Niger Ginger 'Ramba Zamba'

These beautifully flowering plants (yellow, broad ray florets) are widely cultivated in North Africa, mainly to harvest the seeds. These are used as birdseed (Niger seed) and are ideal as winter feed due to their high oil and calcium content.
Nowadays, farmers and gardeners also sow Niger Gingelly as green manure or along the edges of their plots to feed insects and birds. Sown before mid-August, the plant still yields a lot of biomass and weed suppression. The plants are annual, so they do not survive frost.
An important application is human consumption of the seeds: raw, baked, fried, or pressed into flour or oil. Niger oil also has many medicinal applications!
See the PDF attachment on the website for much more information.

Names:
Latin: Guizotia abyssinica
Dutch: Niger Gingellikruid
Also known as: Ramtillkraut, Nigerzaad, Nigerolie
English: Niger Seed