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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. It is a widespread species, native to eastern Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
The best known species of Tetragonia is the leafy vegetable food crop, Tetragonia tetragonoides ("New Zealand spinach"). New Zealand spinach is widely cultivated as a summer leafy vegetable. Some of the other species are also eaten locally, such as Tetragonia decumbens ("Dune spinach") which is a local delicacy in its native southern Africa. [6]
Tetragonia tetragonoides ("New Zealand spinach") is grown as a garden plant in somewhat dry climates and used as an alternative to spinach in upscale salads. [20] [21] C. edulis was introduced to California in the early 1900s to stabilize soil along railroad tracks and has become invasive. [22]
Sea spinach is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima, native to Europe and North Africa; Mesembryanthemum aitonis [af; ceb; sv; vi; war; species; commons; wikidata] Tetragonia decumbens, native to southern Africa; Tetragonia tetragonioides, native to New Zealand, Australia, Japan and southern South America
In rural Greece, it is used with spinach, leeks, and chard in spanakopita. "Escalope de saumon à l'oseille" (salmon escalope in sorrel sauce), invented in 1962 by the Troisgros brothers, is an emblematic dish of French nouvelle cuisine. [8] [9] French cuisine traditionally cooks fish with sorrel because its acidity dissolves thin fish bones. [10]
According to Sharon Petersen, the CEO of AirlineRatings.com, while Air New Zealand came in first place for the world’s safest full-service airline, it was a pretty close race.
Both the koru, in the shape of an unfurling fern frond, and the silver fern are widely accepted symbols of New Zealand. New Zealand has ten species of tree ferns, [2] but there are numerous ground, climbing and perching smaller ferns to be found throughout the countries forests, the largest of which is the king fern. [3]
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