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Eaten in dry regions of Africa like Chad as a vegetable. Considered as famine food in some areas [351] [352] [353] Sesamum indicum: Sesame [354] [355] Sesamum radiatum: Benniseed: Fresh leaves and young shoots are a popular leafy vegetable in Africa [356] [357] [358] Sesbania grandiflora: West Indian pea [359] [360] [361] Sesbania sesban ...
Leafy greens can be used to wrap other ingredients into an edible package like a tortilla. Many green leafy vegetables, such as lettuce or spinach, can also be eaten raw, for example, in sandwiches or salads. A green smoothie enables large quantities of raw leafy greens to be consumed by blending the leaves with fruit and water.
Assamese name English name Scientific name Image Bondha-Kobi, Bondhakobi Cabbage: Brassica oleracea Capitata Group : Ful-Kobi, Phulkobi Cauliflower: Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group
Basella alba is a fast-growing, soft-stemmed vine, reaching 10 metres (33 ft) in length. [4] Its thick, semi-succulent, heart-shaped leaves have a mild flavour and mucilaginous texture. [5]
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.
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 ...
This species is valued as a leafy vegetable throughout South and Southeast Asia and also in Africa. [2] It may be eaten raw in thoran or cooked in curry [ 3 ] and bhajis . [ 4 ] In Uganda , it is commonly cooked with onions, tomatoes and peanut sauce.
Amaranthus viridis is eaten as a boiled green or as a vegetable in many parts of the world.. In the Northeastern Indian state of Manipur, it is known as cheng-kruk; it is also eaten as a vegetable in South India, especially in Kerala, where it is known as kuppacheera കുപ്പച്ചീര.