The Botanical Cabinet
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Ceylon cinnamon: Cinnamomum verum
Colour: Green, Edible: Bark and rasin, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours, Taste: aromatic
Cocoa: Theobroma cacao
Colour: Orange, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Tropical fruits, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours, Culinary Group: Stimulants, Taste: sweet, Taste: bitter
Baby Boo Pumpkin: Cucurbita pepo var. pepo ‘Baby Boo’
Colour: White, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables, Taste: nutty
Chinese quince: Pseudocydonia sinensis
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Pome fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits, Taste: sweet, Taste: astringent
Jostaberry: Ribes × nidigrolaria
Colour: Black, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Taste: sweet
Star fruit: Averrhoa carambola
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Tropical fruits, Taste: sour
Blackthorn: Prunus spinosa
Colour: Blue, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Stone fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits, Culinary Group: Stimulants, Taste: bitter, Taste: astringent
Kaiser Alexander Cucumber: Cucumis sativus ‘Kaiser Alexander’
Colour: Brown, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables, Taste: watery
Sweet cherry (yellow): Prunus avium subsp. duracina ‘Dönissens gelbe Knorpelkirsche’
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Stone fruits, Taste: sweet
Oaxacan Green dent corn: Zea mays ssp. mays convar. indentata ‘Oaxacan Green’
Colour: Green, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Cereals, Culinary Group: Oil plants, Taste: nutty, Taste: neutral
Stuffing Cucumber: Cyclanthera pedata
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Edible: Shoots and sprouts, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables, Culinary Group: Sprouts, Taste: watery, Taste: neutral
Five-leaf akebia: Akebia quinata
Colour: Magenta, Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Wild fruits, Taste: sweet
Borage: Borago officinalis
Colour: Blue, Edible: Flowers and buds, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Kitchen herbs, Taste: aromatic
Ocro seeds: Abelmoschus esculentus
Colour: Grey, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Oil plants, Culinary Group: Coffee substitutes, Taste: nutty
Hummingbird fuchsia: Fuchsia magellanica
Colour: Black, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Taste: sweet
Anhalter (apple variety): Malus domestica
Colour: Red, Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Pome fruits
Quince: Cydonia oblonga
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Pome fruits
Leaf parsley: Petroselinum crispum subsp. crispum
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Kitchen herbs
Amur peppervine: Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata
Colour: Blue, Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits, Taste: sweet
Pink prickly heath: Gaultheria mucronata ‘Purpurea’
Colour: Magenta, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
Oakleaf lettuce (red): Lactuca sativa var. crispa
Colour: Green, Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables
Prickly wild rose (rose hips): Rosa acicularis
Colour: Orange, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits, Culinary Group: Wild herbs
King of the Pippins (apple cultivar): Malus domestica ‘King of the Pippins’
Colour: Orange, Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Pome fruits
Nanking cherry: Prunus tomentosa
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Stone fruits
Natal plum: Carissa macrocarpa
Colour: Red, Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits
Sogrhum: Sorghum bicolor
Colour: Brown, Colour: White, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Cereals, Culinary Group: Plant milk
Rhubarb: Rheum rhabarbarum
Colour: Red, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables
Black Emmer Wheat: Triticum dicoccon var. atratum
Colour: Blue, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Cereals
Poro Poro: Solanum viride
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables
Kohlrabi: Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes
Colour: Violet, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Edible: Shoots and sprouts, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables
Chives: Allium schoenoprasum
Colour: Magenta, Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Kitchen herbs
Indian Moon Tomato: Solanum lycopersicum ‘Indian Moon’
Colour: Yellow, Colour: Orange, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables
Dog Rose (Rosehip): Rosa canina
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
Chervil: Anthriscus cerefolium
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Kitchen herbs
Few-flowered leek: Allium paradoxum
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Wild herbs
Cane Apple: Arbutus unedo
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
Rosemary: Salvia rosmarinus
Colour: Violet, Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Kitchen herbs
Yellow trembler: Tremella mesenterica
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Mushrooms, Taste: neutral
Red clover: Trifolium pratense
Colour: Magenta, Edible: Flowers and buds, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Edible: Tubers and roots, Culinary Group: Legumes, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables, Culinary Group: Wild vegetables
Carline Thistle: Carlina vulgaris
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Flowers and buds, Culinary Group: Inflorescence vegetables, Culinary Group: Wild vegetables
Purple Calabash Tomato: Solanum lycopersicum ‘Purple Calabash’
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables
Turkmen Pear: Pyrus turcomanica
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Pome fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
Common Daisy: Bellis perennis
Colour: Green, Colour: White, Edible: Flowers and buds, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Wild vegetables, Culinary Group: Wild herbs
Purple yam: Dioscorea alata
Colour: Brown, Edible: Tubers and roots, Culinary Group: Tuber and root vegetables
San Marzano Tomato: Solanum lycopersicum ‘San Marzano’
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables
Red-fleshed clementine: Citrus × aurantium
Colour: Orange, Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
Saffron: Crocus sativus
Colour: Violet, Colour: Red, Edible: Flowers and buds, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
Green Luobo Radish: Raphanus sativus subsp. niger ‘Green Luobo’
Colour: Green, Edible: Tubers and roots, Culinary Group: Tuber and root vegetables
Zwetschge ‘Elena’: Prunus domestica subsp. domestica ‘Elena’
Colour: Violet, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Stone fruits
Myrobalan plum (red variety): Prunus cerasifera
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Stone fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
