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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 108. Chapters: Crops originating from China, Crops originating from India, Fruits originating in Asia, Tea, Rice, Kiwifruit, Kumquat, Mango, Pear, Rambutan, Eggplant, Apricot, Calamondin, Peach, Breadfruit, Lychee, Black pepper, Longan, Mandarin orange, Durian, Ziziphus mauritiana, Purple mangosteen, Siraitia grosvenorii, Jackfruit, Morus alba, Black-eyed pea, Sambucus nigra, Loquat, Pyrus pyrifolia, Limonia, Diospyros kaki, Yuzu, Borassus flabellifer, Lansium domesticum, Camelina sativa, Satsuma, Bael, Castanea mollissima, Winged bean, Actinidia deliciosa, Citrus japonica 'Margarita', Rubus hayata-koidzumii, Colocasia esculenta, Salak, Tetragonia tetragonioides, Gossypium arboreum, Echium vulgare, Rubus rosifolius, Manilkara kauki, Kaffir lime, Musa basjoo, Durio kutejensis, Actinidia chinensis, Eupomatia laurina, Diospyros blancoi, Willughbeia sarawacensis, Citrus halimii, Litsea cubeba, Cassowary plum, Syzygium aqueum, Ficus platypoda, Citrus japonica 'Japonica', Musa sikkimensis, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, Willughbeia edulis, Alocasia odora, Baccaurea motleyana, Citrus japonica 'Polyandra', Citrus japonica 'Crassifolia', Pyrus x bretschneideri, Citrus japonica 'Hindsii', Citrus japonica 'Obovata', Citrus depressa, Daidai, Ponkan, Metroxylon sagu, Kabosu, Kharchia Wheat, Durio dulcis, Shangjuan, Chok anan, Durio grandiflorus, Garut Orange fruit. Excerpt: Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima. As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East and South Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and the West Indies. It is the grain with the second-highest worldwide production, after maize (corn). Since a large portion of maize crops are grown for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most important grain with r...
