Triticum carthlicum
Nevski
Persian black wheat, Persian wheat
PoaceaeSeeds/Nuts
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Cereal
The seeds are eaten as cereal.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It is grown as a grain crop in the Turkish Caucasus region up to 2,100 m altitude.
Asia, Caucasus, Georgia, Iran, Middle East, Turkey, Türkiye,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A tetraploid grass in the wheat family with four sets of chromosomes. It is grown as a grain crop in the Turkish Caucasus region up to 2,100 m altitude in temperate climates.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Triticum carthlicum Nevski, 1934, the Persian wheat, is a wheat with a tetraploid genome. Some scholars refer to it as T. turgidum subspecies carthlicum. Recent research suggest that T. carthlicum originated from a cross between domesticated emmer wheat and T. aestivum.
Other Information
It is a cultivated food plant.
Names & Synonyms
Dik'a
Gigachilon polonicum subsp. carthlicum (Nevski) A. LoveTriticum turgidum subsp. carthlicum (Nevski) A Love & D. LoveTriticum persicum Vavilov ex Zhuk., nom. illeg.[or Triticum turgidum Carthlicum Group]
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