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'''DhanyaOryza sativa''' , rice is an erect, usually annual grass though there are also perennial forms. It varies considerably in height and habit according to variety with cultivars ranging from 30 - 180cm tall. Rice has been cultivated in India and China for at least 4,000 years. It is one of the most commonly cultivated crops in the world, being grown for its edible seed in tropical to warm temperate climates around the world and forming a staple food for about half the world's human population. 

{{Uses|Stomach disorders}}.<ref name="Uses"/>

{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}.

{{Common names|kn=akkiAkki, bhatthaBhattha, nelluNellu|ml=ariAri, navaranelluNavaranellu, nelluNellu|sa=dhanyaDhanya, khanjaritaKhanjarita, sastikaSastika, vilavasinVilavasin|ta=arisiArisi, nelluNellu|te=biyyamBiyyam, vudluVudlu|hi=chavalChaval, dhanDhan|en=Rice}}.

{{Leaf|Simple|alternateAlternate|Culms 50-120 cm high, erect, rooting at the lower nodes; nodes glabrous. Leaves 25-60 x 0.5-1.2 cm, linear-lanceolate or linear, apex acuminate, scabrid; sheaths ciliate along the margins; ligules 2-3 mm long, membranous.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Bisexual|paniclePanicle|Pale yellow|10|10-25 cm long, lax. Spikelets 7-10 mm long, oblong, awned or not. Glumes reduced. First lemma 7-10 mm long, oblong-lanceolate, empty. Second lemma 6-8 mm long, oblong-lanceolate, granulate, fertile. Palea oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. }}

{{Fruit|Grain|| oblongOblong, tightly enclosed by the lemma and palea.||}}

<ref name="Uses">[https://www.entranceindia.com/medicinal-plants-herbs-flowers/sali-fruit-in-ayurveda-botanical-name-oryza-sativa-linn/ "Uses"]</ref>

<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref><ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>