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    Borod / बोरोड / Jungle Rice / Deccan Grass / Echinochloa colona (L.)

    Local Name: Borod / बोरोड

    Common Name: Jungle Rice / Deccan Grass

    Botanical Name: Echinochloa colona (L.)

    Status & Habitat

    • Habitat: Herb

    • Occurrence: Fields, and along roadsides and waterways

    • Season of Availability: Throughout the year

    • Geography: Tropical Africa, Asia

    • Method of Propagation: Seed propagation

    • Part used for Propagation: Seeds

    Edible Parts

    • Edible Parts: Seeds

    • Can be Eaten Raw: No

    Method of Consumption

    • Raw: No

    • Ripe: No

    • Both Raw & Ripe: No

    • Dangerous Form to Consume: Raw plant

    • As Food: Seeds eaten raw.

    • As Medicine: Seeds used as a famine food.

    • Cooking Method: Not typically eaten as it is a weed.

    • Preservation / Curing Technique: N/A

    • Does Require Another Plants to be cooked together: N/A

    • Souring Agents Required: N/A


    Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits

    • Nutritional Benefit: High starch content

    • Medicinal Benefit: Helps relieve hunger (used as a famine food).

    Tribal Wisdom

    • Tribal Wisdom: Seeds used as a famine food.

    Recipes

    • Tribal Recipe: Raw seeds eaten when there is a scarcity of food.