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These are included within the species Brassica oleracea, such as kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala). [1] The name literally means "without a head" in contrast to those varieties known as capitata or "with a head". This group includes a number of species, both wild and cultivated, many of which are grown for their edible leaves and flowers.
Leaf vegetable names by various Indian languages; Hindi English Botanical name Assamese Bengali Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Marathi Odia Punjabi Sinhala Tamil Telugu Tulu Urdu Konkani Meitei. Nepali. Maithili: सब्जीयां (Sabjiyān) Vegetables: শাক পাচলী (Xāk Pāsli) শাক সবজী1 (Shāk Sobji ...
Plain-leaf (flat-leaf types like red Russian and white Russian kale) Leaf and spear, or feathery-type leaf (a cross between curly- and plain-leaf) Ornamental (less palatable and tougher leaves) Ornamental kale in white and lavender. Because kale can grow well into winter, one variety of rape kale is called "hungry gap" after the period in ...
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.
Spinach leaves in a colander A bundle of curly-leaf kale. 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.
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 ...
The preference for eating the leaves led to the selection of plants with larger leaves being harvested and their seeds planted for the next growth. Around the fifth century BC, the formation of what is now known as kale had developed. [16] Preference led to further artificial selection of kale plants with more tightly bunched leaves or terminal ...
Chart illustrating leaf morphology terms. The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflets). [1]