Sticky rice is jiangmi, jiangmi and sticky rice are the same.

In fact, it is only the north and south of the glutinous rice name is different, the south called it "glutinous rice", while the north is called glutinous rice "river rice". Glutinous rice is divided into indica glutinous rice and japonica glutinous rice two kinds.

Glutinous rice milky white, opaque, also translucent, sticky, divided into indica glutinous rice and japonica glutinous rice two. Indica glutinous rice made of indica-type glutinous rice, rice is generally long oval or elongated; Japonica glutinous rice made of Japonica-type glutinous rice, rice is generally oval.

Trait characteristics of glutinous rice:

The hulled seed kernel of glutinous rice of the plant of the family Gramineae.

Long-seeded type: long oval, slightly flattened, 4-5 millimeters long and 1.5-2 millimeters wide. One end bluntly rounded, the other end skewed, with traces of embryo shedding. Surface light white, opaque, smooth. The texture is hard, broken flouriness. Steam cooking is extremely tough and glossy. Gas slightly, taste sweet.

Round-seeded type: the seeds are shorter and more rounded, 3-4 millimeters long and 1.5-2.5 millimeters wide.?

All white color, opaque, long oval, hardness of small is preferred.