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botanical illustration of Rye, Secale cereale

botanical record · discovered

Rye

Secale cereale

Rye · Almindelig rug · Centeio · Centeo · Cereal rye · Cultivated annual rye · Dyrket rug · Kar · Közönséges rozs · Raž · Rhyg · Rog · Rogge · Roggen · Roog · Rukis

At a glance

Origin / distribution: US, Spain, Belgium

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Coffee, Intoxicant, Laxative, Liqueur

Science studied: ALANINE, CALCIUM, CARBOHYDRATES, CYSTINE

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: Secale cereale

Common names: Rye, Almindelig rug, Centeio, Centeo, Cereal rye, Cultivated annual rye, Dyrket rug, Kar, Közönséges rozs, Raž, Rhyg, Rog, Rogge, Roggen, Roog, Rukis

History

The source record documents this plant in US, Spain, Elsewhere, Belgium.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

  • Coffee
  • Intoxicant
  • Laxative
  • Liqueur
  • Tumor

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

  • US
  • Spain
  • Elsewhere
  • Belgium

Documented cultural uses

  • Coffee
  • Intoxicant
  • Laxative
  • Liqueur
  • Tumor

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • ALANINE
  • CALCIUM
  • CARBOHYDRATES
  • CYSTINE
  • FAT
  • FIBER
  • GLUTAMIC-ACID
  • GLYCINE
  • HISTIDINE
  • IRON
  • ISOLEUCINE
  • LINOLEIC-ACID
  • LINOLENIC-ACID
  • MAGNESIUM
  • MANGANESE
  • MUFA
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  • MYRISTIC-ACID
  • NIACIN
  • PALMITIC-ACID
  • PALMITOLEIC-ACID
  • PECTINS
  • PENTOSANS
  • PHENYLALANINE
  • POTASSIUM
  • PROTEIN
  • RIBOFLAVIN
  • SERINE
  • SFA
  • SULFUR
  • THREONINE
  • THIAMIN
  • TYROSINE
  • VALINE
  • WATER
  • ZINC
  • PUFA
  • ASH
  • COPPER
  • GADOLEIC-ACID
  • IODINE
  • LYSINE
  • METHIONINE
  • PANTOTHENIC-ACID
  • PHOSPHORUS
  • RAFFINOSE
  • STEARIC-ACID
  • TOCOPHEROLS
  • VIT-B-6
  • TRYPTOPHAN
  • SODIUM
  • ASPARTIC-ACID
  • KILOCALORIES
  • PROLINE
  • ARGININE
  • LEUCINE
  • OLEIC-ACID

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

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  • 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 ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.

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