Which edible plant is also known as Lady's Fingers or Gumbo?
"three gumbo recipes. ""Oyster Gumbo Soup"" used a filé base, while ""Ochra Gumbo"" and ""Chicken Gumbo"" used okra as a base. Four years later, the cookbook ""La Cuisine Creole"" documented eight varieties of gumbo. None used sausage, but almost all of them contained ham. Until the 1970s, gumbo was primarily popular on the Gulf Coast of the United States. It gained a broader profile after the death of United States Senator Allen Ellender. A native of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, Ellender had often cooked gumbo for his colleagues, including five American presidents. After Ellender died in 1972, the Senate directed that"
"Lady Finger banana Lady Finger bananas (also known as Sugar bananas, Sucrier, Niños, Bocadillos, Fig bananas, or Date bananas) are diploid cultivars of ""Musa acuminata"". Their fruits are small, thin-skinned, and very sweet. The Lady Finger banana is a diploid (AA) cultivar of the seeded banana ""Musa acuminata"". They were once placed under the Sucrier group in the old system of classification. Its official designation is ""Musa"" (AA) 'Lady Finger'. Synonyms include: It is known in English as Lady finger banana, Sugar banana, Finger banana, Fig banana, Date banana, or Sucrier. In the US, this cultivar is also known as"
"and light yellow. The skin is thin and the flesh is sweet. 12 to 20 fingers are borne in each hand, with each bunch typically having 10 to 14 hands. Lady Finger bananas are eaten fresh or used in desserts. They are known for being sweeter than the common Cavendish-type bananas. Dwarf Lady Finger bananas, typically growing only up to 15 ft in height, are also cultivated as houseplants. Lady Finger are vulnerable to Black sigatoka and very susceptible to the Panama disease. Lady Finger banana Lady Finger bananas (also known as Sugar bananas, Sucrier, Niños, Bocadillos, Fig bananas, or"
"'Glui Leb Mu Nang', a name of Thai origin popularized by Agristarts. The Thai name is กล้วยเล็บมือนาง (RTGS: kluai Leb Mu Nang, IPA: [kluːəj Leb Mu Nang], lit. 'finger lady') and the Malaysian name is ""pisang mas"". Similarly, in Cambodia, it is referred to as ""chek pong moan"" (), lit. 'chicken-egg banana', where it is considered the national fruit of Cambodia by royal decree. In Venezuela, they are known as ""cambures titiaros"". In Australia, the name 'Lady Finger banana' refers to another banana cultivar, the Pome banana (""Musa acuminata"" × ""balbisiana"" Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Pome'). In Hawaii and the"
"the others being found in South America. Several species of ""Vernonia"", including ""V. calvoana"", ""V. amygdalina"", and ""V. colorata"", are eaten as leaf vegetables. Common names for these species include bitterleaf, onugbu in the Igbo language, ewuro and ndole. They are common in most West African and Central African countries. They are one of the most widely consumed leaf vegetables of Nigeria, where the onugbu soup is a local delicacy of the Igbo people, and of Cameroon, where they are a key ingredient of Ndolé. The leaves have a sweet and bitter taste. They are sold fresh or dried, and"
"and pinnate with 7-11 leaflets, each leaflet broad ovate, 4–10 cm long and 2–5 cm broad. The gumbo-limbo is comically referred to as the tourist tree because the tree's bark is red and peeling, like the skin of sunburnt tourists, who are a common sight in the plant's range. The tree yields some ripe fruit year-round, but the main fruiting season is March and April in the northern part of the plant's range. The fruit is a small three-valved capsule encasing a single seed which is covered in a red fatty aril (seedcoat) of 5–6 mm diameter. Both ripe and"
"self-described ""Gumbo Capital of the World"", Bridge City, Louisiana, holds an annual Gumbo Festival. The festival features gumbo cooked in a cast-iron pot 3 ft (0.9 m) deep and in diameter. More commonly, festival gumbo pots measure 2 ft (0.6 m) in depth and diameter. Gumbo Gumbo () is a stew popular in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and is the official state cuisine. Gumbo consists primarily of a strongly-flavored stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener, and what Louisianians call the ""Holy Trinity"" of vegetables, namely celery, bell peppers, and onions. Gumbo is often categorized by the type of thickener"
"""green beans"", ""kangkung"", """"lady's fingers"""" (""bendi""), ""leeks"", ""lettuce"", ""lotus root"", ""maize"" (""jagung""), napa cabbage (""kobis cina""), sweet potatoes (""ubi keledek""), spring onions (""daun bawang""), Sauropus androgynus (""cekur manis or sayur manis""), pumpkin (""labu""), shiitake mushrooms (""cendawan""), stink beans (better known as ""petai""), tapioca (""ubi kayu""), taro or yam (""ubi keladi""), tomatoes, yambean or turnip, turmeric (""kunyit""), and yardlong beans (""kacang panjang""). In some areas in Malaysia local produce is grown on a small scale, and many rural communities like the Peninsular Orang Asli and certain tribal peoples of Sarawak forage wild edible ferns or vegetables to supplement their diet. ""Diplazium"
"and its seed pods are also known as ""lady's fingers"". In various Bantu languages, okra is called ""(ki)ngombo"" or a variant, and this is possibly the origin of the name ""gumbo"", used in parts of the United States and the English-speaking Caribbean (via Portuguese ""quingombo""). In India, it is known by the names ""vendakkai"" (alternatively ""bendakkai"") and ""bhindi"". Okra is an allopolyploid of uncertain parentage (proposed parents include ""Abelmoschus ficulneus"", ""A. tuberculatus"" and a reported ""diploid"" form of okra). Truly wild (as opposed to naturalised) populations are not known with certainty and the species may be a cultigen. The geographical"
"Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo or gingko (both pronounced ), also known as the maidenhair tree, is the only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct. It is found in fossils dating back 270 million years. Native to China, the tree is widely cultivated, and was cultivated early in human history. It has various uses in traditional medicine and as a source of food. The genus name ""Ginkgo"" is regarded as a misspelling of the Japanese ""gin kyo"", ""silver apricot"", which is derived from the Chinese used in Chinese herbalism literature such as ""Shaoxing"
"West Indies, 'Lady Finger' is also used to describe the Ney Poovan banana cultivar (""Musa acuminata"" × ""balbisiana"" Colla (AB Group) cv. 'Ney Poovan'). Lady Finger bananas can grow at a height of 25 ft (7.5 m). Its pseudostem is slender and streaked with reddish brown, but it has a heavy root system that makes it resistant to wind damage. It is resistant to drought and Black Weevil, but is susceptible to Sigatoka. It blooms during mid-summer, late summer, and early fall. It is monocarpic and is propagated asexually. The fruit is 4 to 5 inches (10-12.5 cm) in length,"
"Jimbu Jimbu is an herb belonging to the onion family, used extensively in some regions of Nepal and in some central Himalayan states of India, like Uttarakhand, where it is called Jamboo / Faran . It is composed of two species of ""Allium"", ""A. hypsistum"" and ""A. przewalskianum"". The herb, which has a taste in between onion and chives, is most commonly used dried. In the Mustang district of Nepal, it is used to flavor vegetables, pickles, and meat. In the rest of Nepal it is most commonly used to flavor urad dal or lentils. The dried leaves are fried"
"is called Kubhindo, it is cooked as a vegetable when young, but the ripe gourds are usually popular in making preserves or crystallized candied sweet known as ""murabba"" or ""petha"". Occasionally, it is used to produce a fruit drink with a very distinctive taste. It is usually sweetened with caramelized sugar. In Southeast Asia, the drink is widely marketed as wax gourd tea or wax gourd punch. The shoots, tendrils, and leaves of the plant may also be eaten as greens. Wax gourd Benincasa hispida, the wax gourd, also called ash gourd, white gourd, winter gourd, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin,"
"Stem, Taro Corm, Taro Root / Taro Shoots, Bean, Black Bengal gram, Bamboo, Lady Finger, Cucumber, Pomelo, Betel leaf, Betel nut, Wood apple, Potato, Turmeric, Onion, Garlic, Ginger , Sugar cane, Mustard seed, Sesbania Grandiflora, Ash Gourd, Teasle Gourd, Sesame seed, Nigella Seed, Coriander, Green Coriander Leaf, Star Anise, Anise/ Aniseed, Fennel, Fenugreek, Green Chili, Red Chili, Mint, Fresh Mint/ Mint leaf, Celery, Basil, Cabbage, Bay Leaf, Spinach and Fenugreek Leaf. Each family has a pond for raising fish, fulfilling local demand and for occasional sales. Cattle are also raised for agricultural cultivation, and local milk and meat demand. The"
"Bantu. Iribi (Vegetables /Greens) Examples include ""osubi"" (bean leaves, also called ""gobe""), ""murabi"" – type of mundrokolo or mundrokole, ""agobi"" (pumpkin leaves), ""ijiribi"", ""itobi"", ""okaka bi"", ""alukutubi"" (creeping greens), ""asuaka"", ""malakwang"" – very popular in northern Uganda, ""biringanya"" (eggplant), ""nyanya"" (tomatoes), ""ntula"" (green berries), ""awubi"", ""banda bi"" (cassava leaves), ""kili wiri"", ""pala bi"" (jute leaves), ""jambala"" (beans and greens without g-nut paste), ""bamia"" (okra), ""murukulu"" (okra with g-nut stew), ""alutukubi"", ""jupa"", nakati, ""atrebi-okaka bi"", ""orukwa"" (A certain kind of dodo greens), ""njarunjaru"" (greens and beans), ""osu nyirikia bi"" (leaves of tiny beans), French beans, ""sukuma wiki"" plus ""kebeji"" (cabbages). ""Waarla"""
"acid, which is somewhat toxic and might even destroy the testicles after prolonged use. Bitter kola (""G. kola"") seeds are used in folk medicine. ""G. mannii"" is popular as a chew stick in western Africa, freshening the breath and cleaning the teeth. ""G. subelliptica"", called ""fukugi"" in Japanese, is the floral emblem of Mobuto and Tarama on Okinawa. The Malaysian town of Beruas – often spelled ""Bruas"" – derives its name from the seashore mangosteen (""G. hombroniana""), known locally as ""pokok bruas"". The Plant List (2013) lists 395 species including: Garcinia Garcinia is a plant genus of the family Clusiaceae"
"mammals comes from inhaling the powdered root or root extract. Deguelia utilis Deguelia utilis, syn. ""Lonchocarpus utilis"" (cubé, (common) lancepod or barbasco) is plant species in the Fabaceae family. It is native to the tropical forests of Peru, as well as of Brazil and Guyana, growing from above sea level. Cubé resin, the root extract from cubé and from barbasco (""Lonchocarpus urucu""), is used as a commercial insecticide and piscicide (fish poison). The major active ingredients are rotenone and deguelin. Although ""organic"" (produced by nature) rotenone is no longer considered an environmentally safe chemical. Cubé is toxic to insects, fish,"
"hillsides where the plants grow. A profitable crop near the household can benefit women in particular, mainly because it is easier for them to be involved and tend to the Jimbu plants. Jimbu Jimbu is an herb belonging to the onion family, used extensively in some regions of Nepal and in some central Himalayan states of India, like Uttarakhand, where it is called Jamboo / Faran . It is composed of two species of ""Allium"", ""A. hypsistum"" and ""A. przewalskianum"". The herb, which has a taste in between onion and chives, is most commonly used dried. In the Mustang district"
"orally at 300–900 mg/kg/day showed significant antimalarial activity against both early and established infections. Uvaria chamae Uvaria chamae, commonly known as finger root or bush banana is a climbing large shrub or small tree native to tropical West and Central Africa where it grows in wet and dry forests and coastal scrublands. The common name refers to the fruit growing in its small bunches; the fruit is edible and widely eaten. ""U. chamae"" is a medicinal plant used throughout its range to treat fevers and has antibiotic properties. Among 120 plant species tested the root bark of Uvaria was found"
"Choke cherry, Pin cherry, Bitter cherry, Red alder, Mountain alder, Paper birch, Water birch, Black cottonwood, Balsam poplar, Trembling aspen. Plant foods traditionally contributed only a part of the total food intake of coastal First Nations peoples of British Columbia, though they contributed to most of the material good produced. Among the plant foods used, berries, some roots (for example the Camas Lily – part of the Camassia family), cambium noodles (inner bark of hemlock), and seaweeds were (and to an extent still are) important. Animal products were traditionally far more important than plant foods in terms of quantity consumed;"
"Cymbopogon Cymbopogon, better known as lemongrass, is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family. Some species (particularly ""Cymbopogon citratus"") are commonly cultivated as culinary and medicinal herbs because of their scent, resembling that of lemons (""Citrus limon""). Common names include lemon grass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, citronella grass, cha de Dartigalongue, fever grass, tanglad, hierba Luisa, or gavati chahapati, amongst many others. Lemongrass is widely used as a culinary herb in Asian cuisines and also as a medicinal herb in India. It has a subtle citrus flavor and can be dried and"
"Decaisnea Decaisnea, known commonly as dead man's fingers, blue bean plant or blue sausage fruit, is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lardizabalaceae. It is native to eastern Asia, from China west to Nepal and south to Myanmar. The genus consists of one or two species, depending on taxonomic opinion. ""Decaisnea insignis"" (Griffith) Hook.f. & Thomson was described from Nepal, and is sometimes restricted to the plants occurring in the Himalaya, with Chinese plants distinguished as ""Decaisnea fargesii"" Franchet. The only cited distinction between the plants from the two regions is the fruit colour, yellow-green in ""D. insignis"""
"be eaten as a palatable and nutritious leaf vegetable. It is often seen as a weed and rarely cultivated. A yellow dye can be produced from this plant with alum used as a mordant. Persicaria maculosa Persicaria maculosa (syn. ""Polygonum persicaria"") is an annual plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Common names include lady's thumb, spotted lady's thumb, Jesusplant, and redshank. It is widespread across Eurasia from Iceland south to Portugal and east to Japan. It is also present as an introduced and invasive species in North America, where it was first noted in the Great Lakes region in 1843"
"15,000 fruits, translating into a raw lipid yield of over 200 grams per harvest), individual seeds are small and cumbersome to harvest. Gumbo-limbo's rapid growth, ease and low cost of propagation, and ecological versatility makes it highly recommended as a ""starter"" tree in reforestation, even of degraded habitat, and it performs much better overall in such a role than most exotic species. The resin is used as a treatment for gout, while the leaves are brewed into a medicinal tea. Hexane extracts of the leaves have been shown to possess anti-inflammatory properties in animal tests. Gumbo-limbo bark is an antidote"
"pulp is still slightly bitter, the Bushman seem to relish eating them, sucking out the contents and either spitting out or chewing up the plentiful seeds. Acanthosicyos Acanthosicyos is a genus of thorny shrubs of the botanical family Cucurbitaceae, subfamily Cucurbitoideae. The genus name derives from the Greek words """"akantha"""" for thorn and """"sykios"""" for cucumber or gourd. Endemic to the Namib Desert in Africa, this genus is represented by two known species including ""Acanthosicyos horridus"", the nara melon, an important food plant in its native range. The Gemsbok cucumber (""Acanthosicyos naudinianus"") is found as a trailing herb throughout much"
"underside and yellowish cap of the fruit bodies, although this vernacular name is also used for ""Discina perlata"". Other English common names for this species include clustered chanterelle and violet chanterelle. Gray coined the name clubbed gomphe. In the Sherpa language of Nepal the fungus is known as ""Eeshyamo"" (""mother-in-law""), as its imposing fruit body is reminiscent of a mother-in-law, who has a dominant role in a Sherpa family. The basidiocarps, or fruit bodies, of immature ""Gomphus clavatus"" are club-shaped and have one cap or pileus, but later spread out and have a so-called ""merismatoid"" appearance—several vase-shaped caps rising from"
"Ximenia americana Ximenia americana, commonly known as tallow wood, hog plum, yellow plum, sea lemon, or pi'ut (Chamorro), is a small sprawling tree of woodlands native to the tropics. Leaves are oval shaped, bright green and have a strong smell of almonds. Flowers are pale in color. Fruits are lemon-yellow or orange-red. The fruits have a pleasant plum-like flavor. In Asia, the young leaves are cooked as a vegetable. However, the leaves also contain cyanide and need to be thoroughly cooked, and should not be eaten in large amounts. Ximenia americana was investigated by researchers from Nigeria's Ahmadu Bello University."
"when in bud, resemble sea shells. Other common names in English include ""pink porcelain lily"", ""variegated ginger, ""butterfly ginger"", and ""light galangal"". In Japanese it is known as ""gettō""' (ゲットウ). In Okinawan, it is known as ""sannin"". In Chinese, it is known as ""yàn shānjiāng"" (艳山姜) or ""yuetao"" (月桃). The plant's long leaf blades are used for wrapping zongzi, a traditional Chinese dish made of rice stuffed with different fillings. In Okinawa, Japan, ""A. zerumbet"" is known in the local dialect as ""sannin"", or in Japanese as ""getto"". Its leaves are sold for making an herbal tea and are also"
"Digitaria Digitaria is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are slender monocotyledonous annual and perennial lawn, pasture, and forage plants; some are often considered lawn pests. ""Digitus"" is the Latin word for ""finger"", and they are distinguished by the long, finger-like inflorescences they produce. ""Digitaria"" species occur in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions of both hemispheres. Though some ""Digitaria"" species are weeds, others have uses, especially as food. The seeds, most notably those of fonio, can be toasted and ground into a flour,"
"fruit for culinary purposes, although in botany they are classified as fruit). Pawpaw fruits have a sweet, custardish flavor somewhat similar to banana, mango, and cantaloupe, and are commonly eaten raw, but are also used to make ice cream and baked desserts. This plant's scientific name is ""Asimina triloba."" The genus name ""Asimina"" is adapted from the Native American (probably Miami-Illinois) name ""assimin"" or ""rassimin"" through the French colonial ""asiminier."" The epithet ""triloba"" in the species' scientific name refers to the flowers' three-lobed calices and doubly three-lobed corollas, the shape not unlike a tricorne hat. The common name of this"
"Nelumbo Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers. Members are commonly called lotus, though ""lotus"" is a name also applied to various other plants and plant groups, including the unrelated genus ""Lotus"". Members outwardly resemble those in the family Nymphaeaceae (""water lilies""), but ""Nelumbo"" is actually very distant to Nymphaeaceae. ""Nelumbo"" is derived from the Sinhalese word ""neḷum"", the name for the lotus ""Nelumbo nucifera"". There are only two known living species of lotus; ""Nelumbo nucifera"" is native to Asia and is better-known. It is commonly cultivated; it is eaten and used in traditional Chinese medicine."
"and zig-zag plant. In other parts of the world, it is known as gin-ryu (Japan); pokok lipan and penawar lipan (Indonesia); airi, baire, and agia (India); aperejo (Yoruba); sapatinho do diabo (Brazil); itamo real (Puerto Rico); pantoufle (France); and zapatilla del diablo (Mexico). ""Euphorbia tithymaloides"" is native to tropical and subtropical North America and Central America. It prefers soil that is sandy, well-drained, and nutrient-rich, particularly with higher concentrations of boron, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, and zinc. It is relatively intolerant of high soil salinity levels, but exhibits saline tolerance if well fertilized. The plant tends to be taller and"
"at 35% protein and 50% fat is a nutritious food. Cucurbita digitata Cucurbita digitata is a species of flowering plant in the squash family known by the common names fingerleaf gourd and bitter squash. It is similar to ""Cucurbita californica"", ""Cucurbita cordata"", ""Cucurbita cylindrata"", and ""Cucurbita palmata"" and all these species hybridize readily. These species form the only restricted xerophyte species group in the genus ""Cucurbita"". Each member of this species group is native to the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico where they are relatively uncommon. Each group member is found in hot, arid regions with low rainfall. They"