Synonym(s)
secale cereale
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Rye, also known as Secale cereale, is a cereal from the sweet grass family (Poaceae) and is found in cooler or more temperate latitudes. In addition to its function as a food, feed and luxury food, rye is also used as a drug for herbal medicines.
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Rye is an annual, mostly hardy plant. Rye has 65 to 200 cm long stems and 5 to 20 cm long, slightly overhanging ears and long lemmas at flowering time. In addition, Secale cereale develops long roots that grow up to one metre deep.
Secale cereale is the parent plant of Pollinis siccum extractum.
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