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Eleusine coracana
Finger Millet
As recorded: Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Adachi, I.I. Adachi →A.H.M. Jayasuriya →
- Collector number
- 17096
- Date
- February 24, 1987
- Locality
- Kasyapagama, E of Sigiriya
- Region
- Sri Lanka
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 24, 1987, Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Adachi, I. also collected 9 other specimens.
Eleusine coracana observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1987. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 46 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-07-26.
2026-07-26
R364+GW5, Tihri, Himachal Pradesh 175005, India
(c) Simran Thakur, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-12
Sekhukhune District Municipality, South Africa
(c) Nicole Dealtry (nee wienand), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-07
A, Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA
(c) Craig Esterhuizen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-22
PXHH+3JJ, Tharamangalam, Vedappatti, Tamil Nadu 636503, India
(c) Kartik Sundar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-10-26
Такасинду, Непал
(c) Alexander Naumov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-10-14
23DR010, Bagmati, NP
(c) bikas1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Eleusine coracana. BISH 601387. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956340400. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/601387.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956340400 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026