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Oryza latifolia
Broadleaf rice (Oryza latifolia) is a wild perennial grass of wet areas in Latin America and the Caribbean, related to cultivated rice. It is a facultative aquatic plant that grows taller when flooded.
Oryza latifolia, the broadleaf rice, is a widespread species of grass (family Poaceae). It is native to wetter areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, and has been introduced to India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam. A facultative aquatic perennial, if flooded it can adapt by growing considerably taller.
Oryza alta, treated here as a synonym of O. latifolia, has been used in a genome-editing programme aimed at the de novo domestication of allotetraploid wild rice.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oryza latifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
