Japonica rice is rice, rice is divided into round-grained rice and indica rice, glutinous rice round-grained rice is made of round-grained non-glutinous rice milled rice. The rice grain is generally oval or round. Grain plump and fat, cross-section nearly round, the ratio of length to width is less than 2, the color of wax white, transparent or translucent, hard and tough texture, after cooking viscous oily are large, soft and tasty, but the rate of rice is low. Japonica rice according to the harvest season, divided into early Japonica rice and late Japonica rice.
Early round-grained polished rice color is translucent, belly white larger, hard grain is relatively less, rice quality is also bad. However, late round-grained polished rice is white or wax-white in color, its belly is small, hard grain is more, and the quality is the best.
Japonica rice is mainly produced in China's north China, northeast and southern Jiangsu. The famous small station rice, Shanghai white Japonica rice, etc. are excellent Japonica rice. Japonica rice production is far lower than indica rice. Glutinous rice also has indica japonica points. Indica-Japonica rice grain shape is generally long oval or elongated, opaque milky white, there are translucent, sticky, Japonica glutinous rice is generally oval, opaque milky white, there are translucent, sticky, rice quality is better than the indica-Japonica rice.