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At Jardin botanique de la Charme, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Scientific classification
Genus:	Digitaria
Species:	compacta
Synonyms
Axonopus corymbosus (Roxb.) Schult. Digitaria bifasciculata (Trin.) Henrard Digitaria corymbosa (Roxb.) Merr. Digitaria fascicularis Link nom. illeg. Digitaria villosa Trin. nom. inval. Panicum bifasciculatum Trin. Panicum corymbosum Roxb. Panicum fasciculare (Link) Trin. nom. illeg. Panicum fasciculatum Trin. nom. inval. Panicum imperfectum Roxb. ex Kunth nom. inval. Panicum schraderi Kunth nom. illeg. Paspalum compactum Roth Paspalum corymbosum (Roxb.) Kunth Paspalum porrigens Arn. ex Hook.f. nom. inval. Reimaria fascicularis (Link) Link nom. illeg. Syntherisma corymbosa (Roxb.) Hosok. Syntherisma corymbosum (Roxb.) Sasaki

Digitaria compacta is a grass species native to India and Indochina. It is cultivated in the Khasi Hills of northeast India, used as a glutinous flour for making bread or porridge, and known as raishan.

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