Thamam seeds - millet (panicum turgidum)

Common name: Thamam – Dukhun Scientific name: Panicum turgidum Other names: Arab Thamam - Umm Rukbah - 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, most notably 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 spike-like flowers contain starchy pith that birds eat. Thamam - Dukhun seeds: Its small seeds are pale yellow in 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 adequate lighting is available for the plant. Suitable climate and soil for Thamam - Dukhun: It grows in well-drained, ventilated sandy soils, and 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 to 2 cm from the soil surface, and it can be fertilized with organic fertilizer at least once to accelerate its growth and development. Its benefits and uses: Thamam is a forage 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, and it also spreads in the deserts of Mauritania and many Arab countries.