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Title: Common and Botanical Vegetable Names And Origins 2
Categories: Info
Yield: 1 Servings
| COMMON AND BOTANICAL NAMES | ||
| AND ORIGIN |
COMMON NAME: Chick pea, Gram, Garbanzo BOTANICAL NAME: Cicer arietinum : ORIGIN: Southern Europe and India
COMMON NAME: Chicory, Witloof, French endive, Belgian endive, Succory BOTANICAL NAME: Cichorium intybus : ORIGIN: Asia, Europe
COMMON NAME: Chinese cabbage, White cabbage, Flowering cabbage, Celery cabbage, Pakchoy, Michihli, Napa cabbage BOTANICAL NAME: Brassica chinensis : ORIGIN: China
COMMON NAME: Collards BOTANICAL NAME: Brassica oleracea acephalo : ORIGIN: Europe
COMMON NAME: Corn, Sweet corn BOTANICAL NAME: Zea mays : ORIGIN: Central America
COMMON NAME: Cress, Garden cress, Peppergrass BOTANICAL NAME: Lepidium sativum : ORIGIN: Asia
COMMON NAME: Cucumber BOTANICAL NAME: Cucumis sativus : ORIGIN: Asia
COMMON NAME: Dandelion BOTANICAL NAME: Taraxacum officinale : ORIGIN: Europe and Asia
COMMON NAME: Eggplant, Aubergine, Guinea squash BOTANICAL NAME: Solanum melongena : ORIGIN: East Indies, India
COMMON NAME: Endive, Escarole BOTANICAL NAME: Cichorium endivia : ORIGIN: South Asia
COMMON NAME: Fennel, Florence fennel, Finocchio, Fenucchi BOTANICAL NAME: Foeniculum vulgare dulce : ORIGIN: Mediterranean
COMMON NAME: Horseradish BOTANICAL NAME: Aarmoracia rusticana : ORIGIN: Eastern Europe
COMMON NAME: Jerusalem artichoke, Sunchoke, Sunroot BOTANICAL NAME: Helianthus tuberosus : ORIGIN: North America
COMMON NAME: Jicama, Mexican Turnip, Yam Bean BOTANICAL NAME: Leguminosae Pachyrhinus erosus (L.) Urban : ORIGIN: Mexico
Source: Vegetable Gardening Encyclopedia by the editors of Consumer Guide ISBN: O-88365-594-2; Typos by Dorothy Flatman 1996