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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.
Labuyo chili. Leaves used in Filipino cuisine, notably in the soup tinola [ 57] Capparis spinosa. Caper. Caper leaves are part of the Greek cuisine [ 58][ 59] Carica papaya. Papaya. The leaves are part of Lalab in Sundanese cuisine, Buntil in Javanese cuisine or sauteed with slices of chilis in Indonesian cuisine.
Cruciferous vegetables are one of the dominant food crops worldwide. They are high in vitamin Cand soluble fiberand contain multiple nutrientsand phytochemicals. List of cruciferous vegetables. [edit] Extensive selective breedinghas produced a large variety of cultivars, especially within the genus Brassica. One description of genetic factors ...
This list of gourds and squashes provides an alphabetical list of (mostly edible) varieties of the plant genus Cucurbita, commonly called gourds, squashes, pumpkins and zucchinis/courgettes. Common names can differ by location. The varieties included below are members of the following species: C. argyrosperma; C. ficifolia
Chestnut – Castanea spp. Chigger flower – Asclepias tuberosa. Chrysanthemum – Dendranthema grandiflora [ vi], Chrysanthemum morifolium. (True) cinnamon – Cinnamomum verum. Clove – Syzygium aromaticum. Clover – Trifolium spp. Coakum – Phytolacca americana. Coconut – Cocos nucifera. Coffee plant – Coffea spp.
The Cucurbitaceae (/ k j uː ˌ k ɜːr b ɪ ˈ t eɪ s iː ˌ iː /), [2] also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species [3] in 101 genera. [4] Those most important to humans are the following: [citation needed] Cucurbita – squash, pumpkin, zucchini or courgette, some gourds; Lagenaria ...
Wild radish contains up to 48% oil, making it appealing as a fuel. [158] Rapeseed oil, the most common base oil used in Europe in biodiesel production. [147] Ramtil oil, used for lighting in India. [159] Rice bran oil, appealing because of lower cost than many other vegetable oils.
Parsley, or garden parsley ( Petroselinum crispum) is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae that is native to Greece, Morocco and the former Yugoslavia. [1] It has been introduced and naturalized in Europe and elsewhere in the world with suitable climates, and is widely cultivated as a herb, and a vegetable .