botanical record · discovered
Rice
Oryza sativa
Rice · Arroç · Arrus · Arròs · Asian cultivated rice · Asian rice · Azijska riža · Lúa · Lɔ́sɔ · Mele, Tsoholé · Omo · Orez · Padi · Pagay · Palay · Pari · Pirinc · Pirinç · Raese · Reis
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Iraq, US(CA), Panama(Cuna), Dominican Republic, Spain, Kurdistan, Turkey
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abdomen, Antidote(Arsenic), Astringent, Beri-Beri
Science studied: ACETONE, TRANS-ACONITIC-ACID, D-ALANYL-D-ALANINE, D-ALANYL-GLYCINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Poaceae
Scientific name: Oryza sativa
Common names: Rice, Arroç, Arrus, Arròs, Asian cultivated rice, Asian rice, Azijska riža, Lúa, Lɔ́sɔ, Mele, Tsoholé, Omo, Orez, Padi, Pagay, Palay, Pari, Pirinc, Pirinç, Raese, Reis
POWO: 316812-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Elsewhere, Iraq, US(CA), Panama(Cuna), Dominican Republic, Spain, Kurdistan and 9 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abdomen
- Antidote(Arsenic)
- Astringent
- Beri-Beri
- Bowel
- Breath
- Burn
- Cancer(Breast)
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- Cataplasm
- Chest
- Cosmetic
- Dentifrice
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Dyspepsia
- Epistaxis
- Eye
- Fever
- Filariasis
- Flux
- Hematemesis
- Hidrosis
- Inflammation
- Intestine
- Intoxicant
- Larvicide
- Nausea
- Paralysis
- Piles
- Psoriasis
- Refrigerant
- Skin
- Sore
- Stomachic
- Sweat
- Thirst
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Wart
- Demulcent
- Excipient
- Jaundice
- Swelling
- Anydrotic
- Vermifuge
- Preventitive(Hiccup)
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Elsewhere
- Iraq
- US(CA)
- Panama(Cuna)
- Dominican Republic
- Spain
- Kurdistan
- Turkey
- India
- Japan
- Puerto Rico
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- East Indies
- Japan*
- Colombia(Cuna)
- Haiti
- Mauritius
Documented cultural uses
- Abdomen
- Antidote(Arsenic)
- Astringent
- Beri-Beri
- Bowel
- Breath
- Burn
- Cancer(Breast)
- Cataplasm
- Chest
- Cosmetic
- Dentifrice
show 35 more documented entries
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Dyspepsia
- Epistaxis
- Eye
- Fever
- Filariasis
- Flux
- Hematemesis
- Hidrosis
- Inflammation
- Intestine
- Intoxicant
- Larvicide
- Nausea
- Paralysis
- Piles
- Psoriasis
- Refrigerant
- Skin
- Sore
- Stomachic
- Sweat
- Thirst
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Wart
- Demulcent
- Excipient
- Jaundice
- Swelling
- Anydrotic
- Vermifuge
- Preventitive(Hiccup)
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Abdomen · China · "
- Antidote(Arsenic) · China · "
- Astringent · China · "
- Beri-Beri · Elsewhere · "
- Bowel · Iraq · "
- Breath · China · "
- Burn · Elsewhere · "
- Cancer(Breast) · US(CA) · "
- Cataplasm · Panama(Cuna) · "
- Chest · China · "
- Cosmetic · China · "
- Dentifrice · China · "
- Diarrhea · Dominican Republic · "
- Diarrhea · Spain · "
- Diarrhea · China · "
- Diuretic · China · "
- Dysentery · Iraq · "
- Dyspepsia · Kurdistan · "
- Epistaxis · China · "
- Eye · China · "
- Fever · China · "
- Fever · Iraq · "
- Filariasis · China · "
- Flux · China · "
33 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- An IRAT109 NAM population: Genetic characterization and mapping utility for trait dissection in japonica rice (Oryza sativa L.). · 2026 source ↗
- OsGSTU1 contributes to rice (Oryza sativa) tolerance to tripyrasulfone via metabolic detoxification. · 2026 source ↗
- OsWD40-193 negatively regulated resistance to Hirschmanniella mucronata in Oryza sativa · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETONE
- TRANS-ACONITIC-ACID
- D-ALANYL-D-ALANINE
- D-ALANYL-GLYCINE
- P-AMINOBENZOIC-ACID
- AMYLOSE
- ANTHERAXANTHIN
- ARABINOSE
- ARACHIDIC-ACID
- ARSENIC
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- ASPARAGINE
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BEHENIC-ACID
- CADMIUM
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- CALCIUM
- CAMPESTEROL
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CASTASTERONE
- CELLOPENTAOSYLSITOSTEROL
- CELLULOSE
- CERAMIDE
- CERYL-CEROTATE
- CHOLINE
- COPROSTAN
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- CYANIDIN-5-GLYCOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-MONOGLYCOSIDE
- CYANIN
- CYCLOARTENOL
- CYCLOBRANOL
- CYCLOEUCALENOL
- CYSTEINE
- BETA-CYCLOORYSTENOL
- 3-DEOXY-D-ARABINO-HEXONO-1,4-LACTONE
- 2-DEOXY-D-LYXONO-1,4-LACTONE
- DESOXYCORTICOSTEROL
- DEXTRIN
- 15,16-DIHYDROCORONARIC-ACID
- DIHYDRO-BETA-SITOSTEROL
- 2,4-DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZONE
- DIMETHYL-AMINE
- DNA-POLYMERASE
- DOLICHOSTERONE
- 12(S),13(S)-EPOXY-11(R)-HYDROXY-OCTADECA-CIS-9,CIS15-DIEN-1-OIC-ACID
- ERGOSTEROL
- D-ERYTHRONO-1,4-LACTONE
- ESTERASE
- 25-ETHOXY-24-METHOXYCYLCOARTANOL
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- ALPHA-GLUCAN
- 5'O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-PYROXIDINE
- GLUCOSE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- GUANINE
- HEXANAL
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- 25-HYDROXY-24-METHOXYCYCLOARTANOL
- HYPOXANTHINE
- INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-MYOINOSITOL
- INEKETONE
- IRON
- ISOARBORINOL
- ISOEUGENOL
- ISOLEUCINE
- ISOSCOPARIN-2'-GLUCOSIDE
- ISOSCOPARIN-2'-GLUCOSIDE-6''-FERULIC-ESTER
- KERACYANIN
- KILOCALORIES
- LEAD
- LECITHIN
- LEUCINE
- LIGNOCERIC-ACID
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LYSOLECITHIN
- D-LYXONO-1,4-LACTONE
- METHIONINE
- 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL
- 2-C-METHYL-D-ERYTHRONO-1,4-LACTONE
- MOMILACTONE-B
- MOMILACTONE-C
- MONOGLYCOSYL-CERAMIDE
- MYRICYL-CEROTATE
- NEOSCHAFTOSIDE
- NAPHTHALINE
- NEOCARLINOSIDE
- NICKEL
- NICOTIANAMINE
- OLEIC-ACID
- ORYZALEXIN-A
- ORYZALEXIN-B
- ORYZALEXIN-D
- ORYZANOL-A
- ORYZANOL-B
- ORYZARANS
- ORYZAROL
- ORYZENIN
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PANGAMIC-ACID
- PELARGONIC-ACID
- PENTANAL
- PENTOSANS
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTIN
- PHYTIN-PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTOCEREBROSIDE
- PRIMULIN
- PROPANAL
- PROTEIN
- QUINIC-ACID
- RHAMNOGALACTURONAN-I
- RIBOTIDE-TRANS-ZEATIN
- SATIVIC-ACID
- SERINE
- SHIKIMIC-ACID
- SILICIC-ACID
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- GAMMA-SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- STARCH
- STEARIC-ACID
- STIGMASTEROL
- SULFUR
- TARAXANTHIN
- THREONINE
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL
- TRIACONTANOL-(1)
- TRICIN
- TRICIN-5-GLUCOSIDE
- TRIGLYCOSYL-CERAMIDE
- TRIGONELLINE
- UNDECYLIC-ACID
- URACIL
- VANILLIC-ACID
- VIOLANTHIN
- WATER
- XANTHINE
- XYLOSE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CORONARIC-ACID
- FURFURAL
- LYSINE
- MAGNESIUM
- 24-METHYL-24-METHOXYCYCLOARTANOL
- POTASSIUM
- PYRIDOXINE
- RIBOTIDE-CIS-ZEATIN
- TRIMETHYLAMINE
- VIOLAXANTHIN
- ACETALDEHYDE
- ADENINE
- ALLANTOIN
- D-ARABINO-1,4-LACTONE
- ARUNDOIN
- BUTANAL
- CARLINOSIDE
- CELLOTETRAOSYLSITOSTEROL
- CHRYSANTHEMIN
- CYANIDIN-DIGLYCOSIDE
- CYCLOARTANOL
- CYLINDRIN
- (+)-DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL
- 9,10-DIOXYSTEARIC-ACID
- 12(S),13(S)-EPOXY-11(S)-HYDROXY-OCTADECA-CIS-9,CIS15-DIEN-1-OIC-ACID
- FIBER
- GLUCOTRICIN
- GUANIDINE
- HEXANOL
- 2-C-HYDROXY-METHYL-D-ERYTHRONO-1,4-LACTONE
- ISOCERYL-ISOCEROTATE
- ISOSCOPARIN-2'-GLUCOSIDE-6''-P-COUMARIC-ESTER
- LIGNIN
- LUTEIN
- MERCURY
- MOMILACTONE-A
- NEOXANTHIN
- ORYZABRANS
- ORYZALEXIN-C
- ORYZANOLE
- OXALIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- 1-RHAMNONO-1,4-LACTONE
- SCHAFTOSIDE
- SILICA
- SQUALENE
- SUCROSE
- THIAMIN
- TOCOPHERONE
- TRICIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- TYROSINE
- VERNOLIC-ACID
- XANTHOPHYLL
- VALINE
- DIGLYCOSYL-CERAMIDE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- NIACIN
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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