The Botanical Cabinet
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Ground elder: Aegopodium podagraria
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables, Culinary Group: Wild vegetables
Common Grape Vine (Scheurebe): Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Culinary Group: Oil plants, Culinary Group: Stimulants
Common Grape Vine (Riesling): Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Culinary Group: Oil plants, Culinary Group: Stimulants
Common Grape Vine (Pinot Gris): Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera
Colour: Violet, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Culinary Group: Oil plants, Culinary Group: Stimulants
Common Grape Vine (Cabernet Mitos): Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera
Colour: Blue, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Culinary Group: Oil plants, Culinary Group: Stimulants
Common Grape Vine (Schonburger): Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Culinary Group: Oil plants, Culinary Group: Stimulants
Common Grape Vine (Pinot blanc): Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Culinary Group: Oil plants, Culinary Group: Stimulants
Glass Gem Corn: Zea mays ssp. mays convar. indurata ‘Glass Gem Corn’
Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Cereals
Horned bitter orange: Citrus × aurantium ‘Corniculata’
Colour: Orange, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
Noni Leaf (Bai-yo): Morinda citrifolia
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables
Noni: Morinda citrifolia
Colour: White, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Tropical fruits, Culinary Group: Bush food, Culinary Group: Famine Food
Guaiac: Guaiacum officinale
Colour: Blue, Edible: Bark and rasin, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
Cattley guava: Psidium cattleyanum var. cattleyanum
Colour: Green, Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Tropical fruits, Culinary Group: Stimulants, Culinary Group: Coffee substitutes
Manuka: Leptospermum scoparium
Colour: Magenta, Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Stimulants
Beechnuts of fern-leaf beech: Fagus sylvatica forma Asplenifolia
Colour: Brown, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Nuts, Culinary Group: Wild fruits, Culinary Group: Coffee substitutes, Taste: bitter, Taste: nutty
Santa Barbara key lime: Citrus × aurantifolia ‘Santa Barbara’
Colour: Orange, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
Red Velvet Okra: Abelmoschus esculentus ‘Red Velvet’
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables, Culinary Group: Oil plants, Culinary Group: Coffee substitutes, Culinary Group: Thickeners
Marrowfat pea Blauwschokker: Pisum sativum convar. speciosum ‘Blauwschokker’
Colour: Violet, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Legumes
Yellow swiss chard: Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Flavescens-Group
Colour: Yellow, Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables
Jujube: Ziziphus jujuba
Colour: Yellow, Colour: Brown, Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Stone fruits
Soursop: Annona muricata
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Tropical fruits
Snake fruit: Salacca zalacca
Colour: Brown, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Stone fruits, Culinary Group: Nuts, Culinary Group: Tropical fruits
Cabbage thistle: Cirsium oleraceum
Colour: Green, Edible: Flowers and buds, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables, Culinary Group: Inflorescence vegetables, Culinary Group: Wild vegetables
Chinese cedar: Citrus medica ‘Aurantiata’
Colour: Yellow, Colour: Orange, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
Wintersweet: Chimonanthus praecox
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Flowers and buds, Culinary Group: Inflorescence vegetables, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
Beach rose (Rosehip): Rosa rugosa
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits, Taste: sweet, Taste: bitter
Red Chard: Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Cicla-Group
Colour: Green, Colour: Red, Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables
White fringetree: Chionanthus virginicus
Colour: Blue, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
Ligiri: Idesia polycarpa
Colour: Orange, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
Jumbay (unripe fruits): Leucaena leucocephala
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables
Kiwi berry: Actinidia arguta
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits
Greater burdock: Arctium lappa
Colour: Green, Edible: Flowers and buds, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Inflorescence vegetables, Culinary Group: Wild vegetables
Wild strawberry: Fragaria vesca
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Wild fruits, Culinary Group: Stimulants
Oregano: Origanum vulgare
Colour: Magenta, Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Kitchen herbs
Cuitlacoche: Ustilago maydis
Colour: Grey, Edible: Mushrooms
Common self-heal: Prunella vulgaris
Colour: Violet, Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Wild vegetables
Oval Kumquat: Citrus margarita
Colour: Orange, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
Blue-Cuties-Popcorn: Zea mays ssp. mays convar. everta ‘Blue Cuties’
Colour: Black, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Cereals, Culinary Group: Oil plants
Miracle Berry: Synsepalum dulcificum
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours, Culinary Group: Sugar substitutes
Fish mint: Houttuynia cordata
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables
Longkong: Lansium parasiticum ‘Longkong’
Colour: Brown, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Tropical fruits
Green Walnut: Juglans regia
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
Jelly Palm: Butia capitata
Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Nuts, Culinary Group: Tropical fruits
Pinapple-Tomato: Solanum lycopersicum ‘Pinapple’
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables
Chinese Water Chestnut: Eleocharis dulcis
Colour: Brown, Edible: Tubers and roots, Culinary Group: Tuber and root vegetables, Culinary Group: Plant ashes
Virginia Raspberry: Rubus odoratus
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
Milk thistle: Silybum marianum (Leaf)
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables, Culinary Group: Wild vegetables
Milk thistle: Silybum marianum
Colour: Violet, Edible: Flowers and buds, Culinary Group: Inflorescence vegetables
Mock strawberry: Potentilla indica
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
White currant: Ribes rubrum var. alba
Colour: White, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits
