Grains are a substitute cereal; forage grass of good nutrition value. Also used for small mats and roofing.
amessenene (arabe, Vaillant 1539); amsak (arabe; Jacques-Félix 1305); amuumeme (arabe, Vaillant 1318); lemno (foulfouldé, Wakwa 3M); glebeul banat (arabe, Vaillant 1535); missamin na sidi (kotoko, Vaillant 1530); saffo, safo, shafou (kotoko, Vaillant 1535, Jacques-Félix 1301,1305);'saun guun (kotoko, Vaillant 1318).