It resembles barnyard grass (considered a weed in many places) and probably originated from it. Other millets include little millet (Panicum sumatrense), tef millet (Eargrostis tef) and Fonio Japanese Millet, also called barnyard millet or billion dollar grass (fig) Japanese millet is grown principally as a forage grass. They represent global millets because they are cultivated in different geographical areas, they account for most world millet production and trade, and they have received most o