Cereal; sometimes cultivated as a green fodder species; grains used for local bread and beer.
Vern.: finger millet (anglais), dana (Yagoua, Barreteau 12); sât, sadê (douro, Jacques Félix 8263); tchai gari (foulfouldé, Vaillant 206); le petit mil; ksengu xa (Kapsiki) Leeuwenberg 10482 ; gandji firi (arabe), korkodoro (Kotoko) Vaillant 1521 ; Tamba (haoussa) Serv. Agric. Niger 34 ; Telboun (arabe tourgou), mado (kotoko), Doudou (baguirma).