EPPO Global Database

Triticum durum(TRZDU)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-03

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: TRZDU
  • Preferred name: Triticum durum
  • Authority: Desfontaines

Notes

A tetraploid wheat, derived from T. turgidum (q.v.), now widely cultivated as hard wheat, used for production of pasta, couscous etc. 


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Triticum pyramidale Percival
Triticum turgidum subsp. durum (Desfontaines) Husnache

Common names
Name
Language
grurë Albanian
ogi bizardun Basque
твърда пшеница Bulgarian
blat dur Catalan
pšenica  Croatian
tvrdá pšenice Czech
harde tarwe Dutch
durum wheat English
flint wheat English
hard wheat English
macaroni wheat English
pasta wheat English
blé dur French
Durumweizen German
Glasweizen German
Hartweizen German
keményszemű búza Hungarian
frumento duro Italian
grano duro Italian
roumen balut Occitan
пшеница твёрдая Russian
тврда пшеница Serbian
pšenica tvrdá Slovak
trda pšenica Slovene
trigo duro Spanish
trigo fanfarrón Spanish
trigo fideos Spanish
trigo maccaronero Spanish
trigo moruno Spanish
trigo semolero Spanish
hårdvete Swedish
makarnalık buğday Turkish
пшениця тверда Ukrainian