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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miners lettuce

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Miners lettuce, scientific name, Claytonia perfoliata, is a trailing annual vine that grows wild more than it is cultivated. It is a greater source of food for animals than it is for humans, ...

miners lettuce

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Miners lettuce, scientific name, Claytonia perfoliata, is a trailing annual vine that grows wild more than it is cultivated. It is a greater source of food for animals than it is for humans, ...

mizuna lettuce

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Mizuna, scientific name, Brassica rapa nipponosica, is a cool season Japanese mustard green that has a similar appearance as wild arugula. It belongs to the Brassica rapa family, which is constituted ...

New Zealand spinach

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Tetragonia tetragonioides, or New Zealand spinach, is not related to common spinach, as the name may suggest. Instead, it is classified in a genus all its own, and is in the fig and marigold family. ...

Nopales cactus leaf

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

The paddles of the prickly pear Cactus, Nopales, pronounced no-PAH-les, are about five inches long, three to four inches wide and up to one-half inch thick. Offering the combined flavor of green ...

okra green

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Green okra is a member of the mallow family along with cotton, cocoa and hibiscus. The okra plant produces broad oak-shaped leaves with bold yellow and white hibiscus-like blossoms. The fruits sprout ...

parsley

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Parsley is the best known of all garnishes as its appearance is associated with a wide variety of plates spanning culinary landscapes throughout the globe. It is a member of the Umbelliferae family, ...