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Black Emmer Wheat: Triticum dicoccon var. atratum
03 Nov 2020

The protein (gluten) it contains is not said to have good adhesive properties, but black emmer wheat is nevertheless suitable for baking bread and pastries.

Yellow swiss chard: Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Flavescens-Group
02 Oct 2019

The slightly salty tasting leaves and leaf stems can be eaten raw as salad or stewed, cooked as spinach or sautéed.

Indian sandbur: Cenchrus biflorus
19 Mar 2018

The grains are edible raw and cooked: crushed into porridge or ground into flour from which bread can finally be baked.

Job’s tears: Coix lacryma-jobi
10 Aug 2018

Despite its numerous uses, which are also used for medical purposes, Job’s tears are not very popular compared to other cereals. The cultivation is even declining.

Common silverweed: Argentina anserina
20 Jul 2018

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.

Urad bean: Vigna mungo (unripe pulses)
11 Oct 2017

In addition to the small, dark black grams, the immature, green pods are also edible as fruit vegetables.

Wild rye: Secale strictum ssp.
10 Aug 2018

Like most wild forms, also those of rye are not particularly productive and are rarely or no longer cultivated today in contrast to the cultivated forms.

Leafy goosefoot: Blitum virgatum ‘Strawberry-Sticks’
25 Jun 2017

Dispite the striking strawberry-like fruits, the strawberry goosefoot is a leafy vegetable.

Red Chard: Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Cicla-Group
03 Jul 2019

The slightly salty tasting leaves and stems can be eaten raw as salad or cooked, e.g. as spinach or sautéed.

Stuffing Cucumber: Cyclanthera pedata
01 Mar 2021

Almost all parts of the beautiful and fast-climbing stuffing cucumber are edible

Breadfruit: Artocarpus altilis (unripe)
24 Jun 2017

Under the light green skin of these large, still immature fruits is a white, firm fruit flesh, whose sticky latex quickly turns yellow.

×Secalotricum
25 Jul 2018

×Secalotricum is a fertile hybrid of male wheat (Triticum) and female rye (Secale). This grain is also described in its baking properties as a mixture of both.

Greater burdock: Arctium lappa
04 Apr 2019

The flower buds or flower bottoms of the burdock are edible like the artichoke. The young leaves are edible as wild vegetables.

Oaxacan Green dent corn: Zea mays ssp. mays convar. indentata ‘Oaxacan Green’
01 Mar 2021

Oaxacan Green dent corn is an old, green maize variety with very large cobs that was cultivated by the Zapotec Indians of Mexico in the province of Oaxaca.

Striped Eggplant: Solanum melongena var. esculentum ‘Rotonda bianca sfumata di rosa’
13 Oct 2017

The variety ‘Rotonda bianca sfumata di rosa’ is found in the trade quite rare, typical in our (European) view are the black varieties.

Jumbay (unripe fruits): Leucaena leucocephala
22 May 2019

The unripe legume of the Leadtree are particularly appreciated in Southeast Asian cuisine, although the plant originally comes from Central America.

Black locust leaves: Robinia pseudoacacia
13 Jun 2018

The leaves of the black locust contain toxins, which is why they should only be eaten properly cooked!

City-goosefoot: Oxybasis urbica
22 Sep 2017

The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked as leaf vegetables such as spinach. The black-brown seeds can be used as pseudocerals.

Air potato: Dioscorea bulbifera
26 Jun 2017

The tubers of this Yam grow far above the ground in the leaf axils of the liana. Nevertheless, these can be quite large and heavy.

Amaranthus cruentus x powellii ‘Hopi red dye’
02 Jun 2017

The almost black seeds as well as the blood-red leaves are edible and dye red.

Blue-Cuties-Popcorn: Zea mays ssp. mays convar. everta ‘Blue Cuties’
11 Mar 2019

This dark popcorn bears comparatively many small cobs with small, round grains. These are almost black, with a blue-green shimmer.

Cabbage thistle: Cirsium oleraceum
11 Jul 2019

Young leaves and stems are edible as vegetables, the small flower buds can be prepared like artichokes.

Purple yam: Dioscorea alata
12 May 2020

The eponymous violet colour of the starchy storage tissue is striking, although it can also be white.

Malabar spinach: Basella alba
03 Jun 2017

Malabar spinach: Basella alba A rambling leave vegetable and thickener As the name suggests, the malabar spinach can be cooked like spinach. The leaves are used for this purpose. Since the cooked leaves assume a viscous consistency, they can be

Hairy love grass: Eragrostis pilosa
01 Mar 2018

Although the seeds of the hairy love grass produced in panicles are only about 0,5-0.8 mm in size, they are used as cereals.

Common buckwheat: Fagopyrum esculentum
11 Jul 2017

Common buckwheat: Fagopyrum esculentum More than just ``Poor man's food`` An important identifying characteristics of the common buckwheat that differentiats from the other buckwheat species is the red stem. Because gluten is absent, buckwheat can not be used alone for

Crowfoot-grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium
01 Mar 2018

The numerous, tiny seeds are collected wildly in times of food scarcity, slightly roasted and ground into a flour from which a thin meal soup or porridge can be prepared.

Pearl millet: Pennisetum glaucum
17 Oct 2017

Pearl millet is processed into millet gruel or flour, which is usually eaten as flatbread. Beer can be brewed from this crop.

Tree tumbo: Welwitschia mirabilis
02 Apr 2018

Welwitschia is not a real food plant, but in emergency situations (getting lost in the Namib desert) the core in the flower axis can be eaten raw or roasted.

Green Rice: Oryza sativa (unripe)
17 Oct 2017

A mash can be prepared from green rice and it is used as a coating for frying. With sugar, green rice can be cooked to brittle.

Barth’s rice: Oryza barthii
25 Sep 2017

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.

Drumstick tree: Moringa oleifera
10 Apr 2018

The long, immature capsule fruits of the horseradish tree are called “drumsticks” where they are used as fruit vegetables.

Tartary buckwheat: Fagopyrum tataricum
11 Jul 2017

The Tartary or India buckwheat can be used like the common buckwheat.

Mock strawberry: Potentilla indica
13 Aug 2018

The strawberries-like red fruits are edible, but taste dull and watery.

Leaves of the bitter melon: Momordica charantia
26 Sep 2017

Mainly, the bizarre fruits of the bitter melon are used, but the leaves are also edible…

Chinese artichoke: Stachys affinis
28 Aug 2017

The small white tubers have boiled about the consistency of marzipan and a pleasant nutty flavour. They can also be eaten raw, roasted or pickled.

Tindola: Coccinia grandis
13 Jun 2017

When the fruit ripenes, it turns red, unfortunately it becomes also very mushy. The tindola, as the fruit of the ivy gourd plant is called, is eaten as a fruit-vegetable. Ripe fruits can be candied. In tropical Asia the young shoots are also eaten.

Love-lies-bleeding: Amaranthus caudatus
28 Aug 2017

The tiny, lenticular amarant-seeds are extremely nutritious and contain a lot of protein. They can be processed into mash and various bakery products.

Common oat: Avena sativa
23 Feb 2018

In contrast to many other cereals, oats do not need to be peeled, only dehulled. Oats are always a wholemeal product and therefore rich in vitamins, minerals and fibres.

City-goosefoot: Oxybasis urbica
30 Jun 2017

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.

Sogrhum: Sorghum bicolor
03 Dec 2020

Sorghum is a staple food in parts of Africa (especially West and East Africa) and India.

Sponge gourd: Luffa aegyptiaca
08 Mar 2018

If the sponge gourd, which is also called vietnamese luffa, is still immature, its net-like tissue is not yet lignified and therefore soft and edible.

Yellow trembler: Tremella mesenterica
13 Jul 2020

Golden yellow trembler has hardly any taste and is therefore considered an edible mushroom of little value, but it is often added to soups, especially in China.

Hulless-threshing einkorn: Triticum sinskajae
12 Sep 2017

A striking characteristic of T. sinskajae is also the more compact and “round” shape of the awns.

Aloe vera
25 Jun 2017

Aloe vera has been used for some time past in green smoothies, shakes, cocktails, ice cream, desserts and for some other purposes, although the plant is said to be poisonous.

Yeddo hawthorn: Rhaphiolepis umbellata
26 Feb 2018

In times of need, the seeds were used to produce a flour substitute.

Bath Asparagus: Ornithogalum pyrenaicum
26 Feb 2018

The flower sprouts of bath asparagus, which look like green corn ears, are edible and are prepared like green asparagus or eaten raw.

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