The Botanical Cabinet
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Dividia: Scorodophloeus zenkeri
Colour: Brown, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
Hayato Pumpkin: Cucurbita moschata ‘Hayato’
Colour: Brown, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables
Curry Leaf: Bergera koenigii
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Kitchen herbs
Florentine citron: Citrus limonimedica ‘Florentina’
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
Etrog Citron: Citrus medica ‘Etrog’
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
Devil’s claw: Proboscidea louisianica
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables
Paper mulberry: Broussonetia papyrifera
Colour: Orange, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
Japanese plum-yew: Cephalotaxus harringtonia
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
Love-lies-bleeding: Amaranthus caudatus
Colour: Magenta, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Pseudocereals, Culinary Group: Plant milk
Black-caraway: Nigella sativa
Colour: Black, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Oil plants, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
Chinese artichoke: Stachys affinis
Colour: White, Edible: Tubers and roots, Culinary Group: Tuber and root vegetables
Perettone citron: Citrus limonimedica ‘Perettone’
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
Adam’s Apple: Citrus lumia ´Pomum d’Adamum’
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits, Taste: sour
Calamondin: Citrus microcarpa
Colour: Orange, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
Eastern Black Walnut: Juglans nigra
Colour: Brown, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Nuts
Meadow sage: Salvia pratensis
Colour: Green, Edible: Flowers and buds, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Wild herbs
Tartary buckwheat: Fagopyrum tataricum
Colour: Brown, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Pseudocereals
Mouse melon: Melothria scabra
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables
Kaffir lime leaf: Citrus hystix
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Kitchen herbs, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
Kaffir lime: Citrus hystrix
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
Jalapeño: Capsicum annuum cv. ‘Jalapeño’
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
Spiny restharrow: Ononis spinosa
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Edible: Shoots and sprouts, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables, Culinary Group: Wild vegetables
Common buckwheat: Fagopyrum esculentum
Colour: Brown, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Pseudocereals
Flower Sprouts: Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera ‘Flower-Sprouts’
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables
Sweet chestnut: Castanea sativa
Colour: Brown, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Nuts, Culinary Group: Plant milk, Culinary Group: Flour substitutes
Female Larch flower: Larix decidua
Colour: Magenta, Edible: Flowers and buds, Culinary Group: Wild herbs
Celery root: Apium graveolens var. rapaceum
Colour: Green, Edible: Tubers and roots, Culinary Group: Tuber and root vegetables
Date: Phoenix dactylifera
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Stone fruits, Culinary Group: Sugar plants
Chinese persimmon: Diospyros kaki var. sylvestris
Colour: Blue, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
City-goosefoot: Oxybasis urbica
Colour: Brown, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Pseudocereals, Culinary Group: Flour substitutes
African pear: Dacryodes edulis
Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Oil plants, Culinary Group: Tropical fruits, Taste: nutty
Shaggy mane: Coprinus comatus
Colour: White, Edible: Mushrooms
Coral tooth fungus: Hericium coralloides
Colour: White, Edible: Mushrooms
Palmyra palm: Borassus flabellifer
Colour: Brown, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Nuts, Culinary Group: Tropical fruits
Air potato: Dioscorea bulbifera
Colour: Brown, Edible: Tubers and roots, Culinary Group: Tuber and root vegetables, Taste: neutral
Hemp: Cannabis sativa var. sativa
Colour: Green, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Culinary Group: Oil plants, Culinary Group: Plant milk
White-fleshed Dragon Fruit: Hylocereus undatus
Colour: Magenta, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Tropical fruits
Red Dragon Fruit: Hylocereus cf. monacanthus
Colour: Magenta, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Tropical fruits
Leafy goosefoot: Blitum virgatum ‘Strawberry-Sticks’
Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Fruits, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables
Aloe vera
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables, Taste: neutral
Korean dogwood: Cornus kousa
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
Doussi: Afzelia africana
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Thickeners
Breadfruit: Artocarpus altilis (unripe)
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables, Culinary Group: Flour substitutes
Lemon Verbena: Aloysia citrodora
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Kitchen herbs
Tindola: Coccinia grandis
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables
Magenta cherry: Syzygium paniculatum
Colour: Magenta, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits, Culinary Group: Bush food
Sticky nightshade: Solanum sisymbriifolium
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Fruit vegetables
Sinofranchetia chinensis
Colour: Violet, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits, Taste: sweet
Lipo lemon: Citrus limon x Citrus paradisi ‚Lipo‘
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
Striped bitter orange: Citrus × aurantium ‘Fasciata’ (unripe)
Colour: Multicoloured, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
