Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Groups of leaf vegetable

• Leafy vegetables could be grouped into:

  1. Cultivated indigenous vegetables
  2. Uncultivated naturally occurring leafy vegetables
  3. Introduced leaf vegetables
  4. Cultivated perennial leafy vegetables

1. Cultivated indigenous leafy vegetables
A. Amaranthus tricolor
B. Amaranthus viridis
C. Amaranthus dubius
D. Atriples hortensis
E. Anethem rowa
F. Alterneathera sessiles
G. Hibiscus carbis
H. Coriandrum sativan
I.Portulaca grandiflora
J. Trigonella foenum gracum

2. Non cultivated naturally growing leafy vegetables
A. Alternanthera echinate
B. Amaranthus sessiles
C. Amaranthus caudetus
D. Amaranthus gangeticus
E. Amaranthus polygamus
F. Amaranthus spinosus
G.Centella asiatica
H.Celosia argentia
I. Coleus amboinicus
J. Jatropa prostrate
K. Oxalis carniculate

3. Perennial greens
A. Subania grandiflora
B. Moringa olerifera
C. Sauropus androgynus
D. Tamarindus indica

4. Introduced leafy vegetables
Spinach, Celery, Lettuce. Parsely, Basella, Ceylon (Talinium triangulare) etc,.