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Oryza glaberrima, commonly known as African rice, is one of two species of rice
Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
 in the Poaceae
Poaceae

Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the Magnoliophyta. Plants of this family are usually called grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo ....
. African rice is lesser known than the more common species of rice Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa

Oryza sativa is the plant species known in English language as rice. Oryza sativa has the smallest cereal genome consisting of just 430Mb across 12 chromosomes....
. African rice is believed to have been domesticated 2,000-3,000 years ago in the Inland delta of the Upper Niger river
Niger River

The Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending about 4180 km . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea....
, in what is today the country of Mali
Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the C?te d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west....
. During the 1950's French botanist Roland Porteres made the claim that glaberrima was first domesticated about 3,500 years ago.








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Oryza glaberrima, commonly known as African rice, is one of two species of rice
Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
 in the Poaceae
Poaceae

Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the Magnoliophyta. Plants of this family are usually called grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo ....
. African rice is lesser known than the more common species of rice Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa

Oryza sativa is the plant species known in English language as rice. Oryza sativa has the smallest cereal genome consisting of just 430Mb across 12 chromosomes....
. African rice is believed to have been domesticated 2,000-3,000 years ago in the Inland delta of the Upper Niger river
Niger River

The Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending about 4180 km . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea....
, in what is today the country of Mali
Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the C?te d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west....
. During the 1950's French botanist Roland Porteres made the claim that glaberrima was first domesticated about 3,500 years ago.

See also

  • New Rice for Africa
    New Rice for Africa

    New Rice for Africa is an interspecific cultivar of rice developed by the West Africa Rice Development Association to improve the yield of African rice varieties....


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