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Several [[plants]] have many edible plant parts, making them useful as both a [[vegetable]] (often the leaves, stems, flowers or flower heads) and a [[fruit]] or staple crop. | |||
For a full list of edible plants see: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/data/compendium-botanicals | |||
== Examples == | |||
* chayote, grape, and some varieties of squash have leaves and shoots which are appetizing and healthy as vegetables | |||
* Musk Mallow (Malva moschata): The leaves substitute for lettuce and the flowers and especially the sweet buds are also excellent. The seeds can be used like a grain, although they are tedious to harvest. | |||
* Day lily: the young shoots can be cooked as a vegetable, the flower buds can be added to stir-fry, and the flowers chopped into salads or just eaten raw. The tubers can also be cooked like any other tuber. | |||
* Amaranths have edible seeds and leaves, although most varieties concentrate on one or the other. | |||
== Note == | |||
Some plant parts such as fruits can be a vegetable when consumed before it is entirely ripened. For example papaya. Some seeds can have a different taste when raw as opposed to baked (ie pepper). | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:31, 31 March 2024
Several plants have many edible plant parts, making them useful as both a vegetable (often the leaves, stems, flowers or flower heads) and a fruit or staple crop.
For a full list of edible plants see: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/data/compendium-botanicals
Examples[edit | edit source]
- chayote, grape, and some varieties of squash have leaves and shoots which are appetizing and healthy as vegetables
- Musk Mallow (Malva moschata): The leaves substitute for lettuce and the flowers and especially the sweet buds are also excellent. The seeds can be used like a grain, although they are tedious to harvest.
- Day lily: the young shoots can be cooked as a vegetable, the flower buds can be added to stir-fry, and the flowers chopped into salads or just eaten raw. The tubers can also be cooked like any other tuber.
- Amaranths have edible seeds and leaves, although most varieties concentrate on one or the other.
Note[edit | edit source]
Some plant parts such as fruits can be a vegetable when consumed before it is entirely ripened. For example papaya. Some seeds can have a different taste when raw as opposed to baked (ie pepper).