Leaf vegetables

Leaf vegetables

Also called green vegetables, leafy greens or simply greens, these are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable. Leaf vegetables come from a large variety of plants (often including tender petioles and shoots) and contain good nutrition value for a healthy diet.

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Leaf vegetables

curry leaves

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Curry leaves release a strong curry-like fragrance with a citrus, sometimes compared to a tangerine, overtone. Some describe the flavor as nutty with a hint of lemon. Resembling a small narrow bay ...

fig leaves

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Fig leaves are harvested from mature fig trees. The leaves are a bright, vibrant green with thick veins and a prominent stem. Each leaf has five main veins and leaflets, much like fingers on a hand, ...

foraged California bay leaves

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

California bay leaves are produced from the Umbellularia californica, otherwise known as the California bay tree. The California bay leaf tree is classified as an evergreen that can be found growing ...

foraged strawberry leaves

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Wild strawberry or Virginia strawberry is a perennial herb in the Rose family, botanically named Fragaria virginiana. Its sometimes overlooked leaves are highly nutritious and an important ingredient ...

galangal leaves

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Galangal, also known as Galanga, kah, Laos root and Garingal, is a tropical herbaceous plant that is a member of the Zingiberaceae family. Young galangal root is fresh galangal that has not fully ...

ginger leaves

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Ginger leaves or Yanaka Shoga are harvested when ginger rhizomes are still young and small, and mainly ginger varieties of small-sized ginger, Ko Shoga are used. They are an herb that are used as a ...

ginger leaves

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Young ginger root is fresh ginger that has not gone through the curing process. It is a bright white in color with pink blushes at the top of plump rhizome and at the base of the vibrant green ...