Triticum macha
Dekapr. & A. M. Menabde
Macha wheat, Makha wheat
Poaceae Edible: Seeds, Cereal
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Description
A grass. It forms tufts. The stems are 60-100 cm long. The leaf blade is 10-60 cm long by 1-1.5 cm wide.
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Edible Uses
The grain is eaten as a cereal crop.
Traditional Uses
The grain is eaten.
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Distribution
It grows in temperate climates.
Where It Grows
Asia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Caucasus, China, Europe, Georgia, India, North America, Peru, Russia, South America, Spain, Turkey, Türkiye,
Other Information
It is a cultivated food plant.
Synonyms
Triticum aestivum subsp. macha (Dekepr. & Menabde) McKeyTriticum aestivum subsp. macha MackeyTriticum spelta subsp. macha (Dekapr. & Menabde) Dorof.[or Triticum aestivum Macha Group]
References (8)
- Chemonics International Inc., 2000, Biodiversity Assessment of Georgia. USAID Contract.
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 181
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
- Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 48:586. 1954
- Trudy Prikl. Bot., Ser. 5, Zernov. Kul't. 1:14, 38. 1932
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- Uphof,
- Wiersema, J. H. & Leon, B., 2013, World Economic Plants. A Standard Reference CRC Press. 2nd Ed. p 698
- Zeven, A. C. & de West, J. M. J., 1982, Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity. Wageningen. p 93
