About The pickled cucumber (usually referred to as ‘pickle’ in the United States and Canada or generically as ‘gherkin’ in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia) is actually a regular cucumber tha
About The avocado ( Persea americana ), also named ‘alligator pear’ is a tree originating in South Central Mexico. Its nick name points to its fruit which is botanically speaking a large berry with on
About The banana ( Musa spp.) is a nutritious fruit that grows from various large, herbaceaous flowering plants belonging to the genus Musa . Botanically speaking the fruit is a berry and it varies in
About Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. This includes any small tree or spiny shrub, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumqua
About Maize or corn ( Zea mays subsp. mays ), is a large grain plant that divided in six main types: flint corn, dent corn, popcorn, pod corn, sweet corn and flour corn. Already about 10,000 years ago
About The common grape vine ( Vitis vinifera ) is a species of Vitis . The plant comes originally from the Mediterranean region, central Europe and southwestern Asia and thus has been cultivated in Mo
About The common bean (also referred to as the string bean, field bean, flageolet bean, French bean, garden bean, green bean, haricot bean, pop bean, or snap bean) is a herbaceous annual plant. Botani
The pepper plant (genus Capsicum ) belongs to the nightshade family Solanaceae. This plant genus includes all varieties of peppers, including the mild bell pepper and hot peppers in jalapeno and haban
About The cucumber ( Cucumis sativus ) is a popular, extensively cultivated plant that belongs to the gourd family of Cucurbitaceae . The cucumber originates from South Asia, more particularly in Indi
About The particular species of chili pepper, Capsicum frutescens, is at times categorized under the species Capsicum annuum . The pepper cultivars of Capsicum frutescens can both be annual or perenni
