(from the article `panicum`) Many species of Panicum, known as millet (q.v.), are cultivated in Europe and Asia as crop plants and in the United States for forage, hog feed, and ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/80
Guinea-grass (Panicum maximum) is a very tall species of grass native to Africa and of the same genus as the millet, it grows to between two and three metres high. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BGA.HTM