Digitaria iburua
Digitaria iburua, commonly known as iburu, is a grass species native to west and west-central tropical Africa, which is cultivated as a grain crop known as black fonio.
Iburu is closely related to white fonio, a cereal that is more widely grown across West Africa. However, Iburu is taller than fonio, but has smaller grain than fonio. This makes harvesting the grains very labor intensive. Iburu is mainly grown in the Middle Belt of central Nigeria, as well as in Zinder, Niger.
