Milium nigricans.
Botanical name:
Milium nigricans Ruiz & Pav. Gramineae.
Peru. A drink called ullpu is obtained from the farina of the seeds.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
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