LIST OF CULINARY VEGETABLES

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This is a list of vegetables in the culinary sense, which means it includes some botanical fruits like pumpkins and doesn't include herbs, spices, cereals and most culinary fruits and culinary nuts. Some culinary vegetables (seaweeds like nori) are not even members of the plant kingdom.

Contents
Western brassicas
Asian brassicas
Leafy and salad vegetables
Fruiting and flowering vegetables
Podded vegetables
Bulb and stem vegetables
Root and tuberous vegetables
Sea vegetables
See also

Western brassicas


Closeup of romanesco broccoli.


Broccoli (''Brassica oleracea'' Italica group)

Brussels sprout (''Brassica oleracea'' Gemmifera group)

Cabbage (''Brassica oleracea'' Capitata group)

Cauliflower (''Brassica oleracea'' Botrytis group)

Kale (''Brassica oleracea'' Acephala group)

Rapini (''Brassica rapa'' var. ''ruvo'')

Asian brassicas



Kai-lan (''Brassica rapa'' var. ''alboglabra'')

Bok choy (also spelt ''Bok choi'')(''Brassica rapa'' var. ''chinensis'') (''Brassica rapa'' var. ''pekinensis'')

Komatsuna (''Brassica rapa'' var. ''perviridis'')

Mizuna greens (''Brassica rapa'' var. ''nipposinica'')

Mustard greens (''Brassica juncea'')

Salad rape (''Brassica napus'')

Leafy and salad vegetables


Main articles: leaf vegetable

garden cress

Iceberg lettuce field in Northern Santa Barbara County

Spinach in flower


Amaranth (''Amaranthus cruentus'')

Arugula (''Eruca sativa'')

Bitterleaf (''Vernonia calvoana'')

Catsear (''Hypochaeris radicata'')

Celtuce (''Lactuca sativa'' var. ''asparagina'')

Ceylon spinach (''Basella alba'')

Chicory (''Cichorium intybus'')

Chinese Mallow (''Malva verticillata'')

Chrysanthemum (''Chrysanthemum coronarium'')

Corn salad (''Valerianella locusta'')

Cress (''Lepidium sativum'')

Dandelion (''Taraxacum officinale'')

Endive (''Cichorium endivia'')

Epazote (''Chenopodium ambrosioides'')

Fat hen (''Chenopodium album'')

Fiddlehead (''Pteridium aquilinum, Athyrium esculentum'')

Fluted pumpkin (''Telfairia occidentalis'')

Golden samphire (''Inula crithmoides'')

Good King Henry (''Chenopodium bonus-henricus'')

Iceplant (''Mesembryanthemum crystallinum'')

Kuka (''Adansonia'' spp.)

Lagos bologi (''Talinum fruticosum'')

Land cress (''Barbarea verna'')

Lettuce (''Lactuca sativa'')

Lizard's tail (''Houttuynia cordata'')

Melokhia (''Corchorus olitorius, Corchorus capsularis'')

Mustard (''Sinapis alba'')

New Zealand Spinach (''Tetragonia tetragonioides'')

Orache (''Atriplex hortensis'')

Polk (''Phytolacca americana'')

Radicchio (''Cichorium intybus'')

Samphire (''Crithmum maritimum'')

Sea beet (''Beta vulgaris'' subsp. ''maritima'')

Seakale (''Crambe maritima'')

Sierra Leone bologi (''Crassocephalum'' spp.)

Soko (''Celosia argentea'')

Sorrel (''Rumex acetosa'')

Spinach (''Spinacia oleracea'')

Summer purslane (''Portulaca oleracea'')

Swiss chard (''Beta vulgaris'' subsp. ''cicla'' var. ''flavescens'')

Watercress (''Nasturtium officinale'')

Water spinach (''Ipomoea aquatica'')

Winter purslane (''Claytonia perfoliata'')

Fruiting and flowering vegetables



Pumpkins


Armenian cucumber (''Cucumis melo'' Flexuosus group)

Eggplant or Aubergine (''Solanum melongena'')

Avocado (''Persea americana'')

Bell pepper (''Capsicum annuum'')

Bitter melon (''Momordica charantia'')

Caigua (''Cyclanthera pedata'')

Cayenne pepper (''Capsicum frutescens'')

Chayote (''Sechium edule'')

Chili pepper (''Capsicum annuum'' Longum group)

Cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'')

Globe Artichoke (''Cynara scolymus'')

Luffa (''Luffa acutangula, Luffa aegyptiaca'')

Malabar gourd (''Cucurbita ficifolia'')

Marrow (''Cucurbita pepo'')

Parwal (''Trichosanthes dioica'')

Perennial cucumber (''Coccinia grandis'')

Pumpkin (''Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita pepo'')

Snake gourd (''Trichosanthes cucumerina'')

Sweetcorn (''Zea mays'')

Sweet pepper (''Capsicum annuum'' Grossum group)

Tinda (''Praecitrullus fistulosus'')

Tomato (''Lycopersicon esculentum'')

Tomatillo (''Physalis ixocarpa, Physalis philadelphica'')

Watermelon (''Citrullus lanatus'')

Winter melon (''Benincasa hispida'')

West Indian gherkin (''Cucumis anguria'')

Zucchini or Courgette (''Cucurbita pepo'')

Podded vegetables


Diversity in dry common beans

Varieties of soybeans are used for many purposes.


American groundnut (''Apios americana'')

Azuki bean (''Vigna angularis'')

Black-eyed pea (''Vigna unguiculata'' subsp. ''unguiculata'')

Chickpea (''Cicer arietinum'')

Drumstick (''Moringa oleifera'')

Dolichos bean (''Lablab purpureus'')

Fava bean (''Vicia faba'')

French bean (''Phaseolus vulgaris'')

Guar (''Cyamopsis tetragonoloba'')

Horse gram (''Macrotyloma uniflorum'')

Indian pea (''Lathyrus sativus'')

Lentil (''Lens culinaris'')

Lima bean (''Phaseolus lunatus'')

Moth bean (''Vigna acontifolia'')

Mung bean (''Vigna radiata'')

Okra (''Abelmoschus esculentus'')

Pea (''Pisum sativum'')

Peanut (''Arachis hypogaea'')

Pigeon pea (''Cajanus cajan'')

Rice bean (''Vigna umbellatta'')

Runner bean (''Phaseolus coccineus'')

Soybean (''Glycine max'')

Tarwi (''Lupinus mutabilis'')

Tepary bean (''Phaseolus acutifolius'')

Urad bean (''Vigna mungo'')

Velvet bean (''Mucuna pruriens'')

Winged bean (''Psophocarpus tetragonolobus'')

Yardlong bean (''Vigna unguiculata'' subsp. ''sesquipedalis'')

Bulb and stem vegetables


Garlic bulbs and individual cloves, one peeled.


Asparagus (''Asparagus officinalis'')

Cardoon (''Cynara cardunculus'')

Celeriac (''Apium graveolens'' var. ''rapaceum'')

Celery (''Apium graveolens'')

Elephant Garlic (''Allium ampeloprasum'' var. ''ampeloprasum'')

Florence fennel (''Foeniculum vulgare'' var. ''dulce'')

Garlic (''Allium sativum'')

Kohlrabi (''Brassica oleracea'' Gongylodes group)

Kurrat (''Allium ampeloprasum'' var. ''kurrat'')

Leek (''Allium porrum'')

Nopal (''Opuntia ficus-indica'')

Onion (''Allium cepa'')

Prussian asparagus (''Ornithogalum pyrenaicum'')

Rhubarb (''Rheum'' x ''cultorum'')

Shallot (''Allium cepa'' Aggregatum group)

Welsh onion (''Allium fistulosum'')

Wild leek (''Allium tricoccum'')

Root and tuberous vegetables


Carrots come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes

Potatoes are one of the most used staple foods.

bunch of radishes


Acorn squash (''Cucurbita pepo'')

Ahipa (''Pachyrhizus ahipa'')

Arracacha (''Arracacia xanthorrhiza''))

Bamboo shoot

Beetroot (''Beta vulgaris'' subsp. ''vulgaris'')

Black cumin (''Bunium persicum'')

Broadleaf arrowhead (''Sagittaria latifolia'')

Canna (''Canna'' spp.)

Carrot (''Daucus carota'')

Cassava (''Manihot esculenta'')

Chinese artichoke (''Stachys affinis'')

Daikon (''Raphanus sativus'' Longipinnatus group)

Earthnut pea (''Lathyrus tuberosus'')

Elephant Foot yam (''Amorphophallus_paeoniifolius'')

Ensete (''Ensete ventricosum'')

Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'')

Gobo (''Arctium lappa'')

Hamburg parsley (''Petroselinum crispum'' var. ''tuberosum'')

Jerusalem artichoke (''Helianthus tuberosus'')

Jícama (''Pachyrhizus erosus'')

Parsnip (''Pastinaca sativa'')

Pattypan squash

Pignut (''Conopodium majus'')

Plectranthus (''Plectranthus'' spp.)

Potato (''Solanum tuberosum'')

Prairie turnip (''Psoralea esculenta'')

Radish (''Raphanus sativus'')

Rutabaga (''Brassica napus'' Napobrassica group)

Salsify (''Tragopogon porrifolius'')

Scorzonera (''Scorzonera hispanica'')

Skirret (''Sium sisarum'')

Taro (''Colocasia esculenta'')

Ti (''Cordyline fruticosa'')

Tigernut (''Cyperus esculentus'')

Turnip (''Brassica rapa'' Rapifera group)

Ulluco (''Ullucus tuberosus'')

Wasabi (''Wasabia japonica'')

Water chestnut (''Eleocharis dulcis'')

Yacón (''Smallanthus sonchifolius'')

Yam (''Dioscorea'' spp.)

Sea vegetables


The Caulerpa is a genus of edible Seaweed.


★ ''Aonori'' (''Monostroma'' spp., ''Enteromorpha'' spp.)

Carola (''Callophyllis variegata'')

Dabberlocks (''Alaria esculenta'')

Dulse (''Palmaria palmata'')

★ ''Hijiki'' (''Hizikia fusiformis'')

★ ''Kombu'' (''Laminaria japonica'')

★ ''Mozuku'' (''Cladosiphon okamuranus'')

★ ''Nori'' (''Porphyra'' spp.)

★ ''Ogonori'' (''Gracilaria'' spp.)

Sea grape (''Caulerpa'' spp.)

Sea lettuce (''Ulva lactuca'')

★ ''Wakame'' (''Undaria pinnatifida'')

See also



List of edible seeds

List of fruits

List of plants with edible leaves

Root vegetable

Vegetable juice

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