Echinochloa colona
| Echinochloa colona | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |  |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 3' |
| Blooms: | Mid Summer-Early Fall |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Echinochloa colona (common name: jungle rice)
Propagation: Seed - sow early spring in a greenhouse and only just cover the seed. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out into their permanent positions in early summer.
A sowing in situ in late spring might also succeed but is unlikely to ripen a crop of seed if the summer is cool and wet.
Cultivation: We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though judging by its native range it could succeed outdoors in many parts of this country. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus.
Prefers a rich moist soil but should succeed in ordinary garden soil[1][2].
Range: Temperate sub-tropical and tropical zones.
Habitat: Waste places, cultivated fields and ditches in southern N. America where it is naturalized[3]. A weed of damp places and irrigated fields in China[4].
Edibility: Seed - cooked[5][6][7]. Used as a millet[8]. The seed can be cooked whole or ground into a flour and used as a mush or porridge[9].
Young plants and shoots - raw or cooked[5][10]. Eaten raw with rice[8].
Pollinators: Wind
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Seed Ripens: Late Summer-Mid Fall
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Harrington, Harold. Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains. University of New Mexico Press, 1967.
- ↑ Lyndon, Merritt. Gray's Manual of Botany. American Book Co, 1950.
- ↑ Flora of China. 1994.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Hill, Albert. Economic Botany. The Maple Press, 1952.
- ↑ Manandhar, Narayan. Plants and People of Nepal. Timber Press, 2002.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Facciola, Stephen. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, 1990.
- ↑ Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.
- ↑ Cribb, Alan and Joan Cribb. Wild Food in Australia. Fontana, 1976.