The red tissue, which encloses the poisonous seeds, tastes very sweet.
Java apples are usually eaten raw as dessert fruit, but sometimes they also find their way into spicy dishes.
The rather large fruits are steamed, roasted, stewed and baked, they can be filled.
Dispite the striking strawberry-like fruits, the strawberry goosefoot is a leafy vegetable.
Common belgian endive (with the yellowish to light green leaves) is much better known and more frequently found on the vegetable shelf than this violet variety.
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.
The strawberries-like red fruits are edible, but taste dull and watery.
The deep red colour of the Red Velvet Okras gets lost during cooking, the fruits turn as green as ordinary okra pods when heated.
Almost all parts of the beautiful and fast-climbing stuffing cucumber are edible
Kaiser Alexander cucumbers at maturity have a dark brown skin with netting. At this stage, the fruit should be peeled before eating.
The carambola or star fruit is often used for decoration at buffets or in cocktails.