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Joha rice
The short-grained aromatic rices of Assam, grown as winter (Sali) rice; a group of distinct landraces that received an Indian Geographical Indication in 2017.
Not one rice but many
Joha is a class rather than a single variety. A 2024 study of twenty Joha cultivars — Kon Joha lines, Keteki Joha, Kalijeera, Ronga Joha, Manimuni Joha, Kunkuni Joha, Jeera Joha, Harinarayan and others — found decorticated grains 4.1–7.0 mm long (mean 5.2 mm) and amylose from 15.2 % (Jeera Joha) to 24.4 % (Harinarayan). ICAR-NRRI treats Joha, like the Bhog rices of eastern India, as a short-grained aromatic group genetically distinct from Basmati. Milled dimensions here are estimated from the short-grain class.