Jungle Rice

Medicinal Uses

Edible Uses

Edible Parts: Leaves  Seed  Shoots | Edible Uses: Seed - cooked[105, 171, 272]. Used as a millet[183]. The seed can be cooked whole or ground into a flour and used as a mush or porridge[257]. Young plants and shoots - raw or cooked[105, 144]. Eaten raw with rice[183].

Cultivation

We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though judging by its native range it could succeed outdoors in many parts of this country. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus. Prefers a rich moist soil but should succeed in ordinary garden soil[1, 85].

Known Hazards

None known

Habitats

Waste places, cultivated fields and ditches in southern N. America where it is naturalized[43]. A weed of damp places and irrigated fields in China[266].