Talk:Forbidden Rice/@comment-2233593-20100919074438

Quoted from Wikipedia:

The name "Forbidden Rice", and the popular understanding that it was eaten only by royalty likely comes from the term 御稻 (yù dào) or imperial rice. Chinese sources attribute the classification of this rice as imperial tribute to the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty who marveled at the hybrid breeding and harvest times of this unique rice.