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Table 1 Anatomic characteristics of millet grains and sorghum

From: The nutritional use of millet grain for food and feed: a review

Grain

Type

Shape

Colour

1 000-kernel weight (g)

Sorghum

Caryopsis

Spherical

White, yellow, red, brown

25–30

Pearl millet

Caryopsis

Ovoid, hexagonal, globose

Grey, white, yellow, brown, purple

2.5–14

Finger millet

Utricle

Globose

Yellow, white, red, brown, violet

2.6

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