Eleusine is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,[3][4] sometimes called by the common name goosegrass.

[5][6] 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.

[7] numerous species once included in Eleusine but now considered better suited to other genera: Acrachne Aeluropus Chloris Coelachyrum Dactyloctenium Dinebra Disakisperma Eragrostis Harpochloa Leptochloa Ochthochloa Sclerodactylon Uniola Wangenheimia

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