Vernacular Name
Job

Category
Stimulants, Spices, Medicinals and Aromatics

Use

Rank	Class
1	Food and Beverages
	Pharmaceutical
	Cosmetics
	Health and Functional Products
	Fodder/Animal feed
	Fibre, Fuel and Building
	Ornamental
	Environmental
	Other

1. Very relevant
5. Not very relevant

Place of Origin
Native to East Asia and Malaya.

Actual Distribution
E. Asia - E. India

Places and Types of Utilization
A pleasant mild flavour, it can be used in soups and broths. It can be ground into a flour and used to make bread or used in any of the ways that rice is used. The pounded flour is sometimes mixed with water like barley for barley water. The pounded kernel is also made into a sweet dish by frying... [Read_more]

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• All India Coordinated Research Project on Underutilized Crops

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