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Glutinous rice root

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, [alias] waxy rod head, waxy root beard. [source] is glutinous rice OryzasativaLinn. A dry root with a short stump. [original plant] glutinous rice is an annual cluster herb, up to 1 meter high, with erect culms, glabrous. Leaf blade flattened, linear-lanceolate, slightly scabrous, 30 cm long and 6 mm wide; ligule membranous, long and conspicuous. Panicles scattered, 15-30 cm long; branched, long and upward; spikelets oblong, 6 ~

[alias]

Waxy rod head, waxy root beard.

[source]

It is the glutinous rice OryzasativaLinn. A dry root with a short stump.

[original plant]

Glutinous rice is an annual tufted herb, up to 1 meter high, with erect culms, glabrous. Leaf blade flattened, linear-lanceolate, slightly scabrous, 30 cm long and 6 mm wide; ligule membranous, long and conspicuous. Panicle scattered, 15-30 cm long; branches many, long and ascending; spikelets oblong, 6-8 mm long, compressed on both sides, ridged, pilose, Awned or Awned; glumes extremely reduced, semilunar marks at tip of spikelet stalk; Lemma of sterile floret subequal, lanceolate, ca. 1 bank 4-1-3 as long as spikelet, Palea reduced; Palea of stout floret similar to Lemma, with 6 stamens; style short. Caryopsis oblong, flattened on both sides, dark yellow or yellowish brown at maturity. It is a wet herb. It is widely planted in the eastern, central, southern and southwestern provinces of China. Cultivation is common in tropical and temperate regions of Asia.

 
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