Plants & Human Affairs (BIOL106) - Stephen G. Saupe, Ph.D.; Biology Department, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321; ssaupe@csbsju.edu; http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe |
Vegetative Structures - Answers
I. Which part are you eating?
Examine the table below and indicate which parts that you are
eating.
Table 1. Supermarket Botany |
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Crop |
Native region |
Part eaten/used |
Artichoke |
Mediterranean |
Leaves associated with the flowers, receptacle |
Asparagus* |
Mediterranean |
Young shoot |
Bamboo* |
Asia |
Shoots |
Beet* |
Mediterranean |
Root (red pigment, betalain, not readily digested) |
Bok-Choi |
Asia |
Leaves; this plant is a variety of Fast Plant |
Broccoli* |
Europe |
Immature flower buds and stems |
Brussels Sprouts* |
Europe |
Lateral buds (meristems) |
Carrot* |
Mediterranean |
Root |
Cauliflower* |
Europe |
Immature flower buds (curd) |
Garlic* |
Mediterranean |
Bulb; vegetable |
Kohlrabi* |
Mediterranean |
Veggie, hypocotyl swells to form edible structure,
like an above ground radish |
Leek* |
Near East |
Veggie, bulb |
Lettuce* |
Eurasia |
Veggie, head lettuce is essentially a meristem |
Manioc (Cassava)* |
South America |
Veggie, root, loaded with HCN, must be detoxified
before eating |
Parsnip* |
Mediterranean |
Veggie, root, like a white radish |
Potato � White* |
South America |
Veggie, stem (tuber) |
Radish* |
W. Asia |
Veggie, root or stem (hypocotyl) |
Rhubarb* |
Europe |
Veggie, leaf stalk (petiole) |
Rutabaga* |
Europe |
Veggie, root |
Spinach* |
Asia |
Veggie, leaf |
Turnip* |
Eurasia |
Veggie, root |
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