Emmer wheat
Emmer was one of the first domesticated crops. It was first grown in the Near East. Nowadays it is very rare.
Emmer wheat is one of the eight neolithic founder crops, which were plant species that were domesticated by early farming communities in the Fertile Crescent region.
Names
Scientific
Triticum dicoccum
Synonym
Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccon
English
Emmer
Emmer wheat
Farro
Dutch
Emmer
Emmertarwe
Tweekoren
Spanish
Farro
French
Amidonnier
German
Emmer
Zweikorn
Italian
Farro
Farro dicocco
Farro medio
Taxonomy
Genus
Triticum
Family
Poaceae
Order
Poales
Crop categories
Cereals
Food crops
Temperate crops
Pictures
Emmer wheat
Emmer wheat
Emmer wheat