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

Sierra lettuce

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Sierra lettuce is a hardy, red semi-heading, semi-loose leaf lettuce in the Batavia family. Batavia lettuces are cut-and-come-again types of lettuces. Though bearing litte resemblence, Batavian ...

spinach

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

There are three types of spinach: Savoy, semi Savoy and flat-leafed. The Savoy has crinkled leaves and is the primary commercial type. Semi-Savoy has partially crinkled leaves and is most often ...

sweet artisan green gem lettuce

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Sweet gem lettuce, botanical name Lactuca sativa, is an annual plant of the sunflower family, Asteraceae. "sweet gem" is a trade name given to the variety of lettuce, Sucrine (French for sugar). It ...

Thai basil

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

This tropical variety of sweet basil provides the unusual basil flavor present in so many Thai dishes that it has come to be identified as "Thai basil", even though it can be found in Vietnamese and ...

tulsi basil

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

A member of the Lamiaceae family, tulsi basil is a perennial herb botanically known as Ocimum tenuiflorum. Also known as Holy basil and Kraphao there are four varieties of tulsi basil; Krishna tulsi, ...

water spinach

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

Water spinach is a semi-aquatic pantropical herbaceous vine grown for its leaves, which are harvested young and mature. It has hundreds of other common names including, swamp cabbage, Chinese ...

Calcot onions

Fruits & vegetables; Leaf vegetables

The Calcot onion is a type of green onion known as blanca gran tardana in the Catalan language from Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. As with many agricultural products, the Calcot onion from Tarragona, ...