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The value and production of individual crops varies substantially from year to year as prices fluctuate on the world and country markets and weather and other factors influence production. This list includes the top 50 most valuable crops and livestock products but does not necessarily include the top 50 most heavily produced crops and ...
Talinum fruticosum is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, West Africa, Central America, and much of South America.Common names include Ceylon spinach, [2] waterleaf, cariru, Gbure, Surinam purslane, Philippine spinach, Florida spinach, potherb fameflower, Lagos bologi, sweetheart, and Kutu bataw in Ghana from the Akan language [1] It is widely grown in ...
Given its natural ancestry of the Indian subcontinent, Malabar spinach is a true tropical plant, and has a natural preference for daytime temperatures between 21–32 °C (70–90 °F). It will even display remarkable growth around 37 °C (99 °F), though care must be taken to avoid sunburn with higher temperatures, by providing shade cloth ...
Water spinach, raw; Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) ... In the Philippines, ... In Indonesia, usually 150 kg to 300 kg of NPK are applied per hectare.
The leaves can be eaten like spinach, flowers can be used in salads, tubers can be eaten raw or cooked, and seeds can be used in similar ways as the soybean. The winged bean is an underutilised species but has the potential to become a major multi-use food crop in the tropics of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Tetragonia tetragonioides, commonly called New Zealand spinach, [3] [4] Warrigal greens and other local names, is a flowering plant in the fig-marigold family . It is often cultivated as a leafy vegetable.
Sissoo spinach is a vigorous and spreading groundcover about 30 cm (12 in) high with crinkly leaves, rooting at the nodes. It does not set viable seed and is not considered invasive . It prefers 50% or more shade and tolerates a wide range of pH soil conditions, though it needs a high amount of nitrogen, organic matter and water.
Gynura procumbens (also known as sabuñgai or sambung nyawa [2] [3]), sometimes called "longevity spinach" or "longevity greens", is an edible vine found in China, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Leaves are ovate-elliptic or lanceolate , 3.5 to 8 centimetres ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 to 3 + 1 ⁄ 6 in) long, and 0.8 to 3.5 centimetres ( 1 ⁄ 3 to 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 ...