Manchurian wild rice
Zizania latifolia
An aquatic perennial grass cultivated widely in China, where a smut-fungus infection causes the stem base to swell into the edible vegetable jiaobai.
Family
Poaceae
Temperature
22-32°C (absolute 14-35°C)
Rainfall
600-2500mm (absolute 400-3500mm)
Altitude
1500m
Soil pH
5.5-6 (absolute 4.5-7)
Soil types
Aquatic - grown in flooded paddy fields