About This popular vegetable is a round seed in the seed pod of the fruit, Pisum sativum . Pods of this plant develop from the ovary of a pea flower and carry numerous peas. The vegetable is a bright
About A tropical fruit that is called papaya, papaw or pawpaw in different countries, is the fruit of the Carica papaya tree of the family Caricaceae. First cultivated in Mexico, it is now grown in mo
About This cereal grain is grown in temperate regions worldwide. It is one of the four most important cereal corps grown in the world, next to wheat, rice and maize. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a memb
About Wheat ( Triticum spp., most commonly T. aestivum ) is a cereal grain, but botanically a particular type of fruit referred to as caryopsis. Wheat originates from southwestern Asia, or more specif
About The avocado ( Persea americana ), also named ‘alligator pear’ is a tree originating in South Central Mexico. Its nick name points to its fruit which is botanically speaking a large berry with on
About The word ‘potato’ ( S olanum tuberosum ) is used to refer to the plant itself or its edible tuber. The plant is an herbaceous perennial and came to Europe from Latin America in the second half o
About The soybean ( Glycine max ) (North America) or soya bean is a so-called legume and indigenous to East Asia. It is extensively cultivated for its edible beans. The fruit of the plant is a hairy p
About The particular species of chilli pepper, Capsicum frutescens, is at times categorized under the species Capsicum annuum . The pepper cultivars of Capsicum frutescens can both be annual or perenn
About Cabbage or headed cabbage (consisting of various cultivars of Brassica oleracea ) is a biennial plant with green, white or purple leaves. This plant is usually grown as an annual vegetable crop
About The cauliflower, along with several other vegetables, belongs to the species Brassica oleracea of the genus Brassica which is part of the family of Brassicaceae . Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cab