Guinea millet - one of the *Brachiaria* / *Urochloa* species spotlighted this month as "millet-of-the-month" - is or was a cultivated crop only in the northern part of the Futa Jalon region of Guinea. Locally there it is considered a variety of fonio (*Digitaria exilis*), or *foññe* in the Pular language of the region. Recent research on fonio land races in Futa Jalon did not find any evidence of current cultivation of this species. Apparently farmers in the region distinguished two varieties of what we call Guinea millet: *foññe-kullii* (lit. "fonio of the animals" - some West African languages use such references to designate plants that resemble the main useful plants that are cultivated or managed), and what I'm guessing by the form of the name in the article is *foññe-gaaɓarɗi* (lit. "fonio of the edges," probably meaning banks of streams). Reference made to the "Dictionnaire Pular" at https://www.webonary.org/pular/ (thanks also to Dr. Fousseynou Bah, for help on a question re *kulli*). This excerpt from the research article (cited afterwards) explains: "The varieties *kulli* and *gabardi* were also described as previously popular in the northern villages; however, participants associated these names with photos shown of the crop Guinea Millet (*Brachiaria deflexa* [Schumach] C.E. Hubbard). This is a separate crop known in the region, as noted by Portères (1976). It is described as having very large, black spikelets, is more difficult to process and dehusk, and less enjoyable in food preparations. It could not be found or collected as part of this study. Guinea millet has only ever been recorded as a domesticated crop in the Fouta Djallon region (NRC, 1996), and more fieldwork would be needed to establish whether it [is] still cultivated anywhere in the region or if it is now a truly lost crop. All villages who recognised and previously cultivated Guinea millet said that it was abandoned because of the very different, almost bitter taste." Burton, G., Gori, B., Camara, S., Ceci, P., Conde, N., Couch, C., Magassouba, S., Vorontsova, M. S., Ulian, T., & Ryan, P. (2025). "Landrace diversity and heritage of the indigenous millet crop fonio (*Digitaria exilis*): Socio-cultural and climatic drivers of change in the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea." *Plants, People, Planet*, 7(3), 704–718. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10490 This article is of course of greater interest for its data and discussion on 22 varieties of fonio proper (*D. exilis*) in the region, but I'll leave discussion of that to another time, or to others whenever they wish to do so. For ease of reference, here are the two citations from the excerpt: Portères, R. (1976). "African cereals: Eleusine, Fonio, Black Fonio, Teff, Brachiaria, paspalum, Pennisetum, and African Rice." In J. Harlan, J. M. J. Wet, & A. B. L. Stamler (Eds.), *Origins of African plant domestication* (pp. 409–463). Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110806373.409 National Research Council. (1996). Lost crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains. The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/2305 Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US) North American Millets Alliance