Rice PRODUCT NAME
Oryza sativa L. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Palay |
| Local Name: | Palay (Tagalog). |
| Family: | Poaceae |
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| Product Description: | Erect annual grass, to 1.2 m tall; culms angled, smooth, nearly enclosed in glabrous, strongly-nerved leaf-sheaths; leaf-blades long, flat, 1.2 cm broad, more or less scabrous; panicle terminal, narrow, curved or nodding to one side, 15–30 cm long, with many long, ascending branches; spikelets strongly flattened sidewise, perfect, ribbed pubescent, awned or awnless; palea with 2 nerves near margin; kernel free-threshing, oblong, flattened on the sides, with long hilum, straw-colored or yellow, from 28,000 to 44,000 per kg, depending on the variety (Reed, 1976). |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived), Crafts and furniture making |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | Native to the tropics and subtropics of Southeast Asia, rice is now cultivated in many localities throughout the world with favorable climatic conditions. More than 90% of the world rice production is in Asia; China and India being the largest producers (Reed, 1976). |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | seeds, other |
| Uses: | seeds used and cooked as food. Rice straw is used in Ilocano districts for making hats for home use, and in schools in Ilocos Norte for the upper soles of slippers |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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| External Links: | http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/oryza_sativa.html |
