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Pseudocereal

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Pseudocereals are non-grasses that are used in much the same way as cereals (true cereals are grasses). Their seed can be ground into flour and otherwise used as cereals. Examples of pseudocereals are amaranth (Love-lies-bleeding, red amaranth, Prince-of-Wales-feather), quinoa, and buckwheat.

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Journal paper discussion on small grains and pseudocereals done on africa day 2014 by jean ntuli


Production

The following table shows the annual production of some pseudocereals in 1961, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 ranked by 2013 production.

Other grains that are locally important, but are not included in FAO statistics, include:

  • Amaranth, an ancient pseudocereal, formerly a staple crop of the Aztec Empire and now widely grown in Africa.
  • KaƱiwa, close relative of quinoa.
  • References

    Pseudocereal Wikipedia


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