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Eleusine is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family, sometimes called by the common name goosegrass. One species (Eleusine indica), is a widespread weed in many places. Another species Eleusine coracana, is finger millet, cultivated as a cereal grain in India and parts of Africa.

Species

• Eleusine africana – Africa, Madagascar, Comoros, Sinai, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman
• Eleusine coracana – tropical Africa; naturalized in parts of Asia, Western Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, etc.
• Eleusine floccifolia – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen
• Eleusine indica – Asia, Africa, Papuasia; naturalized in Mediterranean, Australia, Americas, various islands
• Eleusine intermedia – Kenya, Ethiopia
• Eleusine jaegeri – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda
• Eleusine kigeziensis – Ethiopia, Uganda, Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi
• Eleusine multiflora – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Eritrea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia; naturalized in South Africa, Mexico, Lesotho
• Eleusine semisterilis – Kenya
• Eleusine tristachya – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile incl Juan Fernández Islands

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