Wild Rice Information

1. Oryza barthii

Distribution:-

Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia

Habitat:-

1. Found in mopane or savanna woodland, savanna or fadama
2. Grows in deep water, seasonally flooded land, stagnant water, and slowly flowing water or pools; prefers clay or black cotton soils
3. Found in open habitats

Morphological character:-

1. Annual and erect to semi-erect grass
2. Leaves with short ligule less than 13mm
3. Panicles compact to open, rarely having secondary branching;
4. Spikelets large, 7.7 to 12.3mm long and 2.3 to 3.5mm wide, with strong awns up to 20cm long, usually red in color
5. Anthers 1.5 to3mm long

Reference

1. Rice Knowledge bank, IRRI