EPPO Global Database

Triticum dicoccon(TRZDI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: TRZDI
  • Preferred name: Triticum dicoccon
  • Authority: (Schrank) Schübler

Notes

A hexaploid hybrid wheat with a similar, but earlier, origin than T. aestivum. It remains in cultivation in certain Euromediterranean regions where it is associated with traditional dishes. Some authors equate it with T. spelta, but it has a distinct history and usage 


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Triticum dicoccum Schrank

Common names
Name Language
amelcorn English
emmer English
rice wheat English
starch wheat English
two-grained wheat English
Ammer German
Emmer German
Emmerweizen German
Zweikornweizen German
amidonnier French
blé à deux grains French
blé amidonnier French
petit épeautre French
escaña mayor Spanish
trigo almidonero Spanish
farro Italian
emerkoorn Dutch
tweekoorn Dutch
trigo-branco Portuguese
trigo-emer Portuguese
пшеница двузернянка Russian
gernik Turkish
kétsoros tönke búza Hungarian
двузърнест лимец Bulgarian
капладжа Bulgarian
полуполба Bulgarian
dvozrni pir Croatian
dvouzrnka Czech
двозрнац Serbian
pšenica dvojzrnka Slovak
dvozrna pšenica Slovene