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Oryza barthii , also called Barth 's rice , wild rice , or African wild rice , is a grass in the rice genus Oryza .. Oryza. Oryza. rice. rice. It is an annual , erect to semierect grass .. It has leaves with a short ligule -LRB- < 13 mm -RRB- , and panicles that are compact to open , rarely having secondary branching .. ligule. ligule. panicles. panicles. The inflorescence structure are large spikelets , 7.7-12 .3 mm long and 2.3-3 .5 mm wide , with strong awns -LRB- up to 20 cm long -RRB- , usually red .. spikelets. spikelets. The inflorescences have anthers 1.5 -- 3 mm long .. This wild rice grows in sub-Saharan Africa , and is found in mopane or savanna woodland , savanna or fadama .. rice. rice. mopane. mopane. savanna. savanna. fadama. fadama. O. barthii grows in deep water , seasonally flooded land , stagnant water , and slowly flowing water or pools ; it prefers clay or black cotton soils , and is found in open habitats .. black cotton soils. black cotton soils. It is the progenitor of cultivated Oryza glaberrima , African rice .. Oryza. Oryza. rice. rice. Oryza glaberrima. Oryza glaberrima. Recently , the genome of O. barthii was sequenced .