Crops suitable for use per region
File:Indiginous staple crops.png Indiginous staple, secundary and tertiary crops map
Types of crops indicated
Primary crops: divided in primary crops carbohydrates (PC_C_) and primary crops proteïn (PC_C_). Both abbreviations are followed by a number to indicate the region.
Secundary crops: abbreviation SC_ followed by a number to indicate the region. These are generally herbs, spices or crops for making beverages
Supplementary (or tertiairy) crops: TC_ followed by a number to indicate the region. These crops are generally sweet crops or sweeteners
Regions
Region 1: East-Asia
Region 2: Oceania
Region 3: Central-Asia
Region 4: West-Asia & South-Europe
Region 5: North-Africa & South-Africa
Region 6: Central-Africa
Region 7: North-Europe, North-Asia & North-America
Region 8: Central-America
Region 9: South-America (north)
Region 10: South-America (central)
Region 11: South-America (south)
Names of the crops
PC_C_1: rice, foxtail millet [1] [2]
PC_P_1: soybean [3]
SC_1: tea bush [4]
TC_1: monk fruit [5] [6]
PC_C_2: yam[7] , swamp taro [8]
PC_P_2:
SC_2:
TC_2: sugarcane [9] , gomuti [10] , Borassus flabelliformis [11] , Nypa fruticans [12]
TC_2-1: coconut [13]
PC_C_3: taro [14]
PC_P_3:
SC_3: black pepper [15]
TC_3: Indian date palm (for palm sugar production)[16] , Caryota urens [17]
PC_C_4: wheat, rye [18] [19]
PC_P_4: oat [20] [21]
SC_4:
TC_4: Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) [22] [23]
PC_C_5: pearl millet, barley [24] [25]
PC_P_5:
SC_5:
TC_5:
PC_C_6: Sorghum bicolor, teff [26] [27]
PC_P_6:
SC_6: coffee plant (coffea arabica, coffea robusta)[28]
TC_6:
PC_C_7: buckwheat [29] [30]
PC_P_7: Amaranthus hypochondriacus [31] [32] [33]
SC_7:
TC_7: birch (Betula papyrifera var. humilis and Betula neoalaskana)[34]
TC_7-2: honey (from Apis mellifera mellifera)[35] [36] [37] , sweet cicely root[38] ,licorice [39]
PC_C_8: maize [40]
PC_P_8: Amaranthus cruentus [41] [42] [43] [44]
SC_8:
TC_8: sugar pine [45] , Agave salmiana, Agave tequilana [46]
PC_C_9: potato [47]
PC_P_9: quinoa [48] [49] [50] , Amaranthus caudatus [51] [52] [53] [54] , lima bean [55]
SC_9: Capsicum annuum [56]
TC_9: Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni and other species [57] [58] , yacón syrup [59]
PC_C_10: cassava [60]
PC_P_10:
SC_10:
TC_10:
PC_C_11: sweet potato [61] [62]
PC_P_11:
SC_11: yerba maté [63]
TC_11:
See also
References
Template:Reflist
Note
Sugar beet wasn't included as it is a selected species from Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima
Maple still needs to be added
Further information
See list of crops at this wikiversity webpage
↑ Rice's origin= China, 3 locations along Yangtsekiang
↑ Foxtail millet origin=China (though somewhat more north than indicated)
↑ Soybean's origin=Korea
↑ Tea bush (var. sinensis) native to western Yunnan, while C. sinensis var. assamica is native to the warmer parts of Assam (India)
↑ Monk fruit native to china, near taiwan
↑ Luo han guo
↑ Yam's origin=Indonesia
↑ Swamp taro origin=melanesia
↑ Sugarcane encompassing 37 species, indigenous to tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. Different species likely originated in different locations, with S. barberi originating in India and S. edule and S. officinarum coming from New Guinea
↑ Gomuti palm native to tropical Asia, from eastern India east to Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the east.
↑ Borassus flabelliformis native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea
↑ Nypa fruticans native within the Indomalaya ecozone - in southern Asia, Indochina, the Malesian region, and northern Australia-
↑ Cocunut's origin: somewhere between northwest-South america and Melanesia
↑ Taro origin=between India & Bangladesh
↑ Black pepper native to Western Ghats of Kerala State, India
↑ Indian date palm native to southern Pakistan, most of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
↑ Caryota urens native to Sri Lanka, Singapore, Myanmar, and India
↑ Wheat origin=Fertile Crescent, Near East
↑ Rye origin=Fertile Crescent, Near East
↑ Oat origin=Fertile Crescent, Near East
↑ Oat having high comparitive protein content, thus usable as PC_P crop
↑ Date palm native to Persian Gulf, near Syria
↑ Note that other data palms too exist, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(plant) yet not all are used for human consumption
↑ Pearl millet origin=West Africa, near the Sahel strip
↑ Barley origin=Egypt
↑ Origin sorghum bicolor= between Ehiopia & Sudan (also named Sudanese grass)
↑ Teff origin=Ethiopia
↑ Coffee native to Ethiopia
↑ Buckwheat origin=northern hemisphere
↑ http://www.cliffordawright.com/caw/food/entries/display.php/topic_id/9/id/122/ Buckwheat origin=between Lac Baikal & Manchuria]
↑ Compararing protein crops
↑ Amaranth high in nutrients, useful as PC_P crop
↑ Amaranthus hypochondricus origin=North America
↑ Betula papyrifera var. humilis and Betula neoalaskana native to Alaska, northern Canada
↑ Apis florea and Apis andreniformis native to South and South East Asia (including the Philippines)
↑ Apis mellifera mellifera native to East-Europe
↑ Apis mellifera having 14 subspecies, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeybee and http://www.imkerpedia.nl/wiki/index.php/Ondersoorten_van_de_Apis_mellifera
↑ Sweet cicely native to Europe
↑ Licorice native to southeastern Europe, near Romania/Bulgaria
↑ Maize's origin=Mexico
↑ Compararing protein crops
↑ Amaranth high in nutrients, useful as PC_P crop
↑ Amaranthus cruentus origin=Central America
↑ Amaranthus cruentus origin=Central America
↑ Sugar pine native to the mountains of the Pacific coast of North America, from Oregon through California to Baja California
↑ Agave salmiana and Agave tequilana native to central Mexico
↑ Potato origin=Peru
↑ Quinoa indiginous to Peru, protein content=14g/100g serving
↑ Quinoa origin=around Lake Titicaca
↑ Quinoa having high comparitive protein content, hence useful as PC_P_ crop
↑ Compararing protein crops
↑ Amaranth high in nutrients, useful as PC_P crop
↑ Amaranthus caudatus origin=Peru
↑ Amaranthus causates origin=south America
↑ Lima bean origin=Andes
↑ Capsicum species having a common ancestor which originated somewhere in the northwest Brazil - Colombia area
↑ Stevia encompassing 240 species, native to subtropical and tropical regions from western North America to South America
↑ Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni is native to Paraguay
↑ Yacón native to lower Andes/Peru
↑ Cassava origin= west-central Brazil
↑ Sweet potato origin=South America
↑ Cassava's origin
↑ Yerba maté native to subtropical South America in northeastern Argentina, Bolivia, southern Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay
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