Secale cereale ancestrale
Rye
an annual member of the Secale genus in the family Gramineae.
Taxonomy and growth
Uses
Edible uses
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Seed - cooked[1][2]. It can be ground into a flour and used as a cereal in making bread, biscuits etc.
- Plant part
- Seed
Environment
- Range
- W. Asia.
- Habitat
- Sandy places in vineyards, field edges etc, 100 - 1370 metres in Turkey[3].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- no shade
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- Zone 3+
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Drainage
- well drained
- Tolerances
- drought
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- tolerant
Propagation
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Seed - sow March or October in situ and only just cover the seed. Germination should take place within 2 weeks.
Cultivation
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We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will succeed in Britain, though it should succeed as a spring-sown annual and possibly as an autumn sown plant. It is a primitive form of the cultivated cereal rye, Secale cereale[2] and as such could be of value in breeding programmes. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus. Succeeds in most soils but prefers a well-drained light soil in a sunny position.
References
Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976-00-00
Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books 1984-00-00 ISBN 3874292169
Davis. P. H. Flora of Turkey. Edinburgh University Press 1965-00-00