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Young leaves may be eaten raw or cooked as a leaf vegetable. [123] Inula helenium: Elecampane: Leaves are edible, although root is preferred [124] Ipomoea aquatica Forssk. Water Spinach: Popular leafy green in Southeast Asia [125] [126] Ipomoea batatas var. batatas: Sweet Potato [127] [128] Kleinhovia hospita
Leaf vegetables, also called leafy greens, pot herbs, vegetable greens, or simply greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Leaf vegetables eaten raw in a salad can be called salad greens .
Winter greens have similar nutritional characteristics to other leaf vegetables and are therefore good sources of vitamins A and C. [4] They are also a source of several dietary minerals including iron, potassium and calcium.
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.
The term colewort is a medieval term for non-heading brassica crops. [2] [3]The term collard has been used to include many non-heading Brassica oleracea crops. While American collards are best placed in the Viridis crop group, [4] the acephala (Greek for 'without a head') cultivar group is also used referring to a lack of close-knit core of leaves (a "head") like cabbage does, making collards ...
Chard, like other green leafy vegetables, has highly nutritious leaves. Chard has been used in cooking for centuries, but because it is the same species as beetroot , the common names that cooks and cultures have used for chard may be confusing; [ 3 ] it has many common names , such as silver beet , perpetual spinach , beet spinach , seakale ...
Articles relating to leaf vegetables, plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Although they come from a very wide variety of plants, most share a great deal with other leaf vegetables in nutrition and cooking methods.
This is a list of plants that have a culinary role as vegetables. "Vegetable" can be used in several senses, including culinary, botanical and legal. This list includes botanical fruits such as pumpkins, and does not include herbs, spices, cereals and most culinary fruits and culinary nuts. Edible fungi are not included in this list.