name: Annual Wild Rice

flavor_db_name_variants: annual wild rice

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Annual wild rice

id: 236

name_scientific: Zizania aquatica

description: Wild rice (also called Canada rice, Indian rice, and water oats) are four species of grasses forming the genus Zizania, and the grain which can be harvested from them. The grain was historically gathered and eaten in both North America and China. While it is now a delicacy in North America, the grain is eaten less in China, where the plant's stem is used as a vegetable. Wild rice is not directly related to Asian rice (Oryza sativa), whose wild progenitors are O. rufipogon and O. nivara, although they are close cousins, sharing the tribe Oryzeae. Wild rice grains have a chewy outer sheath with a tender inner grain that has a slightly vegetal taste. The plants grow in shallow water in small lakes and slow-flowing streams; often, only the flowering head of wild rice rises above the water. The grain is eaten by dabbling ducks and other aquatic wildlife, as well as humans.

itis_id: 41319

wikipedia_id: Zizania_aquatica

picture_file_name: 236.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 43006

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:32:37.000Z

legacy_id: 251

food_group: Cereals and cereal products

food_subgroup: Cereals

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:28.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:20.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 75727

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00236