Millet: scientific name: Setaria italica alias: Millet, Millet: Gramineae, Setaria viridis Distribution: China, Japan, Europe, Arabia, India, Pakistan, Korea, France, Egypt Morphological characteristics: monocotyledonous plant, plant height 60 ~120cm; The stem is thin and straight, and the stem is millet.
Common poles are white and red, hollow and jointed; Leaves narrowly lanceolate, parallel veins; Spike terminal, raceme, pendulous; There are hundreds to thousands of seeds per ear, and the seeds are very small, with a diameter of about 0. 1cm. Ears of grain are generally golden when they are ripe, and they are commonly called millet after peeling. Ecological habit: like high temperature, the suitable temperature for growth is 22 ~ 30 degrees, and it is suitable for cultivation below the altitude of 1000 meters, belonging to drought-tolerant and stable crops. Originally from China, it is widely planted in northern China.