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When complete, the list below will include all food plants native to the Americas (genera marked with a dagger † are endemic), regardless of when or where they were first used as a food source. For a list of food plants and other crops which were only introduced to Old World cultures as a result of the Columbian Exchange touched off by the ...
Helmeted guinea fowl in tall grass. Many foods were originally domesticated in West Africa, including grains like African rice, Pearl Millet, Sorghum, and Fonio; tree crops like Kola nut, used in Coca-Cola, and Oil Palm; and other globally important plant foods such as Watermelon, Tamarind, Okra, Black-eye peas, and Yams. [2]
South America 5000 BCE [10] Avocado: Mexico c. 4200 BCE [11] Sea-island cotton: Peru 4000 BCE Common bean: Central America 3400 BCE [12] Mexican cotton: Tehuacan Valley, Mexico 3300 BCE [13] Cocoa: Ecuador 3000 BCE Sunflowers, [14] other beans: Arizona–New Mexico: 1500 BCE [15] Sweet potato: Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia 500 BCE [16 ...
Including those cultivated for use in Native American cuisine. Pages in category "Crops originating from the United States" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
With so many different cuisines and cultures, America truly is a melting pot. Thanks to our diversity, it's easy to experience incredible international cuisine. At the same time, many don't know ...
The crops whose origin can be traced to the Americas - the New World. Crops indigenous to, but not exclusive to North or South America, are not included here . See also: New World crops and Columbian exchange
This is a list of American foods and dishes where few actually originated from America but have become a national favorite. There are a few foods that predate colonization, and the European colonization of the Americas brought about the introduction of many new ingredients and cooking styles.
Indigenous peoples throughout North America cultivated different varieties of the Three Sisters, adapted to varying local environments. The individual crops and their use in polyculture originated in Mesoamerica, where squash was domesticated first, followed by maize and then beans, over a period of 5,000–6,500 years. European records from ...