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Black rice

A market category, not a variety — any rice whose bran layer (pericarp) is coloured deep purple-black by anthocyanins. Cultivars include Italy's Venere, shown in the drawing.

A purple-black wholegrain rice grain, illustrated for Black rice.
Black rice — representative grain study, wholegrain, not to scale. Appearance alone does not establish variety or protected origin.

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