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

Brunia lettuce

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Brunia lettuce, Lactuca sativa, is a loose leaf type of lettuce. This distinction means it is a cut-and-come-again variety, allowing for multiple harvests. Brunia lettuce is most often featured in ...

Chinese spinach

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Chinese spinach leaves may be solid green in color, or green with crimson to highlights in the center. The flavor of this spinach variety is clean, with a succulent texture. Nutritional Value Because ...

cinnamon basil

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Cinnamon basil, AKA Mexican Spice basil, is a cultivar of sweet basil containing cinnamite, a chemical compound that gives it its concentrated cinnamon flavor and intense aroma. The cinnamon basil ...

coconut young green

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Young green coconuts are harvested before developing the characteristic brown, fibrous outer shell and inner white pulp. Young green coconuts have a smooth, green, and very hard outer shell. Young ...

deer's tongue lettuce

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Deer's tongue lettuce, AKA Matchless lettuce, is an heirloom variety known for its hardiness, cold and heat tolerance and its resistance to bolt in summer months. Deer's tongue lettuce should not be ...

firecracker lettuce

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Firecracker lettuce is a lightweight loose leaf lettuce which means it is a cut-and-come-again variety. One of the most notable characteristics of firecracker lettuce is that it contains the highest ...

foraged red miners lettuce

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Foraged red miners lettuces, botanical name Claytonia siberica, also known as Indian lettuce and winter purslane. It is a member of the Broadleaf family, an annual herbaceous plant and part of a ...