Guizotia abyssinica

Guizotia abyssinica
Guizotia abyssinica flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Guizotia
Species:
G. abyssinica
Binomial name
Guizotia abyssinica
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Anthemis mysorensis herb.madr. ex DC.
  • Bidens ramtilla Wall. ex DC.
  • Buphthalmum ramtilla Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Guizotia oleifera (DC.) DC.
  • Jaegeria abyssinica (L.f.) Spreng.
  • Polymnia abyssinica L.f. 1782
  • Ramtilla oleifera DC.
  • Tetragonotheca abyssinica Ledeb.
  • Verbesina sativa Roxb. ex Sims

Guizotia abyssinica is an erect, stout, branched annual herb, grown for its edible oil and seed. Its cultivation originated in the Eritrean and Ethiopian highlands, and has spread to other parts of Ethiopia. Common names include noog/nug (Ethio-Semitic and Eritrean ኑግ nūg or ኒህዩግ nihyug); ramtil or ramtilla; niger or nyger seed (all pronounced /ˈnaɪdʒər/ NY-jər);[2][3] inga seed; and blackseed. Noug has been described as semi-domesticated, self-incompatible crop with yellow flowering heads and seeds.[4] Recent studies have revealed the regional genetic diversity of some noug populations grown in Ethiopia based on RAPD and AFLP markers.[5][jargon]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.
  2. ^ Mid-michigan, Wild Birds Unlimited (10 October 2016). "How to pronounce Nyjer®".
  3. ^ "When did Niger become Nyjer?". www.mprnews.org. 30 November 2011.
  4. ^ Dempewolf, Hannes; Kane, Nolan C.; Ostevik, Katherine L.; Geleta, Mulatu; Barker, Michael S.; Lai, Zhao; Stewart, Megan L.; Bekele, Endashaw; Engels, Johannes M. M.; Cronk, Quentin C. B.; Rieseberg, Loren H. (November 2010). "Establishing genomic tools and resources for Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.-the development of a library of expressed sequence tags, microsatellite loci, and the sequencing of its chloroplast genome: PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES ARTICLE". Molecular Ecology Resources. 10 (6): 1048–1058. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02859.x. PMID 21565115. S2CID 28931341.
  5. ^ Geleta, Mulatu; Bryngelsson, Tomas; Bekele, Endashaw; Dagne, Kifle (2007-05-03). "Genetic diversity of Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass. (Asteraceae) from Ethiopia as revealed by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 54 (3): 601–614. doi:10.1007/s10722-006-0018-0. ISSN 0925-9864. S2CID 29426035.