Triticum vavilovii
(Tumanian.) Jakubz.
Vavilov's wheat
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Description
A grass in the wheat family with branching spikelets, grown in temperate regions for food.
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Edible Uses
The seeds are cooked and most commonly ground into flour for use as a cereal in making bread, biscuits, and similar baked goods.
Traditional Uses
The grains are used for food.
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Medicinal Uses
None known.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant.
Where It Grows
Armenia, Asia, Caucasus,
Propagation
Sow seed in early spring or autumn directly in situ, barely covering it. Germination typically occurs within a few days.
Other Uses
The straw has many uses including as a biomass fuel, for thatching, and as a garden mulch. Fibre extracted from the stems can be made into paper: harvest the stems in late summer after the seed has been collected, cut into usable pieces, soak in clean water for 24 hours, cook for 2 hours in lye or soda ash, then beat in a ball mill for 1½ hours. The resulting fibres produce a green-tan paper. Starch from the seed is used for laundering and sizing textiles, and can also be converted into alcohol for use as a fuel.
Production
It is difficult to thresh.
Synonyms
References (4)
- Brouk,
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 183
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
- P. M. Zhukovsky, Zemledel'cheskia Turtsiia 705, 805. 1933
