Rice is a cereal grain and monocot; a plant with a seed that has one embryonic leaf. The only two types of cultivated rice are African rice (Oryza glaberrima) and Asian rice (Oryza sativa). The plant itself grows between 90-150cm.
Rice provides 21% of global human per capita energy and 15% of per capita protein. Although rice protein ranks high in nutritional quality among cereals, protein content is modest. Rice also provides minerals, vitamins, and fiber, although all constituents except carbohydrates are reduced by milling.
