (Sajjalu in Telugu) and ("Kambam" in Malayalam)
- In Africa: gero (Hausa), mahangu (Namibia), sanio, gero, babala, nyoloti, dukkin, souna, petit mil, heyni (Zarma), mexoeira (Mozambique), mashela (Tigrinya), mhunga (Shona, Zimbabwe), lebelebele(Setswana, Botswana),zembwe (Ikalanga, Botswana), دْرُعْ dro'o (Tunisian Arabic), دُخن dokhn (Yemeni Arabic)
- In Australia: bulrush millet
- In Brazil: milheto
- In the USA: cattail millet (Pennisetum americanum)
- In Europe: candle millet, dark millet
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