The pronunciation of the word millet is sù, the number of strokes in the name is 12, and the five elements belong to gold.
Millet pronunciation: sù
Millet, commonly known as millet and millet. It is a plant of the genus Setaria graminearum.
Annual, with thick fibrous roots. The plant is thin and short, 20 to 70 cm high. The leaf sheaths of pine are wrapped around the stems and are densely verrucous or hairless. The hairs are dense near the edges and on the back where they meet the leaves. The edges are densely ciliated. The ligule is a circle of cilia. The leaves are long lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. , 10 to 45 cm long, 5 to 33 mm wide, with a pointed apex and a blunt base, rough above and slightly smooth below.
The panicle is cylindrical, compact, 6-12 cm long and 5-10 mm wide. It often varies depending on the variety. The main axis is densely pubescent, and the setae are significantly longer or slightly longer than the spikelets. Yellow, brown or purple; spikelets are ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 2.5 mm long, yellow, the setae are about 1 to 3 times as long as the spikelets, and the branchlets are not extended;
The first globule 1/3 to 1/2 as long as the spikelet, with 3 veins; the second glume is slightly shorter than or 3/4 as long as the spikelet, with a blunt apex, with 5 to 9 veins;
The second glume is slightly shorter than or 3/4 as long as the spikelet. The first lemma is as long as the spikelet, with 5 to 7 veins. The inner lemma is thin and papery, lanceolate, and 2/3 as long. The second lemma is as long as the first lemma, oval or spherical. , hard, smooth or with fine dot-like wrinkles. After maturity, it separates and falls off from the base of the first lemma and the glumes; the apex of the scales is uneven and microwave-shaped; the base of the style is separated. caryopsis.
Origin and Habitat
Distributed throughout the north and south of my country, mainly in Shandong, Hebei, Northeast and Northwest. It is suitable for growing in slightly acidic and neutral soil below 1,000 meters above sea level. It likes dryness and is afraid of waterlogging.
Main value
Edible: The grains of millet are edible and are one of the important food crops in northern my country. After the grains are peeled, they are called "millet" and are used for cooking porridge and rice. It can be used as a raw material for making candy and making wine.
Feeding: Millet stalks and leaves are good feed for mules, horses and donkeys.
Medicinal uses: The seeds of millet can be used as medicine. Medicinal properties: sweet, salty, cool in nature. Function: harmonizes the body, nourishes the kidneys, removes heat, and detoxifies. Ingredients: Seeds contain protein, fat, starch, sugar, vitamin B, vitamin B2, and carotene; among which the protein is gluten;
Alpha-staroxin and β-staroxin are also obtained from the seeds. , glycerol monoglucose ester, glycerol diglucose ester, non-starch polysaccharide; the seeds also contain the inorganic element molybdenum.