• Bedding plants

  biennial or tender perennial plants used in gardens and parks. There is a wide range of plants especially produced to demonstrate coloured flowers in spring [...] They are easily divided in four different categories: Hardy annual plants which are planted directly into the soil already early in the season: sunflower [...] nigella, godetia, eschscholzia Tender annual or perennial plants are planted in a protected environment in late winter: begonia, chrysanthemum, arguranthemum

• Avocado

  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 [...] botanically speaking a large berry with only one seed. The berry is green-skinned and fleshy and its shape resembles a pear or (large) egg. The avocado tree [...] tree belongs to the flowering plant family of Lauraceae . Commercially speaking, avocados are very valuable and the fruit is produced in tropical and Med

• Potato

  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 [...] America in the second half of the 16th century. Potatoes as a food crop were introduced by the Spanish. Now this starchy, tuberous crop is an integral [...] integral part of the world’s food supply and many people’s diet. In terms of volume, potato is the fourth-largest food crop in the world, after maize, wheat and

• Soybean

  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 [...] fruit of the plant is a hairy pod, that grows clustered in small bunches of three to five pods. Each pod measures between 3-8 centimetres long (1-3 inch) [...] two or four seeds that measure 5-11 mm in diameter. Soybean seeds vary greatly in size and the hull can be black or brown, but also blue, yellow or green

• Chilli pepper

  particular species of chilli pepper, Capsicum frutescens, is at times categorized under the species Capsicum annuum . The pepper cultivars of Capsicum frutescens [...] both be annual or perennial (short-lived) plants. The plant’s flowers are white and have a greenish white or greenish yellow corolla. The plant’s berries [...] very small (10–20 millimetres (0.39–0.79 inch) long and 3–7 millimetres (0.12–0.28 in) in diameter) and acrid, their shape is ellipsoid-conical to lanceolate

• Cabbage

  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 for consumption. Cabbage heads come in various sizes and their weight usually varies between 0.5 to 4 kilograms (or 1-9

• Cauliflower

  other vegetables, belongs to the species Brassica oleracea of the genus Brassica which is part of the family of Brassicaceae . Broccoli, Brussels sprouts [...] belong to various cultivars, but are all members of the species Brassica oleracea. The cauliflower plant is an annual plant that reproduced by seed. The [...] broccoli and consists of white, flowering meristem. Only the cauliflower head is eaten, this white flowering part is at times referred to as ‘curd’.

• Herbs

  used as food ingredient, natural medicine or fragrances. They often have savory or aromatic characteristics and are used for flavouring dishes or food [...] food products. In the culinary world, there is a strict difference between herbs and spices. Herbs are the leafy green or flowering parts of a plant, which [...] which can be used fresh or dried. Spices derive from other parts of herbal plants and are often dried seeds, berries, roots, bark and fruits. Botanically speaking

• Broccoli

  About Broccoli is a tasty, green plant. When it comes to botanical classification, the broccoli plant is categorized as part of the Italica cultivar group [...] group that belongs to the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli looks a lot like cauliflower, which belongs to a different cultivar group of the same species [...] species. The plant has a large, flowering head that is usually green. The head looks a bit like a tree and branches out from a single thick, edible stalk. Broccoli

• Lemon

  for its juice, this well-known yellow citrus fruit is used widely for culinary and other domestic purposes throughout the world. Citrus limon is a medium [...] medium, evergreen tree of the Rutaceae family. It is characterized by its aromatic sour taste.