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The black chokeberry contains many vitamins and other important substances in such large quantities that it has also medical significance.
The black-brown seeds can be used as pseudocereals similar to quinoa, for example boiled as a porridge and grounded to a flour as addition to baking flour.
The fruits are small, not particularly juicy and decompose easily, which is why they have not become established as a fruit plant.
The soft, juicy pulp tastes aromatic of fir, it is tart and resinous, yet very sweet.
Indigo rose tomato belongs to the rather small-fruited varieties and can be eaten directly from the shrub.
Sorghum is a staple food in parts of Africa (especially West and East Africa) and India.
The almost black seeds as well as the blood-red leaves are edible and dye red.
North American natives made tea from the leaves and also ate them as a salad. The inner bark was smoked like tobacco.
The Baby Boo pumpkin is hardly bigger than an apple. The firm skin is white, the firm flesh rather cream-coloured to pale orange.
The Shaggy mane is one of the few mushrooms for which no trip into the forest is necessary to collect them, because they are in our midst – even in big cities.
The Eastern black walnut is used in the USA as in Europe the common walnut.
In their original habitat, the immature fruits are eaten pickled or steamed.
The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked as leaf vegetables such as spinach. The black-brown seeds can be used as pseudocerals.
The large, delicate leaves of the Mexican pepper tree have a complex aroma that is reminiscent of the berries of black pepper.
The fresh flowers are often used in different countries as aromatic inflorescence vegetables or for jam.
The leaves of the black locust contain toxins, which is why they should only be eaten properly cooked!
The rather large fruits are steamed, roasted, stewed and baked, they can be filled.
In Tibet, the roots are supposed to be eaten comparatively frequently as a nourishing root vegetable. They can be processed fresh or dried for later use. The leaves can be chopped (because they are very fibrous) and added as wild herbs in salads or steamed in oil.
Pineapple tomatoes are one of the largest and heaviest tomato varieties. Individual fruits can weigh over 1 kg.
The dried grains can be popped or ground into flour, but flour and popcorn are then no longer so colourful.
Chives are finely chopped or cut with scissors, and are used in herb butter, sauces and various other herbal preparations.
Rosehips can be used to make fruit tea and Hagebuttenmark. Dried and ground, they even replace flour and can be mixed with it.
The jelly-like fruit content, which surrounds the disc-shaped seeds, tastes sweet and is a small snack for anytime.
This wild form of african rice is used in times of food scarcity until today and is sometimes even sold as a crop at local markets.
The texture and taste of the tubers are reminiscent of ripe coconuts.
The cultivar ‚Santa Barbara‘ is orange in colour and has a perfume-like aroma and a slightly soapy taste.
The lanceolate, small leaves with the silver hairs can be prepared as tea, which is said to be more delicious than the classic tea.
If the rough leaves are rubbed, an intense, fresh lemon aroma spreads immediately.
It is cut into small pieces for seasoning, especially for salsas.
The unripe legume of the Leadtree are particularly appreciated in Southeast Asian cuisine, although the plant originally comes from Central America.
The soursop is very similar to the cherimoya which is related to it, but it is even more sensitive to pressure and therefore rarely found on the market.
Cattley guava has spherical, red berries that can be eaten fresh or processed into juice, jam and sorbet.
The fruits of the scarlet fuchsia are edible, taste sweet and a little pungent.
The Magenta Lilly Pilly is usually eaten raw, but can also be processed to a jam
The tiny, lenticular amarant-seeds are extremely nutritious and contain a lot of protein. They can be processed into mash and various bakery products.
Bog bilberries can be freshly taken from the shrub or processed into jam, compote, liqueur and wine.
In addition to pepper mixtures, pink pepper berries are sometimes found in chocolate, which gives them a slight pungency and a peppery aroma.
The whole herb, including the deep purple flowers, can be eaten raw as a salad or cooked as leaf vegetables.
Saffron, the „red gold“, is a spice extracted from the flowers of the saffron crocus.
Almost all parts of the beautiful and fast-climbing stuffing cucumber are edible