Mupunga zviyo zvakaita segorosi, bhari, chibage nezvimwe zvakawanda. Itsanga dzemamwe marudzi emiti. Pakutanga vaive huswa hunotapira. Kubva panguva yeDombo, vanhu vakagara vachichengetedza zviyo zvakakura kusvika muchirimo chinotevera uye vakazvishandisa zvakare pakudyara. Ndiwo masikirwo akaitwa zviyo zvemazuva ano kusanganisira mupunga.
Miti midiki yemupunga inofanira kucherwa uye kudyarwa patsva imwe neimwe paine nzvimbo yakawanda. Mupunga unobva wava kureba hafu yemamita kana imwe nehafu. Pamusoro pane panicle, inflorescence. Mushure mekusangana nemhepo, tsanga dzinokura. Chero chirimwa chemupunga chinokwanisa kuzvisanganisa wega.
Archaeology yakawana kuti mupunga waitorimwa makore anenge 10,000 XNUMX apfuura: muChina. Chirimwa ichi chingangodaro chakauya kumadokero kuburikidza nePersia, yekare Iran. VaRoma vekare vaiziva mupunga semushonga. Gare gare, vanhu vakaunzawo mupunga kuAmerica neAustralia.
Kune inenge hafu yevanhu vose, mupunga ndicho chikafu chinonyanya kukosha. Ndosaka ichinziwo staple food. Vanhu vanoita izvi vanogara kunyanya muAsia. Mupunga wakawanda unorimwawo muAfrica. Kumadokero, kune rumwe rutivi, vanhu vanonyanya kudya zvokudya zvinogadzirwa negorosi. Kunyange zvazvo chibage chichinyanya kurimwa pane mupunga, chinonyanya kudyiwa kumhuka.