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Kale contains many nutrients including calcium, iron, and vitamins A, C, and K. Young leaves can be harvested to use fresh in salads or allowed to mature and used as a cooked green. Kale can be found throughout the summer months, but is especially sweet after a frost. [37] Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra: Kai-lan: Also known as Chinese kale [38]
Sugar maple Xylem sap from the tree trunks is made into maple sugar and maple syrup. Taro The edible portion is the underground stem (corm). Wasabi In addition to its edible stem, the leaves and rhizomes of the plant are edible. It has an interesting spicy taste. White pine The sweet inner bark (phloem) was eaten by Native Americans.
Cryptocarya onoprienkoana, commonly known as rose maple, southern maple, rose walnut or pigeonberry ash [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a tree with lance-shaped to elliptic leaves, creamy-green, perfumed flowers, and elliptical black to bluish-black drupes .
Cryptocarya rigida, commonly known as rose maple, southern maple, rose walnut, pigeonberry ash, forest maple or brown beech, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves, creamy green flowers, and elliptic black drupes.
Maple beer – by fermenting the sugar in maple syrup to replace malt and other components, craft brewers create an ale with noticeable maple tones that is often reinforced in sweetness with residual sugars. [7] However, due to maple syrup being more expensive than traditional sources of sugar, this beverage is considered more of a delicacy. [8]
Stems and leaves, raw or cooked [45] Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale: Native to Eurasia, naturalized elsewhere: Leaves, edible raw or cooked when older [46] Stinging nettle: Urtica dioica: Very common in Europe and Asia, less common in North America: Young shoots and leaves (until May), edible after soaking or boiling as a vegetable, or as a ...
The leaves are in opposite pairs, 5–10 centimetres (2–4 in) long and broad, three- to five-lobed, the lobes with a serrated margin, and the leaf surface has a fuzzy texture. There is a diverse manifestation of autumn color with this species from pale yellow to bright yellow to orange or pink, rose, or red-purple depending on light exposure ...
Poultices of Umbellularia leaves were used to treat rheumatism and neuralgias. [118] A tea was made from the leaves to treat stomach aches, colds, sore throats, and to clear up mucus in the lungs. [119] The leaves were steeped in hot water to make an infusion that was used to wash sores. [118]