The Botanical Cabinet
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Common bearberry: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Colour: Red, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Stone fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
Cleopatra mandarin: Citrus reshni
Colour: Orange, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
Variegated lemon: Citrus × limon ‚Foliis Variegatis‘
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
Gooseberry: Ribes uva-crispa
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Soft fruits
Listata Bitter Orange: Citrus × aurantium ‘Listata’
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
Centennial Variegated Kumquat: Citrus japonica ‘Centennial Variegated’
Colour: Orange, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
Dead man’s fingers: Decaisnea fargesii
Colour: Blue, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Wild fruits
The bizarre lemon: Citrus × lemon ‘Bizzarro’
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits
Malabar spinach: Basella alba
Colour: Green, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables, Culinary Group: Thickeners
Ceasar’s mushroom: Amanita caesarea
Colour: Orange, Edible: Mushrooms
Amaranthus cruentus x powellii ‘Hopi red dye’
Colour: Violet, Edible: Seeds and kernels, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Pseudocereals, Culinary Group: Brassica and leaf vegetables, Taste: neutral
Wild Garlic: Allium ursinum
Colour: Green, Edible: Flowers and buds, Edible: Leaves and herbs, Culinary Group: Wild vegetables, Culinary Group: Kitchen herbs, Culinary Group: Wild herbs
Hardy Begonia: Begonia grandis x Begonia evansiana
Colour: Magenta, Edible: Flowers and buds, Culinary Group: Wild herbs
Buddha’s Hand: Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis
Colour: Yellow, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
Bergamot orange: Citrus bergamia
Colour: Green, Edible: Fruits, Culinary Group: Citrus fruits, Culinary Group: Spices and flavours
