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Cereals- Family Poaceae (formerly Graminae)-The Grass Family

1. Rice: Oryza sativa

Paddy rice
Upland rice: Example, lubang, kijubog

2. Corn (maize) Zea mays


3. Trigo/wheat Triticum spp.
4. Millet(dawa) Pennesetum glaucum
5. Sorghum Sorghum bicolor, Sorghum vulgare
6. Barley* Hordeum vulgare
7. Rye* Secale cereale
8. Oat* Avena sp.
9. Job’s tears Coix lachryma-jobi
10. Palm Grass Setaria palmifolia
11. wild rice Zizania aquatica
12. Teff Eragrostis tef
13. Spelt Triticum spelta
14. Kamut Triticum turgidum

Other Seeded Grass Plants


1. Barnyard grass

Pseudocereals: Seed Producing Non-grass Plants


1. Buck wheat* Eriogonum
Fagopyrum esculentum
2. Breadnut/ramon Brosimium alicastrum
3. chia Salvia hispanica
4. cockscomb Celosia argentea
5. kañiwa Chenopodium pallidicaule
6. pitseed goosefoot Chenopodium berlardieri
7. amaranth
Love-lies bleeding Amaranthus caudatus
Red amaranth Amaranthus cruentus
Prince of Wales feather Amaranthus hypochondriacus
8. quinoa
9. wattleseed(also called acacia seed)

Other Seeded Non-grass Plants


1. Purslane/ulasiman Portulaca oleracea
2. Amaranth
Green amaranth Amaranthus veridis
Spiny amaranth Amaranthus spinosus
Common amaranth Amaranthus retroflexus

3. Daat

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