Description | Eragrostis is large and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. Eragrostis is commonly known as lovegrass or canegrass. Lovegrass is commonly used as livestock fodder. The seeds appear to be of high nutritional value for some animals, but they are also very tiny and collecting them for human food is cumbersome and hence uncommon. A notable exception is teff (Eragrostis tef), which is used to make traditional breads on the Horn of Africa. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eragrostis]
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