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Chayote is also sometimes referred to as "vegetable pear". [8] [verification needed] in Indonesia there are several names of chayote, labu (squash) siam, labu Jepang and manisah in Javanese. Beside the fruits, leaves are popular as a daily vegetables . Chayote arrived to the southern Italian region of Campania in the early 16th Century.
D. trifida, the cush-cush yam, is native to the Guyana region of South America and is the most important cultivated New World yam. Since they originated in tropical rainforest conditions, their growth cycle is less related to seasonal changes than other yams. Because of their relative ease of cultivation and their good flavor, they are ...
This category contains articles related to the flora of Guyana. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. The categorisation scheme follows the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions
When complete, the list below will include all food plants native to the Americas (genera marked with a dagger † are endemic), regardless of when or where they were first used as a food source. For a list of food plants and other crops which were only introduced to Old World cultures as a result of the Columbian Exchange touched off by the ...
Guyana, [b] officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, [12] is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic mainland British West Indies. Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the country's largest city.
Category for vegetables by nationality, to help people decide and choose when cooking certain ethnic foods. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The raw vegetable is 95% water, 2% carbohydrates, 1% protein and less than 1% fat. In a 100-gram ( 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ounce) reference serving, raw bok choy provides 54 kilojoules (13 food calories ) of food energy and is a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value , DV) of vitamin A (30% DV), vitamin C (54% DV) and vitamin K (44% DV), while ...
Momordica charantia (commonly called bitter melon, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karavila and many more names listed below) [1] is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit.