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stem rather than forming dense clusters.
Harvested edible kernel, known as a rice
paddy, is enveloped in a hull or husk
that is removed during milling (EOL).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Moisture Protein Lipid Fiber CHO a Ash
9.20
10.68 2.04 0.84 75.69 1.55
a Carbohydrate.
Minerals (mg/100 g)
Na K Ca Mg P
140 315 122 118 354
Fatty Acids (% of total fatty acids)
Saturated
23.55
Unsaturated
76.45
Unsaturated/saturated ratio
3.25
Source: Data from Al-Bahranay (2002).
Oryza rufipogon (Griff.)
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Common name: Brownbeard rice, wild
rice, red rice.
Distribution: Widely distributed tropical plant. Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea, Laos,
Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri
Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam), Africa
(Egypt, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania), North America (United States),
Central America, South America
(Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana,
Peru, Venezuela, Oceania), Australia
(Australia, Queensland, Papua New
Guinea) (Watve, 2013).
Habitat: Shallow water, irrigated fields,
pools, ditches, and sites with stagnant
or slow running water.
Description: It is a perennial species
with rhizomes that are elongated. Leaf
sheaths are smooth and glabrous on
surface. Leaf sheath auricles are erect.
Leaf blade margins are scabrous.
Inflorescence is a panicle. Spikelets are
appressed and solitary. Fertile spikelets are pedicelled. Basal sterile florets
are similar, barren, without significant
palea. This species is recognized as an
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stem rather than forming dense clusters.
Harvested edible kernel, known as a rice
paddy, is enveloped in a hull or husk
that is removed during milling (EOL).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Moisture Protein Lipid Fiber CHO a Ash
9.20
10.68 2.04 0.84 75.69 1.55
a Carbohydrate.
Minerals (mg/100 g)
Na K Ca Mg P
140 315 122 118 354
Fatty Acids (% of total fatty acids)
Saturated
23.55
Unsaturated
76.45
Unsaturated/saturated ratio
3.25
Source: Data from Al-Bahranay (2002).
Oryza rufipogon (Griff.)
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Common name: Brownbeard rice, wild
rice, red rice.
Distribution: Widely distributed tropical plant. Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea, Laos,
Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri
Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam), Africa
(Egypt, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania), North America (United States),
Central America, South America
(Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana,
Peru, Venezuela, Oceania), Australia
(Australia, Queensland, Papua New
Guinea) (Watve, 2013).
Habitat: Shallow water, irrigated fields,
pools, ditches, and sites with stagnant
or slow running water.
Description: It is a perennial species
with rhizomes that are elongated. Leaf
sheaths are smooth and glabrous on
surface. Leaf sheath auricles are erect.
Leaf blade margins are scabrous.
Inflorescence is a panicle. Spikelets are
appressed and solitary. Fertile spikelets are pedicelled. Basal sterile florets
are similar, barren, without significant
palea. This species is recognized as an