Thamam seeds - millet

Common name: Thamam – Dukhun Scientific name: Panicum turgidum Other names: Arab Thamam - Um Rukba - Inflated Thamam - Fat Dukhun Thamam is a herbaceous plant genus belonging to the Poaceae family. It includes about 450 species of plants that grow in tropical regions, the most important of which are some types of Dukhun. It is densely branched with few pale, strap-like leaves, and its stems are woody, upright or creeping. • Thamam - Dukhun flower: Its small spikelet flowers contain starchy pith, which birds eat. • Thamam - Dukhun seeds: Small-sized seeds with a pale yellow color. • Thamam - Dukhun germination season: Thamam is cultivated at the end of winter or the end of summer, and it can also be cultivated throughout the year in agricultural reserves and enclosed or plastic places where temperature can be controlled, sunlight reaches, or where adequate lighting for the plant is available. • Suitable climate and soil for Thamam - Dukhun: It grows in well-drained sandy soils with good ventilation. It tolerates high temperatures, drought, and strong winds. It is irrigated with winter rains. • How to cultivate Thamam - Dukhun: It reproduces through seeds planted at a depth of 1 cm – 2 cm from the soil surface. It can also be fertilized with organic fertilizer at least once to accelerate its growth and development. • Its benefits and uses: Thamam is a grazing plant preferred by camels and livestock, in addition to its use in resisting sand encroachment and combating desertification. • Original habitat of Thamam - Dukhun: Desert areas in the Arabian Peninsula, as well as in the deserts of Mauritania and many Arab countries.