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It is rarely cultivated but trees are left when land is being cleared. Still a traditional food plant in Africa, this little-known fruit has the potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable land care. [1] In Shona, the fruit are referred to as mazhanje, and in Chichewa masuku.
Alibertia patinoi, commonly known as borojó, is a small (2-5m), dioecious tropical rainforest tree, one of the few edible fruit bearing species in the Rubiaceae family. . Borojó, native to the world's wettest lowlands (the Chocó–Darién moist forests ecoregion), grows in the Chocó Department of northwestern Colombia and in the Esmeraldas Province of northwestern Ec
Mongongo nut, with US penny for scale. Mongongo nuts are a staple diet in some areas, most notably among the San people of northern Botswana and Namibia.Archaeological evidence has shown that they have been consumed by the San communities for centuries. [5]
Marmalade first appeared in the English language in 1480, borrowed from French marmelade which, in turn, came from the Galician-Portuguese word marmelada. According to José Pedro Machado's Dicionário Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa , [ 10 ] the oldest known document where this Portuguese word is to be found is Gil Vicente 's play Comédia ...
Myrica rubra is an evergreen tree that grows to a height of up to 10–20 m (33–66 ft) high, with smooth gray bark and a uniform spherical to hemispherical crown. Leaves are leathery, bare, elliptic-obovate to oval lanceolate in shape, wedge-shaped at the base and rounded to pointed or tapered at the apex, margin is serrated or serrated in the upper half, with a length of 5–14 cm (2.0–5. ...
Jeju benjul (벤줄) and Korean byeonggyul (병귤) are cognates.They share the same hanja characters: byeong (甁, "bottle") and gyul (橘, "citrus fruit").. Tamnaji, a chronicle of Jeju Island published in 1653 by a Joseon dynasty governor, Yi Wonjin, mentions byeonggyul using the name byeolgyul (Korean: 별귤; Hanja: 別橘, "peculiar citrus").
Goji, goji berry, or wolfberry (Chinese: 枸杞; pinyin: gǒuqǐ) is the sweet fruit of either Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense, two closely related species of boxthorn in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. [1] L. barbarum and L. chinense fruits are similar but can be distinguished by differences in taste and sugar content. [2]
Succade is the candied peel of any of the citrus species, especially from the citron or Citrus medica which is distinct with its extra-thick peel; in addition, the taste of the inner rind of the citron is less bitter than those of the other citrus. [1]