Gururumba Tribe (New Guinea) –Growing sweet potato, yams, sugarcane, and taro. Maasai people (Kenya) –Growing rice, potatoes, and cabbage. Pre-historical Peru –About 10,000-6,000 years ago, the Indigenous tribes in Peru, starting with the Ñanchoc people, domesticated squash, peanuts, ...
They are also rich in dietary fiber, antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins (especially A and C). There are several types of vegetable crops:root vegetables: beets, carrots, sweet potatoes, turnips; tubers: potatoes, yams; stem vegetables: asparagus, kohlrabi, celery; leafy green: lettuce, ...
Sweet potato flour is produced from white sweet potatoes and is dull white in color, stiff in texture, and has a somewhat sweet flavor. It is high in fiber and contains a higher level of carbohydrates and lower level of protein than common wheat flour. It can be used for baked goods, s...
Root vegetable, in cuisine and nutrition, a part of a plant grown underground and eaten as food. Root vegetables are a diverse group of foods, including culinary staples such as potatoes, onions, and carrots. Because “root vegetable” is a culinary cate
(10 inches), but they grow even better where there is a dry season. The same can be said oftaro,yams, andcassava. Tropical greens from theMalay Peninsulaare not as good as those grown in South China, theHawaiian Islands, andPuerto Rico. They include several spinaches, of which Chinese ...
Foods containing 2-5 grams of protein per serving [6]: Vegetables, cooked (1/2 cup, 120 mL): broccoli, Brussel’s sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, corn (sweet), mushrooms, onion, pepper (green), spinach, tomato, turnip greens; potato and sweet potato (1 cup), yam (1 cup) Green peas...
X-ray visionis the ability to look through a layer of something and see what lies beneath, much as anx-rayis able to look through skin and muscle to see the bones underneath. TheXinx-raystands for the unknown. Characters with x-ray vision: ...
Peony, genus of about 30 species of flowering plants (family Paeoniaceae) known for their large showy blossoms. All but two species are native to Europe and Asia, and several species are cultivated as ornamental plants and by the floral industry for cut
(seed coat) are likewise most common in trees and shrubs, particularly in climbers, such as thejacaranda, the trumpet vine, thecatalpa,yams, andbutter-and-eggs. Most famous of these is the seed with a giant membranaceous wing (15 cm [6 inches] long) of the Javan cucumber (Alsomitra ...
Through the formation of adventitious roots, new plants may sprout from stems, roots, or leaves of a parent plant. Modified stems are most often the source of vegetative plant propagation. Vegetative plant structures that arise from plant stems includerhizomes, runners, bulbs, tubers,andcorms. T...