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Alfalfa (/ æ l ˈ f æ l f ə /) (Medicago sativa), also called lucerne, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae.It is cultivated as an important forage crop in many countries around the world.
Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum [2] (/ ˈ s ɔːr ɡ ə m /) and also known as great millet, [3] broomcorn, [4] guinea corn, [5] durra, [6] imphee, [7] jowar, [8] or milo, [9] is a species in the grass genus Sorghum cultivated for its grain. The grain is used as food by humans, while the plant is used for animal feed and ethanol ...
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Cabbage plants. Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivars being raised for food production such as cauliflower, cabbage, kale, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard plant and similar green leaf vegetables.
Amaranthus is a cosmopolitan group of more than 50 species which make up the genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths. Some of the better known names include "prostrate pigweed" and "love lies bleeding". [1] [2] Some amaranth species are cultivated as leaf vegetables, pseudocereals, and ornamental plants. [3]
The headed cabbage variety was known to the Greeks as krambe and to the Romans as brassica or olus; [36] the open, leafy variety (kale) was known in Greek as raphanos and in Latin as caulis. [36] Ptolemaic Egyptians knew the cole crops as gramb , under the influence of Greek krambe , which had been a familiar plant to the Macedonian antecedents ...
Cleome gynandra is an erect, branching plant generally between 25 cm and 60 cm tall. Depending on environmental conditions, it can reach up to 150 cm of height. [7] Its sparse leaves are each made up of 3–7 oval-shaped leaflets.
[6] [8] This probably refers to its tiny seeds, which have a diameter smaller than 1 mm (0.039 in). [8] Teff is a fine-stemmed, tufted grass with large crowns and many tillers. Its roots are shallow, but develop a massive fibrous rooting system. [8] The plant height varies depending on the cultivation variety and the environmental conditions. [7]