Aegilops bicornis

(Forssk.)Jaub. & Spach

Goatgrass, Spelt

PoaceaeSeeds/Nuts

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds, Cereal

The seed is ground to flour and used cooked as a cereal.

Where to Find It

It prefers a sunny position and a well drained soil.

Africa, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Mediterranean, Middle East, North Africa, Syria,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Albania, Angola, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Croatia, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Comoros, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Slovenia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A cultivated grass in the Poaceae family that prefers sunny positions and well-drained soil, grown from seed.

How to Grow

Plants are grown from seed. Seed are sown shallowly and germinate in a few days.

Wikipedia

Source ↗

Aegilops bicornis (syn. Aegilops bicorne (misapplied), Triticum bicorne Forssk.) is a species in the family Poaceae native to the Levant, Western Mesopotamia, Egypt & Libya Elsewhere this plant is commonly considered a weed.

Other Information

It is cultivated.

Names & Synonyms

Triticum bicorne Forssk.and others

References (4)

Fl. aegypt.-arab. 16. 1775 (As Triticum bicorne)
Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 657 (As Triticum bicorne)
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Triticum bicorne)
Zeven, A. C. & de West, J. M. J., 1982, Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity. Wageningen. p 108