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Secale cereale

Annual

HomeAnnualSecale cereale

Not known in a truly wild situation.

Family: Poaceae
Height: 1.8 m / 6 ft
Sun
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 1 of 5
Other Uses: 3 of 5

Native Habitat

Rye, Cereal rye Secale cereale native habitat is Not known in a truly wild situation.

Edible Uses

Seed - cooked. A common cereal, it is used especially in N. Europe to make bread. The seed contains about 13% protein. The grain also contains some gluten, though not as much as wheat, so it makes a heavier bread than wheat. It can also be used to make cakes etc. The seed can be sprouted and added to salads. A nutritional analysis is available. Malt, a sweet substance produced by germinating the seed, is extracted from the roasted germinated seed and used as a sweetening agent and in making beer etc. The roasted (ungerminated) seed is used as a coffee substitute.

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