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Triticum aethiopicum
Also called Durum Wheat, Pasta Wheat, Hard Wheat, Kamut, Macaroni Wheat
Ethiopian wheat (Triticum aethiopicum) is a tetraploid wheat grown mainly in Ethiopia, closely related to durum wheat. It is cultivated as a grain crop in open fields, not as a houseplant, and is grown much like other wheats.
Triticum aethiopicum, commonly known as Ethiopian wheat, is a variety of wheat closely related to Triticum durum. Ethiopia is considered as a center of origin and diversity for many crop species including tetraploids wheat species. Triticum aethiopiacum is one of the tetraploid wheat grown in Ethiopia.
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