History Main / MultipurposeMonoculturedCrop

## Have fun in it: If you plant your field right, you have a [[JustForPun maize maze]].

* ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'': One of the real-life examples is referenced. Jacqueline complains that her Native American parents were dumb for teaching her to use the whole buffalo. "Some parts just aren't good, guys! For example: the poop." Her parents point out that they never told her to use the poop. It should be noted that buffalo-hunting tribes ''did'' use the dung for various purposes.

* The Miracle Seed from ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' that grew into the [[BotanicalAbomination Bioplant Monster]] that terrorized Lerno Village becomes a case of this in the Fanfic ''FanFic/FamilyOfTheShield'', due to Naofumi unlocking several Shields that he uses to modify the Bioplant Seeds he had collected. With them, Naofumi uses his numerous GreenThumb Shield abilities to create a number of various plants from the Bioplant Seeds ranging from newer nutritious and fast-growing crops he can sell or cultivate for medicinal usage, to creating several Plant Monsters for the sole purpose of LevelGrinding and acquiring newer Shields and abilities with, [[spoiler:And even heavily-modifying one of these Seeds to become a ''Daughter'' whom Raphtalia would name [[PlantPerson Teal Iwatani]].]]

** It's so important that in some cultures (Hawaiian and Samoan though possibly others) the word they use for Coconut Tree literally translates to "Tree of Life".

* The Miracle Seed from ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' that grew into the [[BotanicalAbomination Bioplant Monster]] that terrorized Lerno Village becomes a case of this in the Fanfic ''FanFic/FamilyOfTheShield'', due to Naofumi unlocking several Shields that he uses to modify the Bioplant Seeds he had collected. With them, Naofumi uses his numerous GreenThumb Shield abilities to create a number of various plants from the Bioplant Seeds ranging from newer nutritious and fast-growing crops he can sell or cultivate for medicinal usage, to creating several Plant Monsters for the sole purpose of LevelGrinding and acquiring newer Shields and abilities with, [[spoiler:And even heavily-modifying one of these Seeds to become a ''Daughter'' whom he would name [[PlantPerson Teal Iwatani]].]]

** And back in the 19th century, you'd find corncobs used as toilet paper and corn husks used as packing material. No wonder maize is the world's biggest crop.

* The Miracle Seed from ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' that grew into the [[BotanicalAbomination Bioplant Monster]] that terrorized Mirso Village becomes a case of this in the Fanfic ''FanFic/FamilyOfTheShield'', due to Naofumi unlocking several Shields that he uses to modify the Bioplant Seeds he had collected. With them, Naofumi uses his numerous GreenThumb Shield abilities to create a number of various plants from the Bioplant Seeds ranging from newer nutritious and fast-growing crops he can sell or cultivate for medicinal usage, to creating several Plant Monsters for the sole purpose of LevelGrinding and acquiring newer Shields and abilities with, [[spoiler:And even heavily-modifying one of these Seeds to become a ''Daughter'' whom he would name [[PlantPerson Teal Iwatani]].]]

* The Miracle Seed from ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' that grew into the [[BotanicalAbomination Bioplant Monster]] that terrorized Mirso Village becomes a case of this in the Fanfic ''FanFic/FamilyOfTheShield'', due to Naofumi unlocking several Shields that he uses to modify the Bioplant Seeds he had collected. With them, Naofumi uses his numerous GreenThumb Shield abilities to create a number of various plants from the Bioplant Seeds ranging from newer nutritious and fast-growing crops, to creating several Plant Monsters for the sole purpose of LevelGrinding and acquiring newer Shields and abilities with, [[spoiler:And even heavily-modifying one of these Seeds to become a ''Daughter'' whom he would name [[PlantPerson Teal Iwatani]].]]

* The Miracle Seed from ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' becomes a case of this in the Fanfic ''FanFic/FamilyOfTheShield'' due to Naofumi unlocking several Shields that he uses to modify the Bioplant Seeds he had collected. With them, Naofumi uses his numerous GreenThumb Shield abilities to create a number of various plants from the Bioplant Seeds ranging from newer nutritious and fast-growing crops, to creating several [[BotanicalAbomination Plant Monsters]] for the sole purpose of Leveling and acquiring newer Shields with, [[spoiler:And even heavily-modifying one of these Seeds to become a ''Daughter'' whom he would name [[PlantPerson Teal Iwatani]].]]

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' fluff describes a crop known as [[https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Quillar quillar]], a type of Giant Space Corn that has the impressive property of being useful for just about any imaginable culinary use. It produces inexpensive sugar substitutes, carbonates into a delicious fruit soda, can be toasted as a staple food, mashes like sweet potatoes, converts readily to a jelly as a condiment, is added raw to omelettes for flavor and texture, and is even served dehydrated and vacuum sealed as an easy-to-eat ration for space-going ships.

* In Literature/TheSharingKnife series by the same author, the Lakewalker culture's ''very'' staple food is "plunkins," a sort of big round crunchy fruit grown in ponds that requires a little bit of magic to germinate. It's a bit of a handwave, to give the Lakewalkers an easy source of food so they can focus more of their energies on their hereditary task of eradicating evil monsters, but it's treated realistically: there's only so many ways to cook them, and everyone is ''very'' tired of them.

* ''Literature/TufVoyaging'': After the planet of S'uthlam overpopulates past the ability of his other food crops to feed them, Tuf finally provides "manna", a plant which grows anywhere, provides all the nutrition a human needs, and tastes different and wonderful every time. [[spoiler:It's also symbiotically bound to a fungus which irreversibly sterilizes 95% of the people who eat it, thus solving the overpopulation issue once and for all.]] He'd been escalating the multipurpose aspects over his three visits but for religious reasons the S'uthlamese [[spoiler:tended towards hostility to anything like birth control, as well as having a tendency to react to being told things were getting better by having more children]], hence why he put in [[spoiler:the sterility aspect]] in his last move (without telling the general public, of course), the manna—not doing ''something'' to [[spoiler:curb S'uthlam's population]] would just have meant the same problem returning a few years later, and sooner or later he'd run out of ways to make significant improvements to Suthlam's food supply.

* "The Wompom", a song by Music/FlandersAndSwann, about the world's most miraculous, all-purpose plant.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Many inhabitants of the Imperium of Man subsist on grox, an aggressive breed of reptile which has replaced cattle, along with whatever it is soylens viridiens is made of. (Grox in the good years, algae in the not-so-good years, in the bad years... [[HumanResources don't ask]].)

** Healroot seems to cover just about any medical application one could think of, be it anesthesia, boosting the immune system, disinfecting and general healing. Fundamental part of any medkit and can work like a primitive one all on its own. It's suggested genetic engineering was involved in the distant past.
** Muffalos [[ObviousRulePatch used to be]] the livestock equivalent of healroot by providing milk, wool, meat, leather and caravan carrying capacity, all in one easily tamed and maintained animal that breeds relatively fast and can be found in damn near any biome. Realizing that this was a bit OP, the devs redistributed the milking and caravan utility to other farm animals like yaks and dromedaries, but even then the muffalo remains one of the most versatile livestock choices for any colony on the Rim.

* ''Linum usitatissimum'', literally, "the most useful flax". Seeds: cure skin inflammation, soothe stomach ulcers, snack on them (on their own, or add them to bread), make oil for salads, moisturisers, hair conditioners, soaps, paint [[note]]traditional oil paint is made from linseed oil and lead oxides - DontTryThisAtHome because it's difficult to do right and easy to burn yourself[[/note]] and paint-like products, linoleum (it's in the name). Feed animals with the leftovers. Stems: aside from fashionable fabrics and yarns, you can use all the broken-off bits for particle boards, paper, or to stuff into holes in the walls. Also has pretty flowers for your garden (there are decorative varieties of flax, too).

->'''Ben:''' So....all of this food is made from... that stuff?\\

->'''Ben''': So....all of this food is made from....that stuff?\\
'''Rook''': Yes, the entire meal is made of Amber Ogia. Even the table is made from the resin.