November 20th, 2008
Botanical Name:Abelmoschus esculentus;Hibiscus esculentus
Family: Malvaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Genus: Abelmoschus
synonym: Hibiscus esculentus L.
Other Names:
Okra, Okro, Ochro, Okoro, Quimgombo (Cuba), Quingumbo, Ladies Fingers,gombo, quingombo, Gombo, Kopi Arab, Kacang Bendi, Bhindi (S. Asia), Bendi (Malaysia), Bamia, Bamya or Bamieh (middle east), Gumbo (Southern USA), Quiabo, Quiabos (Portugal and Angola), okura (Japan), qiu kui (Taiwan),in India [...]
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November 12th, 2008
Botanical Name:Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr
Family: Rutaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Sapindales
Genus: Citrus
Species :C. maxima
Synonyms: Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck, Citrus decumana L.
Common Name:Pomelo, Pummelo, Chinese grapefruit, Pommelo, Shaddock, Jambola
Dutch: Pompelmoes
French: Pomélo, Pamplemousse
German: Pompelmus, Pampelmus
Spanish: Pomelo
Chinese grapefruit, pummelo, pommelo, Lusho Fruit, jabong, shaddock, Citrus maxima (Merr., Burm. f.), also [...]
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November 10th, 2008
Botanical Name:Citrus medica L.
Family: Rutaceae
Sub-family: Aurantioideae.
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Sapindales
Genus: Citrus
Species: C. medica
Common Names: Citron,Citron Melon,Preserving Melon,Stock Melon,Corsican Citron,Diamante Citron,Ethrog,Leghorn Citron
Other Names:Media, Median Apple,Persia or Assyria. The citron has many similar names in diverse languages, e.g. cederat, cedro, etc. Most confusing are the Czech, French, Dutch, Yiddish and Scandinavian languages, in which the false friend “citron” refers [...]
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November 8th, 2008
Botanical Name: Citrus Limonum (RISSO.)
Family: N.O. Rutaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Sapindales
Genus: Citrus
Species: C. limon
Common name: Citrus limon
Synonyms: Citrus medica. Citrus Limonum. Citronnier. Neemoo. Leemoo. Limoun. Limone.
Parts Used: Rind, juice, oil.
Habitat: Indigenous to Northern India. Widely cultivated in Mediterranean countries.
Description: The name Limonum is derived from the Arabic Limun or Limu, which in its turn probably [...]
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November 3rd, 2008
Botanical Name:Passiflora edulis
Family:Passifloraceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Genus: Passiflora
Species: P. edulis
Other Names: Passiflora edulis, passion fruit.It is locally called Sohbrab in Meghalaya in India
Habitat: It is native to South America and widely grown in India, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Brazil, Ecuador, California, southern Florida, Hawaii, Australia, East Africa, Israel and South Africa. It’s cultivation has been [...]
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November 2nd, 2008
Botanical Name:Lagenaria siceraria
Family:Cucurbitaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Genus: Lagenaria
Species: L. siceraria
Common Names:: Hindi:Louki, Dudhi. English:Bottle gourd, Calabash. Bengali:Lau. Gujrati:Dudhi . SoraykAyi. Kannada:Malyalam:Churaykka. Marathi:Dudhi, Dudhi bhopala. Panjabi : Dudhi, Ghiya. Tamil: Surai kai. Telugu: Sorakaya
Sinhala: Diya labu. Oriya: Lau.
Habitat:Grows in tropical jones, but now it is cultivated worldwide.
Description:
The calabash or African bottle gourd (not to be [...]
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November 1st, 2008
Botanical Name:Garcinia cowa
Family : Clusiaceae.
Bhava is a lesser known edible fruit of Mizoram. Locally called Chenkek, it is grown as a subsidiary crop in the orchard of citrus, banana and arecanut. Ripened fruit is unique as it is externally similar to tomato and internally to citrus because of the presence of juice sacs. Mizo people [...]
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September 30th, 2008
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Botanical Name:Prunus cerasus
Other names: Prunus cerasus, sour cherry, pie cherry, tart cherry juice, montmorency cherry, balaton cherry.
Cherries are the smallest members of the stone fruit family, which include plums, apricots, nectarines, and peaches.
Cherrries are typically classified as either sweet or tart. Sweet cherries include Bing cherries, Lambert cherries, Rainier cherries and are grown mainly in [...]
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September 18th, 2008
Botanical Name:Pachyrhizus erosus Blanco
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Pachyrhizus
Species: P. erosus
Other Names:Spanish: hee-kah-mah, from Nahuatl xicamatl hee-kah-mahtl, also Mexican Potato and Mexican Turnip,is the name of a native Mexican vine, although the name most commonly refers to the plant’s edible tuberous root. Jicama is one species [...]
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July 30th, 2008
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“NEVER PUT BANANA IN THE REFRIGERATOR”
Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose,fructose and glucose
combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant,
sustained and substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two bananas
provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout.
No wonder banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes.
But energy isn’t the [...]
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July 7th, 2008
Botanical Name: Fragaria vesca (LINN.)
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Genus: Fragaria
Species: F. × ananassa
Part Used: Leaves, froots and roots
Habitat:The Garden Strawberry was first bred in Europe in the early [...]
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July 4th, 2008
Botanical Name: Spinacia oleracea (LINN.)
Family: Amaranthaceae, formerly Chenopodiaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Genus: Spinacia
Species: S. oleracea
Part Used: Leaves.
Habitat: A native of Asia, probably of Persian origin, being introduced into Europe about the fifteenth century.
Description:The Spinach is a green leafy vegetable. It is an annual plant, long cultivated for the [...]
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June 11th, 2008
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Botanical Name: Rubus idaeus (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Rosaceae
Synonyms: Raspbis. Hindberry. Bramble of Mount Ida.
(Danish) Hindebar.
(Dutch) Braamboss.
(German) Hindbur.
(Saxon) Hindbeer.
Parts Used: Leaves, fruit.
Description:
The raspberry (plural, raspberries) is the edible fruit of a number of plant species in the subgenus Idaeobatus of the genus Rubus; the name also applies to these plants themselves. The [...]
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June 9th, 2008
Botanical Name: Raphanus sativus
Family: N.O. Cruciferae/Brassicaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Brassicales
Genus: Raphanus
Species: R. sativus
Parts Used; Root, seed-pods.
Habitat: Europe, especially Britain, and temperate Asia. A native of China, Cochin-China and Japan.
Description:The radish (Raphanus sativus) is an edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family that was [...]
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June 6th, 2008
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Botanical Name: Pyrus cydonia (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Rosaceae/Rosaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Subfamily: Maloideae
Genus: Cydonia
Species: C. oblonga
Synonym: Cydonia vulgaris (PERS.).Cydonia oblonga,
Parts Used: Seeds, fruit.
Habitat: It is native to warm-temperate southwest Asia in the Caucasus region.
Description: It is a small deciduous tree, growing 5–8 [...]
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May 30th, 2008
Botanical Name: Prunus persica (STOKES)
Family: N.O. Rosaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Amygdalus
Species: P. persica
Synonyms: Amygdalis Persica (Linn.). Persica vulgaris Null.
(Chinese and Japanese) ‘Too’.
Parts Used: The leaves, bark, flowers and kernels have medicinal virtue.
Habitat:The peach (Prunus persica) is a species of Prunus native to China,now they are grown in [...]
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May 30th, 2008
A passion fruit extract can cut down severe wheezing and coughing among asthma patients and help reduce blood pressure, a new study published in the journal Nutrition Research , has found.
In a placebo-controlled, double-blind trial, only about a fifth of the people receiving purple passion fruit skin extracts had wheeze as a symptom, [...]
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March 31st, 2008
Botanical Name: Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae).
Family: Cabbage
Description:Broccoli is a member of the cabbage family, and is closely related to cauliflower. Its cultivation originated in Italy. Broccolo, its Italian name, means “cabbage sprout.” Because of its different components, broccoli provides a range of tastes and textures, from soft and flowery (the floret) to fibrous and crunchy (the [...]
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February 7th, 2008
Family: N.O. Chenopodiaceae
Botanical Name:Beta vulgaris
Synonyms: Spinach Beet. Sea Beet. Garden Beet. White Beet. Mangel Wurzel.
Parts Used: Leaves, root.
Habitat:Coasts of Europe, North Africa and Asia, as far as India, and is found in muddy maritime marshes in many parts of England,
Description: Beta vulgaris (Linn.) is a native of South Europe, extensively cultivated as [...]
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February 6th, 2008
The grapefruit is a sub-tropical citrus tree grown for its fruit which was originally named the “forbidden fruit” of Barbados.
Botanical Name:Citrus paradisi
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Sapindales
Species: C. × paradisi
Other Names:Citrus grandis, Pomelo, Mahanimbu
Description:The grapefruit tree reaches 15 to 20 ft (4.5-6 m) or even 45 ft (13.7 m) with age, has a rounded top [...]
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