Perennial wild rice (longstaminata)

Oryza longistaminata

grain

Grains of a wild rice, sometimes eaten and sold at local markets; a famine food in Sudan and Ethiopia.

Origin

Tropical Africa

Where to find it

In the floodplains of the Niger, Lake Chad and the Nile.

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The grains are winnowed to remove the husks, rinsed, then cooked like rice for about twenty minutes, or as porridge.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Arabinoxylans · Magnesium · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

It is a wild cousin of African rice, regrowing every year from its rhizomes.