Teff, also known as Eragrostis tef, Williams lovegrass, or annual bunch grass, is an annual grass, a species of lovegrass native to the Horn of Africa, notably to both Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is cultivated for its edible seeds, also known as teff. Teff was one of the earliest plants domesticated. It is one of the most important staple crops in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Teff
An Eritrean woman harvesting Teff in Geshinashim, Eritrea.
Injera served in a typical Ethiopian dish
Teff (small grains) and sorghum (large grains), ingredients for tella
Eragrostis is a large and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands.
Eragrostis
Eragrostis atropioides flowers
weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula)
little lovegrass (Eragrostis minor)