Amazon wild rice refers to either of the two native (endemic) species of

rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...

(Oryza) found in the Amazon region of South America and adjacent tropical areas, '' Oryza glumaepatula'' and '' Oryza latifolia''. It also can refer to the cultivated form ''Oryza sp.'' (unnamed rice species) which was domesticated from one or both of the wild forms some 4,000 years ago by the indigenous people of the Amazon region. South America actually has 4 indigenous wild rice species, ''Oryza glumaepatula,'' '' Oryza latifolia,'' '' Oryza alta,'' and '' Oryza grandiglumis,'

all of which can be found in the Amazon basin of Brazil and could therefore be considered Amazonian wild rice

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{{reflist Rice, A Crops originating from South America Grasses of South America Tropical agriculture