Good forage grass; grains used as cereals.
Vern.: gizin-yam (Guizigua, Onana 15); ndofîé (arabe, Jacques-Félix 1229; Vaillant 1229);paguri (foulfouldé, Vaillant 367); rheba (kapsiki, Leeuwenberg es. 10408); queó, queu (Balanta); djiba-djidé (Fula); nhamo, nhantandium (Mandinga).