Search Results for Poaceae

Hulless-threshing einkorn: Triticum sinskajae
12 Sep 2017

A striking characteristic of T. sinskajae is also the more compact and „round“ shape of the awns.

Barth’s rice: Oryza barthii
25 Sep 2017

This wild form of african rice is used in times of food scarcity until today and is sometimes even sold as a crop at local markets.

Pearl millet: Pennisetum glaucum
17 Okt 2017

Pearl millet is processed into millet gruel or flour, which is usually eaten as flatbread. Beer can be brewed from this crop.

Green Rice: Oryza sativa (unripe)
17 Okt 2017

A mash can be prepared from green rice and it is used as a coating for frying. With sugar, green rice can be cooked to brittle.

Common wild oat: Avena fatua
02 Nov 2017

Wild oat is edible and can be valuable in times of need as a famine food.

Common oat: Avena sativa
23 Feb 2018

In contrast to many other cereals, oats do not need to be peeled, only dehulled. Oats are always a wholemeal product and therefore rich in vitamins, minerals and fibres.

Hairy love grass: Eragrostis pilosa
01 Mrz 2018

Although the seeds of the hairy love grass produced in panicles are only about 0,5-0.8 mm in size, they are used as cereals.

Crowfoot-grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium
01 Mrz 2018

The numerous, tiny seeds are collected wildly in times of food scarcity, slightly roasted and ground into a flour from which a thin meal soup or porridge can be prepared.

Indian sandbur: Cenchrus biflorus
19 Mrz 2018

The grains are edible raw and cooked: crushed into porridge or ground into flour from which bread can finally be baked.

×Secalotricum
25 Jul 2018

×Secalotricum is a fertile hybrid of male wheat (Triticum) and female rye (Secale). This grain is also described in its baking properties as a mixture of both.

Job’s tears: Coix lacryma-jobi
10 Aug 2018

Despite its numerous uses, which are also used for medical purposes, Job’s tears are not very popular compared to other cereals. The cultivation is even declining.

Wild rye: Secale strictum ssp.
10 Aug 2018

Like most wild forms, also those of rye are not particularly productive and are rarely or no longer cultivated today in contrast to the cultivated forms.

Blue-Cuties-Popcorn: Zea mays ssp. mays convar. everta ‚Blue Cuties‘
11 Mrz 2019

This dark popcorn bears comparatively many small cobs with small, round grains. These are almost black, with a blue-green shimmer.

Glass Gem Corn: Zea mays ssp. mays convar. indurata ‚Glass Gem Corn‘
13 Feb 2020

The dried grains can be popped or ground into flour, but flour and popcorn are then no longer so colourful.

Black Emmer Wheat: Triticum dicoccon var. atratum
03 Nov 2020

The protein (gluten) it contains is not said to have good adhesive properties, but black emmer wheat is nevertheless suitable for baking bread and pastries.

Sogrhum: Sorghum bicolor
03 Dez 2020

Sorghum is a staple food in parts of Africa (especially West and East Africa) and India.

Oaxacan Green dent corn: Zea mays ssp. mays convar. indentata ‚Oaxacan Green‘
01 Mrz 2021

Oaxacan Green dent corn is an old, green maize variety with very large cobs that was cultivated by the Zapotec Indians of Mexico in the province of Oaxaca.

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