Avena sativa (Oat, Saat-Hafer)

Colloidal Oatmeal

Saat-Hafer. Oat. The common oat (Avena sativa) is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural, unlike other grains).

While oats are suitable for human consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, one of the most common uses is as livestock feed. Origin[edit] The wild ancestor of Avena sativa and the closely related minor crop, A. byzantina, is the hexaploid wild oat A. sterilis. Genetic evidence shows the ancestral forms of A. sterilis grew in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East. Domesticated oats appear relatively late, and far from the Near East, in Bronze Age Europe. Avena sativa. Avena sativa [edit] Familia: Poaceae Subfamilia: Pooideae Tribus: Poeae Subtribus: Aveninae Genus: Avena Species: Avena sativa.

Avena sativa (Oat)