AgriNexus Intelligence
Agricultural Knowledge Platform
The canonical source of truth for crops, varieties, diseases, and pests across AgriNexus - every module reads from here instead of duplicating agricultural data.
AgriNexus Intelligence
Agricultural Knowledge Platform
The canonical source of truth for crops, varieties, diseases, and pests across AgriNexus - every module reads from here instead of duplicating agricultural data.
1,215crops in the registry
1215 entries
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Abaca (Manila hemp)
Musa textilis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000725
A banana relative native to the Philippines, grown for the strong leaf-sheath fiber used in marine rope, specialty paper including tea bags, and cordage.
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Abiu
Pouteria caimito
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000475
A tropical tree bearing yellow, translucent-skinned fruit with sweet, gelatinous pulp.
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Abyssinian crambe
Crambe abyssinica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000436
An oilseed crop grown for its erucic acid-rich seed oil, used in industrial lubricants and plastics.
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Acai
Euterpe oleracea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000483
An Amazonian palm producing small dark purple berries valued for their pulp, widely used in juices and health foods.
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Acerola
Malpighia emarginata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000485
A small tropical shrub producing a cherry-like fruit exceptionally rich in vitamin C, eaten fresh or processed.
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Achacha
Garcinia humilis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001020
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Achira / Edible canna
Canna indica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000353
Grown for its large starchy rhizome, used for food and starch extraction in the Andes and Southeast Asia.
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Achocha
Cyclanthera pedata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000422
An Andean climbing vine grown for its hollow, spiny fruit, eaten cooked or stuffed.
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Ackee
Blighia sapida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000471
A tropical tree bearing a fruit whose ripened, opened aril is cooked as a food; unripe or unopened fruit is toxic.
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Adzuki bean
Vigna angularis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000076
An annual pulse grown primarily in East Asia for its small red seeds, commonly used in sweet pastes and desserts.
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African breadfruit
Treculia africana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000262
A West and Central African forest tree whose large fruit contains edible
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African grape (raisin tree)
Lannea microcarpa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000267
A West African savanna tree bearing small edible fruit often dried like raisins.
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African horned cucumber (Kiwano)
Cucumis metuliferus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000408
An African vine producing spiny orange fruit with jelly-like green flesh, eaten fresh.
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African locust bean
Parkia biglobosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000114
A leguminous tree of West African savannas whose seeds are fermented into a protein-rich condiment (dawadawa/iru).
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African Mango
Irvingia gabonensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000646
Tree native to West and Central Africa, cultivated for its fruit and oil-rich seed kernels, known as dika nut, used to thicken soups and produce oil.
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African marigold
Tagetes erecta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000294
Annual herb cultivated for cut flowers, garlands, and ornamental bedding, and also for extraction of marigold pigment.
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African nightshade
Solanum scabrum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000153
Leafy vegetable widely grown in sub-Saharan Africa for its edible leaves, cooked as a potherb.
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African pear (safou)
Dacryodes edulis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000263
A Central and West African tree producing an oily, plum-like fruit that is typically roasted or boiled before eating.
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African rice
Oryza glaberrima
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000055
A rice species independently domesticated in West Africa, distinct from Asian rice.
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African star apple
Chrysophyllum albidum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000264
A West African forest tree producing a sweet-tart fruit with star-patterned seed cavities
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African star grass
Cynodon nlemfuensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000771
Vigorous high-yielding perennial pasture grass grown for grazing in the tropics.
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African teak
Milicia excelsa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001021
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African walnut
Tetracarpidium conophorum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000245
A West African climbing tree cultivated for its edible
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African wild lettuce
Launaea taraxacifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000296
Leafy vegetable native to West Africa with dandelion-like leaves, eaten cooked or raw.
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African yam bean
Sphenostylis stenocarpa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000095
A West African legume grown for both its edible seeds and tuberous roots.
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Agarwood
Aquilaria malaccensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000226
Tree cultivated in plantations across Southeast Asia for its resin-infused heartwood, highly valued in perfumery and traditional medicine.
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Agarwood (oud)
Aquilaria crassna
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000928
Fungal-infected heartwood produces agarwood resin distilled into oud oil for perfumery.
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Agretti
Salsola soda
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000957
An annual succulent grown mainly in Italy for its thin, grass-like, salty-flavored stems used in salads.
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Ahipa
Pachyrhizus ahipa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000126
An Andean legume grown for its edible tuberous root, similar in use to jicama.
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Aibika
Abelmoschus manihot
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000161
A leafy hibiscus relative grown as a green vegetable in the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.
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Aidan tree
Tetrapleura tetraptera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000241
A West African tree whose aromatic, ridged seed pods (prekese) are used as a food seasoning and traditional remedy.
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Air potato
Dioscorea bulbifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000339
Yam species that produces edible aerial bulbils above ground in addition to underground tubers.
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Aji chili
Capsicum baccatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000167
South American chili pepper species grown for its fruity, moderately hot fruits.
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Ajwain
Trachyspermum ammi
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000662
Annual herb whose small pungent seeds, tasting of thyme, are used as a spice in South Asian cooking.
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Alexanders
Smyrnium olusatrum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001022
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Alfalfa (lucerne)
Medicago sativa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000100
A perennial forage legume grown extensively for hay, silage, and grazing due to its high protein content and deep root system.
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Allspice
Pimenta dioica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000656
Evergreen tree whose dried unripe berries taste of cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg combined.
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Almond
Prunus dulcis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000549
A stone fruit tree cultivated for its edible kernel (the almond nut) rather than the fleshy fruit.
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Almond mushroom
Agaricus subrufescens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000871
A relative of the button mushroom with an almond-like aroma, cultivated in Brazil and Asia both as a food and for its purported medicinal beta-glucan content.
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Aloe Vera
Aloe vera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000779
Succulent whose leaf gel is widely used topically for skin conditions and in cosmetics, and commercially cultivated across arid and subtropical regions.
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Alpine currant
Ribes alpinum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001023
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Alsike clover
Trifolium hybridum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000144
A perennial forage legume grown for hay and pasture, notably more tolerant of wet and acidic soils than red clover.
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Amaranthus spp
Amaranthus spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001024
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Amaryllis
Hippeastrum x hybridum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000818
Bulbous perennial hybrid grown for its large trumpet-shaped flowers, popular as a cut flower and forced potted bulb.
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Ambarella
Spondias dulcis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000510
A tropical tree, also called golden apple, producing oval fruit with crisp, tangy-sweet flesh.
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American black nightshade
Solanum americanum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000154
A nightshade species whose young leaves are consumed as a cooked leafy vegetable in parts of the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
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American chestnut
Castanea dentata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000605
A once-dominant North American tree producing edible nuts, now rare in the wild due to chestnut blight.
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American elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000984
A North American shrub producing clusters of dark purple-black berries used for jams, syrups, and wine.
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American Ginseng
Panax quinquefolius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000197
North American relative of Asian ginseng cultivated for its root, used similarly in traditional and herbal medicine.
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American gooseberry
Ribes hirtellum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001025
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American groundnut
Apios americana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000127
A North American vine legume grown for its protein-rich edible tubers, historically an important indigenous food crop.
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American oil palm
Elaeis oleifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000978
Fruit mesocarp yields an edible oil and is used in breeding programs to hybridize with African oil palm for disease resistance.
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American pawpaw
Asimina triloba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000535
A cold-hardy relative of tropical custard apples, native to eastern North America, bearing fruit with sweet, custard-like flesh.
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American persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000596
A North American tree producing small orange fruit that is very astringent until fully ripe.
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Andean lupin (tarwi)
Lupinus mutabilis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000093
A high-altitude Andean legume grown for its protein- and oil-rich seeds, traditionally soaked to remove bitter alkaloids before eating.
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Andean yam bean
Pachyrhizus tuberosus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000273
An Amazonian and Andean vining legume grown for its large edible tuberous root, similar in use to jicama.
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Angelica
Angelica archangelica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000700
Biennial herb whose aromatic stems and roots are candied or used to flavor liqueurs and confections.
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Anise
Pimpinella anisum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000657
Annual herb whose licorice-flavored seeds are used as a spice and in liqueurs.
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Anise hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000698
Perennial herb with anise-scented leaves used in teas and as a culinary flavoring.
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Annatto
Bixa orellana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000671
Shrub or small tree whose seeds yield a red-orange dye and mild peppery spice (achiote).
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Annual wild rice
Zizania aquatica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000046
A wild rice species native to eastern North America, closely related to Z. palustris and harvested for grain.
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Anthurium
Anthurium andraeanum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000288
Tropical evergreen perennial grown for its glossy spathe flowers, a major export cut flower from Hawaii and Colombia.
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Apple
Malus domestica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000536
A widely cultivated deciduous tree fruit eaten fresh, cooked, or pressed for juice and cider.
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Apricot
Prunus armeniaca
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000544
A stone fruit tree bearing small orange fruit eaten fresh, dried, or preserved.
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Arabian Jasmine
Jasminum sambac
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000219
Fragrant shrub cultivated for its flowers, used to scent tea and to produce jasmine essential oil for perfumery.
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Arazá
Eugenia stipitata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001026
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Arctic bramble
Rubus arcticus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001000
A low-growing perennial bramble native to northern Europe and Asia producing small aromatic red berries.
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Argan
Argania spinosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000639
Thorny tree endemic to southwestern Morocco, cultivated for its seed kernels, pressed to produce argan oil used in food and cosmetics.
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Armenian cucumber
Cucumis melo var. flexuosus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001027
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Arracacha
Arracacia xanthorrhiza
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000387
Andean root vegetable with a flavor likened to a blend of celery, cabbage, and potato.
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Arrowhead
Sagittaria sagittifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000393
Aquatic plant cultivated for its starchy edible corms, especially in China.
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Arrowleaf clover
Trifolium vesiculosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000778
Annual reseeding forage legume grown for pasture in warm temperate regions.
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Arrowroot
Maranta arundinacea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000352
Grown for its rhizomes, which are processed into an easily digestible starch.
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Arugula
Eruca vesicaria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000189
Peppery-flavored leafy salad vegetable, also known as rocket.
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Arugula (Rocket)
Eruca sativa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000433
A leafy salad green with a peppery flavor, grown for its edible leaves.
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Asafoetida
Ferula assa-foetida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000663
Perennial herb whose dried resinous sap is ground into a pungent spice used in South Asian cooking.
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Ashwagandha
Withania somnifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000202
Shrub whose root is a major adaptogenic herb in Ayurvedic medicine, increasingly cultivated commercially in India and elsewhere.
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Asian Ginseng
Panax ginseng
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000198
Slow-growing forest root crop cultivated mainly in Korea and China, one of the most widely used adaptogenic herbs in traditional medicine.
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Asian pear
Pyrus pyrifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000539
A pear species producing crisp, round, apple-like fruit widely grown in East Asia.
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Asian pigeonwings
Clitoria ternatea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001028
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Asian watermeal
Wolffia globosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000899
The smallest known flowering plant, cultivated in ponds in Southeast Asia (sold as 'mankai') as a high-protein leafy vegetable.
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Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000171
Perennial vegetable grown for its young edible shoots (spears).
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Astaxanthin algae
Haematococcus pluvialis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000894
A freshwater green microalga cultivated commercially in photobioreactors and ponds as the primary natural source of the antioxidant astaxanthin.
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Aster (Crop)
Aster spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001029
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Astilbe
Astilbe x arendsii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000807
Rhizomatous perennial hybrid grown for its feathery flower plumes, used as a cut flower and shade garden ornamental.
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Astragalus
Astragalus membranaceus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000214
Perennial legume cultivated in China for its root, a widely used tonic herb in traditional Chinese medicine.
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Atemoya
Annona × atemoya
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000463
A hybrid between cherimoya and sugar apple producing a knobby-skinned fruit with sweet, creamy pulp.
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Atlas cedar
Cedrus atlantica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000926
Wood is distilled for Atlas cedarwood oil used as a perfumery fixative and in aromatherapy.
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Australian finger lime
Citrus australasica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001030
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Australian sandalwood
Santalum spicatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000914
Heartwood distilled for sandalwood oil
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Autumn olive
Elaeagnus umbellata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000994
A nitrogen-fixing deciduous shrub native to Asia bearing small red speckled berries with a tart-sweet flavor.
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Avocado
Persea americana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000009
A fast-growing horticultural export crop (notably Hass), central highlands and Rift Valley are major production zones.
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Azarole
Crataegus azarolus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000612
A hawthorn species cultivated in the Mediterranean for its small apple-like edible fruit.
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Babaco
Vasconcellea × heilbornii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000521
A subtropical highland hybrid related to papaya, producing a seedless, mildly sweet-tart fruit.
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Babassu Palm
Attalea speciosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000632
Tall palm native to Brazil, cultivated for its seeds, which yield babassu oil used in food and cosmetics.
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Baby sun rose
Aptenia cordifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000958
A trailing succulent with small, glossy, edible leaves used sparingly as a tangy salad garnish.
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Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000290
Perennial herb producing masses of tiny white flowers, used extensively as filler in cut flower bouquets.
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Bacaba palm
Oenocarpus bacaba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000971
Fruit pulp is soaked and strained to make a nutritious purple beverage widely consumed in the Amazon region.
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Bael fruit
Aegle marmelos
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000496
A tree bearing a hard-shelled fruit with aromatic, sweet-tart pulp used fresh and as a beverage.
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Bahia piassava
Attalea funifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000982
Coarse leaf-base fibers are harvested for making brooms, brushes, and ropes, a traditional Brazilian export fiber.
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Balm of Gilead
Commiphora gileadensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000906
Produces an aromatic resin historically used in perfumery and traditional medicine.
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Balsam pear
Momordica balsamina
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000413
A climbing vine grown in parts of Africa and Asia for its young shoots, leaves, and fruit used as a vegetable.
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Bambara groundnut
Vigna subterranea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000074
An African legume that produces its pods underground like peanut, valued for its drought tolerance and complete protein seed.
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Banana
Musa acuminata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000008
A year-round staple and cash crop grown from lowland to mid-altitude zones, both for cooking and dessert varieties.
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Banana passionfruit
Passiflora tripartita
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000519
A high-altitude climbing vine producing elongated yellow fruit with sweet-tart aromatic pulp.
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Baobab
Adansonia digitata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000320
Iconic African tree whose young leaves are dried and used as a leafy vegetable and thickener in stews.
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Barbados gooseberry
Pereskia aculeata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001031
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Barley
Hordeum vulgare
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000054
A major cereal grain used for malting, animal feed, and food, and one of the earliest domesticated crops.
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Barrel medic
Medicago truncatula
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000143
An annual pasture legume widely used in Mediterranean-climate grazing systems and as a model legume in genetic research.
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Bay laurel
Laurus nobilis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000688
Evergreen tree whose dried leaves (bay leaves) flavor soups, stews, and sauces.
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Bee balm
Monarda didyma
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000697
Perennial herb with citrus-mint scented leaves and flowers used to flavor teas.
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Beetroot
Beta vulgaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000367
Grown for its sweet, deep-red swollen root, eaten cooked, pickled, or raw.
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Belladonna
Atropa belladonna
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000233
Perennial herb cultivated under controlled conditions as a source of tropane alkaloids used in conventional pharmaceuticals.
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Bells of Ireland
Molucella laevis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000837
Annual herb grown for its distinctive green bell-shaped calyces, used as a cut flower and dried filler.
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Bergamot orange
Citrus bergamia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000567
A citrus species grown primarily for its aromatic peel oil used in perfumery and flavoring (including Earl Grey tea).
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Berseem clover
Trifolium alexandrinum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000128
An annual forage legume widely grown in the Nile Valley and Mediterranean regions for hay, grazing, and green manure.
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Betel leaf
Piper betle
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000654
Vine whose glossy leaves are chewed with areca nut and used as a wrapping spice/flavoring in South and Southeast Asia.
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Betel Nut
Areca catechu
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000636
Tropical palm native to South and Southeast Asia, cultivated for its seed, chewed traditionally, often wrapped in betel leaf.
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Bianchetto truffle
Tuber borchii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000860
An early-season Italian truffle cultivated on inoculated oak, pine, and poplar saplings, valued as a more affordable alternative to white truffle.
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Bignay
Antidesma bunius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000513
A tropical tree bearing clusters of small, tart berries used fresh and for wine and preserves.
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Bilimbi
Averrhoa bilimbi
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000488
A tropical tree producing small, very sour, cucumber-shaped fruit used in pickles, preserves, and cooking.
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Billy buttons
Craspedia globosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000802
Perennial herb producing spherical golden flower heads on long stems, popular as a cut and dried flower.
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Binjai
Mangifera caesia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001032
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Bird of paradise
Strelitzia reginae
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000797
Evergreen perennial grown for its striking crane-shaped flowers, a well-known tropical export cut flower.
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Bird plum
Berchemia discolor
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000269
A southern African tree producing a sweet
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Birdsfoot trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000130
A perennial forage legume grown for grazing and hay, valued for its tolerance of poor and acidic soils.
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Biriba
Annona mucosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000502
A tropical tree producing a soft-spined fruit with sweet, juicy, aromatic white pulp.
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Bishop's flower
Ammi majus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000840
Annual herb with delicate umbels of white flowers, widely used as cut flower filler resembling Queen Anne's lace.
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Bitter bean
Parkia speciosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001033
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Bitter gourd (Bitter melon)
Momordica charantia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000410
A climbing vine grown for its bitter-tasting fruit, widely used in Asian and African cuisine and traditional medicine.
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Bitter kola
Garcinia kola
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000257
A West and Central African tree whose bitter seeds are chewed as a stimulant and used in traditional medicine.
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Bitter leaf
Vernonia amygdalina
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000191
African shrub whose bitter leaves are washed and cooked as a leafy vegetable and used medicinally.
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Bitter orange
Citrus aurantium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000566
A citrus species bearing sour, bitter fruit used for marmalade, essential oils, and rootstock.
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Bitter vetch
Vicia ervilia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000120
An ancient pulse crop grown for its seeds, used mainly as livestock feed and, after processing, for human food.
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Bitter yam
Dioscorea dumetorum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000342
Tuber crop requiring processing to remove bitter alkaloids before consumption, grown in West and Central Africa.
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Black cardamom
Amomum subulatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001034
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Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000587
A North American shrub producing astringent dark purple berries, used mainly in juices and processed foods for their antioxidants.
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Black cumin
Bunium persicum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001035
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Black cumin (nigella)
Nigella sativa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000659
Annual herb whose small black seeds are used as a peppery spice in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking.
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Black fonio
Digitaria iburua
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000028
A minor West African cereal closely related to white fonio, grown mainly in Nigeria, Togo, and Benin.
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Black gram
Vigna mungo
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000071
An annual pulse crop grown mainly in South Asia for its black seeds, used to make dal and fermented foods like idli and dosa batter.
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Black mulberry
Morus nigra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000598
A tree producing sweet, dark, blackberry-like aggregate fruit eaten fresh or dried.
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Black mustard
Brassica nigra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000430
A crop grown mainly for its small dark seeds, used to produce table mustard and mustard oil.
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Black nightshade
Solanum nigrum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000157
Eurasian and African nightshade species whose ripe berries are toxic but young leaves are traditionally cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
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Black oat
Avena strigosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000049
A minor oat species grown mainly as a cover crop and forage, and historically for grain in Europe and South America.
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Black pepper
Piper nigrum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000651
Woody perennial vine whose dried unripe fruit (peppercorns) is the world's most widely traded spice.
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Black Perigord truffle
Tuber melanosporum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000857
A highly prized ectomycorrhizal fungus cultivated by inoculating the roots of host oak and hazelnut saplings, which fruit underground years later.
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Black plum
Vitex doniana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000266
A widespread African tree producing a dark
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Black radish
Raphanus sativus subsp. niger
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001036
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Black raspberry
Rubus occidentalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000579
A North American cane fruit species producing dark purple-black berries, distinct from blackberry.
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Black sapote
Diospyros nigra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000477
A tropical tree, sometimes called chocolate pudding fruit, producing a green-skinned fruit that ripens to dark, sweet, custard-like pulp.
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Black walnut
Juglans nigra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000601
A North American tree producing a strongly flavored edible nut inside a hard, thick shell.
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Black wattle
Acacia mearnsii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001037
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Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000838
Annual/biennial herb grown for its bright yellow daisy-like flowers, used as a cut flower and garden ornamental.
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Blackberry
Rubus fruticosus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000580
A thorny cane fruit shrub (species aggregate) producing dark aggregate berries eaten fresh or processed.
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Blackcurrant
Ribes nigrum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000585
A shrub producing dark, tart, vitamin C-rich berries used in juices, preserves, and cordials.
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Blackthorn (sloe)
Prunus spinosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000551
A thorny shrub bearing small astringent blue-black fruit used for sloe gin and preserves.
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Blanched celery
Apium graveolens var. dulce
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001038
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Blazing star
Liatris spicata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000836
Perennial herb with dense, upright flower spikes, grown as a cut flower and dried flower.
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Blue agave
Agave tequilana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000741
A succulent native to Mexico whose sugar-rich core (piña) is harvested and fermented to produce tequila.
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Blue gum
Eucalyptus globulus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001039
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Blue throatwort
Trachelium caeruleum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000806
Herbaceous perennial grown for its clustered small blue-purple flowers, used as cut flower filler.
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Borage
Borago officinalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000703
Annual herb with cucumber-flavored leaves and flowers used as a culinary garnish.
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Borojó
Borojoa patinoi
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001040
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Bottle gourd
Lagenaria siceraria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000414
A climbing vine grown for its large fruit, eaten young as a vegetable and dried mature for use as containers.
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Bourgou millet
Echinochloa stagnina
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001014
A floodplain grass cultivated by the Fulani people in the Inner Niger Delta of Mali for its grain, used as food and to brew traditional beverages.
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Bowstring hemp
Sansevieria trifasciata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000750
A succulent plant whose tough leaf fiber has traditionally been used for bowstrings, cordage, and matting.
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Brahmi
Bacopa monnieri
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000209
Creeping wetland herb cultivated for use in Ayurvedic preparations traditionally associated with cognitive support.
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Brazil Nut
Bertholletia excelsa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000616
Large tree native to the Amazon rainforest, producing large seed pods each containing numerous oil-rich edible nuts.
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Breadfruit
Artocarpus altilis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000456
A large tropical tree producing a starchy, carbohydrate-rich fruit traditionally cooked as a staple food.
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Bristly foxtail millet
Setaria verticillata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001017
A minor foxtail millet gathered since Neolithic times in South India alongside browntop millet, still harvested on a small scale in the Deccan region.
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Broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000323
Cole crop grown for its edible immature flower heads and stalks.
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Broccoli rabe (Rapini)
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000429
A leafy crop grown for its edible stems, leaves, and small broccoli-like buds, with a slightly bitter flavor.
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Browntop millet
Urochloa ramosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000061
A fast-maturing minor millet grown in India and the southern United States for grain and forage.
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Brussels sprout
Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001041
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Brussels sprouts
Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000325
Cole crop grown for its small, edible axillary buds that resemble miniature cabbages.
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Buck’s horn plantain
Plantago coronopus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001042
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Buckwheat
Fagopyrum esculentum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000038
A short-season pseudocereal grown for its triangular seeds, used for flour and groats.
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Buddha’s hand
Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001043
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Buffalo gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000425
A drought-tolerant perennial vine native to North America, historically used for its starchy roots and oil-rich seeds.
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Buffalo thorn
Ziziphus mucronata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000251
A widespread African savanna tree with small edible fruit
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Buffel grass
Cenchrus ciliaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000768
Drought-tolerant perennial grass widely used for pasture on arid and semi-arid rangelands.
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Buna-shimeji (beech mushroom)
Hypsizygus marmoreus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000869
Commonly sold as 'shimeji,' this species is cultivated in Japan and China in small clusters on bottled sawdust substrate.
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Burdock
Arctium lappa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000230
Biennial herb cultivated for its long root, used as a vegetable in East Asia and in traditional herbal medicine.
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Buriti palm
Mauritia flexuosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000963
Orange fruit pulp is eaten fresh or made into juice, oil, and wine; sap and fibers are also used.
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Burmese grape
Baccaurea ramiflora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001044
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Bussu palm
Manicaria saccifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000977
Large undivided leaves are a preferred material for roof thatch, and the fibrous fruit husk has local uses.
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Butterfly bush
Buddleja davidii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001045
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Butternut
Juglans cinerea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000649
Deciduous tree native to eastern North America, cultivated historically for its oily, sweet edible nut.
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Butternut squash
Cucurbita moschata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000402
A vining winter squash valued for dense, sweet flesh and good storage life.
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Button mangosteen
Garcinia prainiana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001046
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Button mushroom (also sold as cremini and portobello at later maturity stages)
Agaricus bisporus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000843
The world's most widely cultivated mushroom species, grown commercially for fresh and canned markets since the 19th century.
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Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000019
One of the most widely grown vegetables in Kenya's highland horticulture belt, a short-cycle cash crop for smallholders.
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Cabbage palm
Roystonea oleracea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000979
The terminal bud (heart of palm) is harvested and eaten as a vegetable, though this kills the tree.
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Cabbage palmetto
Sabal palmetto
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000981
Terminal bud is harvested as a vegetable (swamp cabbage), and berries have minor food and medicinal use.
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Cabbage-tree
Moringa stenopetala
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001047
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Cacao
Theobroma cacao
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000504
A tropical understory tree whose seeds, fermented and dried, are the raw material for chocolate.
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Cajuput
Melaleuca cajuputi
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000918
Leaves distilled for cajuput oil used in traditional medicine and as a liniment ingredient.
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Calabash nutmeg
Monodora myristica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000714
Tree whose aromatic seeds are used as a nutmeg substitute spice in West African cooking.
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Calamondin
Citrofortunella microcarpa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001048
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Calla lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000796
Rhizomatous perennial grown for its elegant spathe flowers, widely used in cut flower arrangements and weddings.
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Calliandra
Calliandra calothyrsus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000121
A fast-growing leguminous shrub grown for fodder, fuelwood, and soil improvement in agroforestry systems.
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Camas
Camassia quamash
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000279
A North American indigenous perennial bulb historically harvested and pit-roasted as a staple carbohydrate food by Native peoples.
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Camelina (Gold-of-pleasure)
Camelina sativa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000437
An ancient oilseed crop grown for its seed oil, used in food, animal feed, and biofuel.
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Camomile
Matricaria recutita
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001049
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Camu camu
Myrciaria dubia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000482
An Amazonian shrub producing a small, very sour, vitamin-C-rich berry used mainly for juice and supplements.
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Canary seed
Phalaris canariensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000056
A cereal grown mainly for birdseed, with a growing market for human food use.
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Candlenut
Aleurites moluccanus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000634
Tropical tree native to Indo-Malaysia, cultivated for its oil-rich seeds used in cooking and traditionally burned as candles.
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Canistel
Pouteria campechiana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000473
A tropical tree, also called egg fruit, bearing orange-yellow fruit with a dry, custard-like, egg-yolk-textured pulp.
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Cantaloupe
Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001050
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Canterbury bells
Campanula medium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000829
Biennial herb grown for its bell-shaped flower spikes, used as a cut flower and garden ornamental.
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Cape Aloe
Aloe ferox
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000780
Large aloe species native to southern Africa, cultivated and harvested for its bitter leaf sap (used as a laxative) and gel.
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Cape gooseberry
Physalis peruviana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000306
Husk-fruited plant grown for its sweet-tart orange berries, used fresh, dried, and in preserves.
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Caper
Capparis spinosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000669
Spiny shrub whose pickled flower buds (capers) are used as a piquant culinary condiment.
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Capsicum Peppers
Capsicum spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001051
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Caraway
Carum carvi
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000658
Biennial herb whose aromatic seeds flavor breads, cheeses, and spirits.
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Cardamom
Elettaria cardamomum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001052
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Cardoon
Cynara cardunculus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000170
Thistle-like vegetable grown for its edible leaf stalks, related to the globe artichoke.
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Carnation
Dianthus caryophyllus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000281
Perennial herbaceous plant grown as one of the major global cut flower crops, prized for durability in transport.
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Carnauba palm
Copernicia prunifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000967
Leaves are harvested and dried to scrape off carnauba wax, a hard natural wax used in cosmetics, polishes, and coatings.
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Carob
Ceratonia siliqua
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000096
An evergreen leguminous tree grown for its sweet edible pods, used as a food, sweetener, and chocolate substitute.
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Carrot
Daucus carota
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000363
Grown for its edible taproot, one of the most widely consumed root vegetables.
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Cashew
Anacardium occidentale
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000480
A tropical tree best known for its kidney-shaped nut, borne beneath a fleshy, astringent-sweet cashew apple also used fresh and in juice.
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Cassabanana
Sicana odorifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000424
A vigorous vine native to South America grown for its large, fragrant fruit used fresh or in preserves.
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Cassava
Manihot esculenta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000012
A drought-tolerant root crop and food-security staple, especially in western Kenya and the coast.
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Castor Bean
Ricinus communis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000622
Fast-growing shrub or small tree cultivated for its seeds, which yield castor oil used in industrial, medicinal, and cosmetic applications.
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Catechu (cutch)
Acacia catechu
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000931
Heartwood is boiled down to produce catechu (cutch)
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Catjang
Vigna unguiculata cylindrica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001053
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Catnip
Nepeta cataria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001054
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Cattleya orchid
Cattleya labiata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000811
Epiphytic orchid species prized for large showy flowers, historically important corsage and cut flower crop.
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Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000324
Cole crop grown for its dense, edible white (or colored) immature flower head (curd).
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Cauliflower mushroom
Sparassis crispa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000874
A distinctive, ruffled coral-like fungus that grows at the base of conifers, cultivated commercially in Japan on sawdust medium.
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Ceara rubber
Manihot glaziovii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000731
A tree related to cassava, native to Brazil, historically tapped for latex as a source of natural rubber.
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Celeriac
Apium graveolens var. rapaceum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000366
Grown for its swollen, celery-flavored root bulb.
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Celery
Apium graveolens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000168
Vegetable grown for its crisp leaf stalks, used raw or cooked.
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Celtuce
Lactuca sativa var. asparagina
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001055
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Cempedak
Artocarpus integer
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000486
A tropical tree closely related to jackfruit, producing an aromatic fruit with sweet, custard-like segments.
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Centro
Centrosema pubescens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000109
A vigorous climbing forage legume used for pasture, cover cropping, and soil improvement in the tropics.
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Century plant
Agave americana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000742
A large succulent used for fiber, and whose sap is fermented into the traditional Mexican beverage pulque.
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Ceriman
Monstera deliciosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000526
A climbing tropical plant producing an elongated fruit that develops a sweet, pineapple-banana-like flavor when fully ripe.
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Ceylon gooseberry
Dovyalis hebecarpa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000514
A shrub producing small, fuzzy, deep red, tart berries used mainly for preserves and jelly.
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Chachafruto (basul)
Erythrina edulis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000112
An Andean leguminous tree grown for its large, starchy edible seeds, typically cooked before eating.
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Chard
Beta vulgaris vulgaris convar. cicla. var. flaviscens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001056
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Charichuelo
Garcinia madruno
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001057
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Chay root
Oldenlandia umbellata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001058
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Chaya
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000310
Central American shrub grown for its nutrient-dense leaves, which must be cooked before eating to remove toxic compounds.
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Chayote
Sechium edule
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000417
A perennial climbing vine grown for its pear-shaped fruit, also valued for edible shoots, leaves, and tuberous roots.
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Che fruit
Cudrania tricuspidata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000992
A deciduous tree native to East Asia related to mulberry, producing round red compound fruit with a sweet flavor.
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Cherimoya
Annona cherimola
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000462
A subtropical tree producing a heart-shaped fruit with sweet, custard-like flesh often compared to a blend of tropical fruit flavors.
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Cherry of the Rio Grande
Eugenia aggregata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000527
A Brazilian shrub producing small, dark red, cherry-like fruit with a sweet-tart flavor.
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Cherry plum
Prunus cerasifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000550
A small stone fruit tree producing round, cherry-sized plums, also used as an ornamental and rootstock.
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Chervil
Anthriscus cerefolium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000691
Delicate annual herb with a mild anise-parsley flavor used in French cuisine.
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Chestnut (black poplar) mushroom
Agrocybe aegerita
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000864
A wood-decay species traditionally associated with poplar trees, cultivated commercially in Europe and Asia for its nutty flavor.
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Chia
Salvia hispanica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000059
A flowering plant grown for its small, oil- and mucilage-rich seeds, consumed as a whole-grain-like food.
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Chickling pea (red pea)
Lathyrus cicera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000123
A hardy pulse crop grown for its edible seeds, used for food and livestock feed, mainly in Mediterranean regions.
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Chickpea
Cicer arietinum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000068
An annual pulse crop grown for its protein-rich seeds, used widely in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and South Asian cuisines.
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Chickweed
Stellaria media
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000952
A fast-growing annual with tender, mild-flavored leaves and stems, foraged and grown as a winter salad green.
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Chicory
Cichorium intybus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000185
Leafy vegetable grown for salad leaves or blanched heads (Belgian endive); roots also used as a coffee substitute.
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Chilean wine palm
Jubaea chilensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000968
Sap tapped from the trunk is boiled down into palm honey (miel de palma); seeds yield small edible coquitos.
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Chilgoza pine
Pinus gerardiana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001059
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Chili pepper
Capsicum frutescens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000164
Pungent chili pepper species including tabasco and bird's-eye types, grown for its small hot fruits.
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Chincherinchee
Ornithogalum thyrsoides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000798
Bulbous perennial grown for its long-lasting white flower spikes, used as a cut flower especially from South Africa.
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Chinese artichoke / Crosne
Stachys affinis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000396
Grown for its small, knobbly, crisp white tubers.
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Chinese broccoli (Kai-lan)
Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000428
A leafy crop grown for its thick stems, leaves, and small flower clusters, popular in East Asian cuisine.
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Chinese cinnamon
Cinnamomum cassia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001060
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Chinese hawthorn
Crataegus pinnatifida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000613
A hawthorn species widely grown in China for its tart red fruit, used fresh, dried, and in candied snacks.
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Chinese lantern lily
Sandersonia aurantiaca
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000819
Tuberous perennial grown for its distinctive lantern-shaped orange flowers, a specialty export cut flower.
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Chinese milk vetch
Astragalus sinicus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000129
An annual legume widely used in East Asia as green manure and forage to improve soil fertility.
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Chinese Rhubarb
Rheum palmatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000231
Large perennial cultivated in China for its root, used in traditional medicine as a digestive and laxative remedy.
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Chinese spinach
Amaranthus tricolor
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000151
Leaf amaranth grown for its tender, often multicolored leaves used as a cooked green in Asian cuisine.
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Chinese tallow tree
Triadica sebifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001061
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Chinese toon
Toona sinensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000312
Tree whose aromatic young leaves and shoots are harvested as a seasonal leafy vegetable in East Asia.
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Chinese white pear
Pyrus bretschneideri
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001062
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Chinese yam
Dioscorea opposita
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001063
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Chinese yam / Nagaimo
Dioscorea polystachya
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000341
Long slender tuber eaten cooked or raw, widely cultivated across East Asia.
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Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000358
Herb grown for its thin hollow leaves, used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning.
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Chlorella
Chlorella vulgaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000893
A single-celled green alga mass-cultivated in ponds and photobioreactors and processed into a nutritional supplement powder.
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Chokeberry
Aronia spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001064
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Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum x morifolium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000280
Perennial flowering plant widely cultivated as a cut flower and potted plant, valued for its long vase life and diverse forms.
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Chrysanthemum (Crop)
Chrysanthemum spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001065
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Cilantro
Coriandrum sativum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000318
Grown for its aromatic leaves, used fresh as a leafy garnish and vegetable, and for its seeds used as the spice coriander.
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Cinchona
Cinchona officinalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000746
A South American Andean tree whose bark contains quinine and other alkaloids, historically the primary natural source of antimalarial medicine and also used to flavor tonic water.
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Cinnamon
Cinnamomum verum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001066
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Citron
Citrus medica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000565
An early cultivated citrus species grown mainly for its thick aromatic rind, candied or used ceremonially.
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Citronella Grass
Cymbopogon nardus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000781
Aromatic grass cultivated primarily for citronella essential oil, used as a natural insect repellent.
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Cloud ear mushroom
Auricularia polytricha
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000853
A thicker, hairier relative of wood ear cultivated widely across Southeast Asia and China, often sold dried.
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Cloudberry
Rubus chamaemorus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000581
A low-growing arctic and subarctic shrub producing amber-colored berries, prized in Nordic cuisine.
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Clove
Syzygium aromaticum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001067
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Clover
Trifolium spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001068
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Coca
Erythroxylum coca
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000748
A shrub native to the Andes and western South America whose leaves contain stimulant alkaloids; leaves are traditionally chewed or brewed as tea, and industrially processed for flavoring and pharmaceutical alkaloid extraction.
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Cocona
Solanum sessiliflorum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001069
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Coconut
Cocos nucifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000524
A tall tropical palm cultivated for its large fruit, used for its water, flesh, oil, and fiber.
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Cocoplum
Chrysobalanus icaco
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000507
A shrub found in coastal and wetland tropical areas producing a small, mildly sweet plum-like fruit.
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Coffee
Coffea arabica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000001
A tropical shrub cultivated for its seeds (coffee beans), one of the most widely traded agricultural commodities.
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Coffee Robusta
Coffea canephora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001070
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Cola nut
Cola acuminata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001071
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Collard greens
Brassica oleracea var. acephala
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000327
Cole crop grown for its large, flat, non-heading edible leaves.
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Colocynth (Bitter apple)
Citrullus colocynthis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000406
A desert vine producing small bitter fruit used medicinally and as breeding/rootstock material; not eaten fresh due to toxicity.
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Columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000830
Perennial herb grown for its distinctive spurred flowers, used as a garden ornamental and specialty cut flower.
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Comfrey
Symphytum officinale
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000237
Perennial herb cultivated for its leaves and root, used traditionally in topical preparations for skin and muscle care.
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Common bamboo
Bambusa vulgaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000735
A widely cultivated clumping bamboo species used for construction material, furniture, handicrafts, and erosion control.
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Common bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000004
The dominant grain legume in Kenya, usually intercropped with maize; a key source of dietary protein.
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Common daisy
Bellis perennis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001072
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Common duckweed
Lemna minor
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000898
A tiny free-floating aquatic plant increasingly cultivated in ponds and tanks as a fast-growing protein source for animal feed and emerging human food use.
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Common hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000996
A thorny deciduous tree or shrub native to Europe producing small red haws used in jellies syrups and herbal preparations.
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Common Jasmine
Jasminum officinale
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001073
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Common juniper
Juniperus communis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001074
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Common madder
Rubia tinctorum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001075
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Common mallow
Malva sylvestris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000300
Wild and cultivated mallow whose tender leaves are cooked as a mucilaginous leafy vegetable, especially in the Mediterranean and Middle East.
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Common myrtle
Myrtus communis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001007
An evergreen Mediterranean shrub producing small dark blue-black aromatic berries used in liqueurs such as mirto and in traditional cuisine.
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Common rue
Ruta graveolens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001076
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Common vetch
Vicia sativa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000084
An annual legume grown mainly as forage, green manure, and cover crop, with edible seeds used for animal feed.
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Concord grape
Vitis labrusca
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000555
A North American grape species grown for fresh eating, juice, and jams, with a distinctive musky flavor.
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Congo jute (Aramina)
Urena lobata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000727
A shrubby plant grown in parts of Africa, Asia, and South America for its bast fiber, used as a jute substitute in sacking and cordage.
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Copal
Protium copal
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000909
Produces copal resin used traditionally as incense and varnish in Mesoamerica.
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Cork oak
Quercus suber
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000733
An evergreen oak of the western Mediterranean whose thick bark is periodically harvested as cork, used for bottle stoppers and insulation.
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Corn salad
Valerianella locusta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000192
Small-leaved winter salad green, also called mache or lamb's lettuce.
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Cornelian cherry
Cornus mas
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000590
A large shrub or small tree producing tart, cherry-like red drupes used in preserves and syrups.
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Cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000832
Annual herb grown for its blue (or mixed-color) flowers, used as a cut flower and dried flower.
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Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000827
Annual herb grown as a garden ornamental and cut flower for its daisy-like blooms.
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Costa Rica Pitahaya
Hylocereus costaricensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001077
Cotton
Gossypium hirsutum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000017
A historically important fibre crop in the lowland cotton zones (Nyanza, Coast, Eastern), currently a revival focus.
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Cowa
Garcinia cowa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001078
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Cowpea
Vigna unguiculata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000066
A widely grown pulse cultivated for its edible seeds, pods, and leaves, especially important in African subsistence and commercial agriculture.
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Crabgrass millet
Digitaria sanguinalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000058
A minor cereal historically cultivated in parts of Europe and Asia for its small grains, though regarded as a weed elsewhere.
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Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000575
A trailing shrub native to North American bogs, producing tart red berries used in juice and sauces.
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Cranberry hibiscus
Hibiscus acetosella
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000299
Ornamental-edible hibiscus grown for its tart, reddish leaves used as a leafy vegetable and garnish.
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Creeping charlie
Pilea nummulariifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001079
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Creeping jenny
Lysimachia nummularia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001080
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Creole cotton
Gossypium barbadense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001081
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Crimson clover
Trifolium incarnatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000134
An annual forage and cover crop legume grown for its rapid growth, nitrogen fixation, and ornamental crimson flowers.
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Crocosmia
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000800
Cormous perennial hybrid grown for its arching sprays of star-shaped flowers, used as a cut flower.
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Crocus (Crop)
Crocus spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001082
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Crowberry
Empetrum nigrum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000592
A low evergreen shrub of northern and alpine regions producing small black berries.
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Cubeb pepper
Piper cubeba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000653
Climbing vine whose dried unripe berries (tailed pepper) are used as a spice and in traditional medicine.
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Cucamelon (Mexican sour gherkin)
Melothria scabra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000427
A small-vined crop native to Mexico and Central America grown for its grape-sized fruit resembling miniature watermelons with a tangy cucumber flavor.
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Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000399
A vining crop grown for its immature fruit, eaten fresh, pickled, or in salads.
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Culantro
Eryngium foetidum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000699
Biennial herb with a strong cilantro-like flavor used in Caribbean and Southeast Asian cuisine.
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Cultivated cordyceps
Cordyceps militaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000867
An entomopathogenic fungus cultivated on grain or synthetic media (rather than on live insects as in the wild) for medicinal and dietary supplement markets.
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Cumin
Cuminum cyminum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001083
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Cupuacu
Theobroma grandiflorum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000503
An Amazonian tree related to cacao, producing a large fruit with tangy, aromatic pulp used in juices and desserts.
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Curly leaf parsley
Petroselinum crispum var. crispum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001084
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Currants
Ribes spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001085
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Curry leaf
Murraya koenigii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000692
Small tree whose aromatic leaves are a staple flavoring in South Indian cooking.
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Cush-cush yam
Dioscorea trifida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000340
Sweet-tasting smaller yam native to South America and the Caribbean.
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Cushaw pumpkin
Cucurbita argyrosperma
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000403
A traditional Mesoamerican squash grown for its large striped fruit, used in cooking similarly to pumpkin.
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Custard apple
Annona reticulata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001019
A small tropical tree bearing heart-shaped fruit with sweet, granular, custard-like pulp.
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Cymbidium orchid
Cymbidium ensifolium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000808
Terrestrial/epiphytic orchid species and basis of hybrid cultivars grown for cut flower sprays and potted plants.
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Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000789
Bulbous perennial grown extensively for cut flowers and spring bulb forcing.
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Dahlia
Dahlia pinnata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000788
Tuberous perennial cultivated in numerous forms as a garden ornamental and cut flower.
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Dahlia (Crop)
Dahlia spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001086
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Daikon
Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000270
A large, mild white root vegetable widely cultivated in East and Southeast Asia and eaten raw, pickled, or cooked.
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Damask rose
Rosa damascena
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000709
Shrub whose fragrant petals are used to make rose water and flavor confections and spice blends.
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Dancing lady orchid
Oncidium sphacelatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000813
Epiphytic orchid species producing sprays of small yellow flowers, grown commercially as a cut flower.
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Dandelion greens
Taraxacum officinale
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000187
Leafy vegetable and common weed whose young leaves are eaten as salad greens or cooked.
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Dangshen
Codonopsis pilosula
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000216
Climbing perennial cultivated in China for its root, used as a milder substitute for ginseng in traditional medicine.
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Date palm
Phoenix dactylifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000459
A tall palm cultivated for its sweet, energy-dense fruit, a dietary staple in arid regions for millennia.
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Date-plum
Diospyros lotus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000597
A persimmon relative native to Eurasia, producing small yellow-to-purple fruit eaten fresh or dried.
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Delphinium
Delphinium elatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000786
Perennial herb producing tall flower spikes, cultivated as a premium cut flower for its vivid blue and purple tones.
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Dendrobium orchid
Dendrobium nobile
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000810
Epiphytic orchid species cultivated for cut flower sprays and potted plants, especially in Southeast Asia.
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Dengen
Dillenia serrata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001087
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Desert date
Balanites aegyptiaca
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000256
A hardy African and Middle Eastern tree with edible fruit, oil-rich seeds, and leaves used as a vegetable.
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Digit grass (Pangola grass)
Digitaria eriantha
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000772
Perennial creeping pasture grass used for grazing and hay in warm climates.
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Dill
Anethum graveolens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000686
Annual herb whose feathery leaves and seeds are used to flavor pickles and savory dishes.
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Divi-divi
Caesalpinia coriaria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000933
Seed pods are rich in tannin used commercially for leather tanning and dyeing.
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Dog rose
Rosa canina
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000997
A climbing wild rose native to Europe and western Asia, valued for its vitamin C-rich rosehips used in teas, syrups, and preserves.
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Dong Quai
Angelica sinensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000215
Aromatic perennial herb cultivated for its root, one of the most commonly used herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, especially for women's health.
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Doum palm
Hyphaene thebaica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000253
A North and East African palm producing a fibrous
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Dragon fruit
Hylocereus undatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001018
A climbing cactus producing a brightly colored fruit with mildly sweet white or red flesh speckled with tiny seeds.
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Dragon's blood palm
Daemonorops draco
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000924
Fruit scales yield a dark red resin (dragon's blood) used as a dye and varnish.
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Dulse
Palmaria palmata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000882
A red alga harvested from rocky North Atlantic and North Pacific shores and increasingly land-based cultivated, eaten fresh, dried, or as a flavoring.
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Dunaliella
Dunaliella salina
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000895
A halotolerant green microalga cultivated in solar salt ponds as a commercial source of natural beta-carotene.
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Durian
Durio zibethinus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000448
A large tropical tree producing a spiky-husked fruit with strong-smelling, custard-like flesh prized in Southeast Asia.
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Durum wheat
Triticum durum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000043
A hard wheat species grown primarily for semolina used in pasta production.
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Dutch iris
Iris x hollandica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000790
Bulbous hybrid iris grown as a major cut flower crop, especially in Dutch bulb-forcing systems.
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Easter lily
Lilium longiflorum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000284
Bulbous perennial cultivated as a major cut flower and potted flowering plant, especially for holiday markets.
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Ebolo
Crassocephalum crepidioides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000194
African and Asian leafy vegetable, often semi-wild, with a mild peppery flavor when cooked.
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Edible lily (Yuri-ne)
Lilium lancifolium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000391
Bulb scales harvested and eaten as a vegetable in East Asian cuisine.
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Eggplant
Solanum melongena
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000162
Fruiting vegetable grown for its glossy fruit, used in cuisines worldwide.
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Egusi melon
Cucumeropsis mannii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000255
A West African vine cultivated primarily for its oil- and protein-rich seeds, ground into a paste used to thicken soups.
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Einkorn wheat
Triticum monococcum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000041
The most primitive cultivated wheat species, grown on a small scale for specialty flour.
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Elderberry
Sambucus nigra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000589
A shrub or small tree bearing clusters of small dark berries used cooked in syrups, wines, and preserves.
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Elephant apple
Dillenia indica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000525
A tropical tree producing a large, hard, sour fruit used mainly in cooking, pickles, and chutneys.
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Elephant foot yam
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000350
Aroid producing a single large corm, cultivated widely across South and Southeast Asia.
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Elephant garlic
Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001088
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Elkhorn sea moss
Kappaphycus alvarezii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000885
A red alga, the leading commercially farmed carrageenan seaweed, cultivated on ropes in tropical waters, especially the Philippines and Indonesia.
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Elm oyster mushroom
Hypsizygus ulmarius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000870
A wood-decay species related to shimeji, cultivated for its firm texture and mild flavor, sometimes marketed alongside true oyster mushrooms.
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Emmer wheat
Triticum dicoccum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000042
An ancient hulled wheat and one of the earliest domesticated crops, still grown today as "farro."
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Endive
Cichorium endivia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000186
Leafy salad vegetable with curly or broad leaves, related to chicory.
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English walnut
Juglans regia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000600
A large deciduous tree cultivated for its edible nut, widely used fresh, roasted, and in baking.
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Enoki mushroom
Flammulina velutipes
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000851
Cultivated commercially as long, thin, pale stems grown in dark, crowded conditions, distinct from the darker wild form found on tree stumps.
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Enokitake
Flammulina filiformis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001089
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Enset (false banana)
Ensete ventricosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000254
A banana relative native to Ethiopia, cultivated not for its fruit but for its starchy pseudostem and corm, which are fermented into a staple food.
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Epazote
Dysphania ambrosioides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000704
Pungent annual herb used as a culinary seasoning in Mexican bean and corn dishes.
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Erect knotweed
Polygonum erectum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001012
A starchy-seeded plant domesticated by prehistoric farmers of eastern North America as part of the pre-maize Eastern Agricultural Complex, now an extinct cultivated crop.
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Ethiopian cardamom (korarima)
Aframomum corrorima
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000259
An Ethiopian spice plant related to grains of paradise
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Ethiopian eggplant
Solanum aethiopicum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000301
African eggplant relative grown for both its fruit and its edible leaves.
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Ethiopian mustard
Brassica carinata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000317
East African mustard grown for its leaves, used as a cooked vegetable, and for its oilseed.
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Ethiopian oat
Avena abyssinica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000051
A distinct oat species native to the Ethiopian highlands, often grown mixed with barley.
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European barberry
Berberis vulgaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000593
A thorny shrub producing small, tart red berries used in preserves and traditional cooking.
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European Beech
Fagus sylvatica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000643
Deciduous forest tree native to Europe, producing small edible nuts (beechnuts) historically pressed for oil.
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European bilberry
Vaccinium myrtillus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000576
A low shrub bearing small dark blue berries, wild-harvested across European woodlands and heaths.
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European crab apple
Malus sylvestris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000537
A wild ancestor species of the domestic apple, valued for small tart fruit used in preserves and verjuice.
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European dewberry
Rubus caesius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000583
A trailing cane fruit species native to Europe, producing dark, wax-coated berries similar to blackberry.
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European nettle tree
Celtis australis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001090
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European pear
Pyrus communis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000538
A deciduous tree producing sweet juicy fruit eaten fresh, canned, or dried.
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European plum
Prunus domestica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000545
A widely grown stone fruit tree producing sweet fruit eaten fresh, dried (prunes), or preserved.
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Evening Primrose
Oenothera biennis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000238
Biennial herb cultivated for its seed oil, used in herbal supplements and traditionally associated with skin and hormonal health.
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Evergreen huckleberry
Vaccinium ovatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001002
An evergreen shrub native to the Pacific coast of North America producing small dark purple berries similar to blueberries.
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Faidherbia (apple-ring acacia)
Faidherbia albida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000142
A leguminous agroforestry tree valued for its reverse phenology, providing shade and nitrogen-rich leaf litter to crops during the growing season.
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False mangosteen
Garcinia tinctoria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001091
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False sesame
Ceratotheca sesamoides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000321
West African leafy vegetable related to sesame, grown for its edible mucilaginous leaves.
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Fava bean (broad bean)
Vicia faba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000072
A cool-season pulse crop grown for its large edible seeds and pods, an ancient staple in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Asian diets.
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Feijoa
Acca sellowiana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000481
A subtropical shrub, also called pineapple guava, producing an aromatic green fruit with sweet, gritty flesh.
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Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001092
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Fenugreek
Trigonella foenum-graecum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000090
An annual legume grown for its aromatic seeds and edible leaves, widely used as a spice and in traditional medicine.
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Feverfew
Tanacetum parthenium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000222
Perennial herb cultivated for its leaves, traditionally used in herbal remedies associated with headache relief.
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Fiddlehead fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000946
A temperate fern whose tightly coiled young fronds, called fiddleheads, are harvested as a spring vegetable.
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Field mint
Mentha arvensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001093
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Field pennycress
Thlaspi arvense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000438
An emerging oilseed crop grown for its seeds, used to produce biofuel and industrial oil.
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Fig
Ficus carica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000460
A small deciduous tree producing soft, sweet fruit eaten fresh or dried, one of the earliest domesticated fruit trees.
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Fig-leaf gourd (Chilacayote)
Cucurbita ficifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000404
A perennial squash grown in cooler highland tropics for its fruit, used in confections and beverages.
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Filbert
Corylus maxima
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000603
A hazelnut relative producing an elongated nut, grown commercially and often hybridized with C. avellana.
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Finger lime
Microcitrus australasica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000571
An Australian native citrus species producing elongated fruit filled with caviar-like acidic vesicles.
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Finger millet
Eleusine coracana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000027
A small-seeded cereal native to East Africa and widely cultivated in India, valued for its nutrient density and long storage life.
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Fingerroot / Chinese ginger
Boesenbergia rotunda
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000380
Cluster of finger-like rhizomes used as a spice in Southeast Asian cooking.
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Fique
Furcraea andina
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001094
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Fish mint
Houttuynia cordata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000706
Perennial herb with a pungent, citrus-fish-like flavor used fresh in Vietnamese cuisine.
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Fishtail palm
Caryota urens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000966
Sap tapped from the inflorescence is a major source of jaggery, toddy, and palm sugar in South Asia.
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Fiveleaf yam
Dioscorea pentaphylla
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000344
Minor tuber crop with distinctive palmate leaves, harvested across South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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Flat leaf parsley
Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitanum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001095
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Flax/Linseed
Linum usitatissimum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000623
Annual crop cultivated for its seeds, pressed for linseed oil, and its stem fibers used to make linen.
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Florence fennel
Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001096
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Flowering quince
Chaenomeles speciosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001001
A deciduous flowering shrub native to China producing hard, aromatic, astringent yellow-green fruit used for preserves and flavoring, distinct from true quince.
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Fluted pumpkin
Telfairia occidentalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000308
West African vine grown mainly for its nutrient-rich edible leaves, with seeds also used.
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Forage peanut
Arachis pintoi
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000755
Perennial creeping legume used as a ground cover and grazing forage in pastures.
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Fox nut
Euryale ferox
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000900
A large-leaved aquatic annual cultivated in ponds and wetlands in India and China for its edible, popped seeds (makhana).
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Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000206
Biennial herb cultivated commercially as a source of cardiac glycosides used in conventional heart medications.
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Foxtail millet
Setaria italica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000022
One of the oldest domesticated cereals, grown across Asia for grain and fodder.
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Frankincense
Boswellia papyrifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000904
Major commercial source of frankincense resin tapped from bark incisions for incense and fragrance industries.
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Freesia
Freesia x hybrida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000286
Cormous perennial hybrid grown for its fragrant, colorful cut flowers used in bouquets.
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Freesia (Crop)
Freesia spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001097
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French sorrel
Rumex scutatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000333
Low-growing sorrel species with a tangy, lemony flavor, grown as a perennial salad and cooking green.
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Fried chicken (clustered domecap) mushroom
Lyophyllum decastes
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000876
A clustering mushroom cultivated on a smaller commercial scale in Japan and China, named for the savory flavor it develops when cooked.
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Frisée
Cichorium endivia var. crispum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000944
A curly-leaved form of endive prized for its finely fringed, crisp leaves used in salads.
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Gac fruit
Momordica cochinchinensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000411
A Southeast Asian vine producing spiny red fruit prized for its carotenoid-rich aril, used in food and traditional medicine.
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Galbanum
Ferula gummosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000927
Stem and root exude galbanum oleoresin used in perfumery for its green
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Gamba grass
Andropogon gayanus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000773
Tall perennial tussock grass used for grazing and hay production in savanna regions.
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Garden cress
Lepidium sativum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000330
Fast-growing peppery leafy vegetable, often eaten as a young microgreen or salad green.
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Garden pea
Pisum sativum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000081
An annual cool-season legume grown for its edible seeds and pods, consumed fresh, dried, or processed.
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Garden sorrel
Rumex acetosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000184
Leafy vegetable with a tart, lemony flavor from oxalic acid content.
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Garden strawberry
Fragaria × ananassa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000572
A low-growing hybrid perennial widely cultivated for its sweet, aromatic red fruit.
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Garland chrysanthemum
Glebionis coronaria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000316
Leafy vegetable grown for its aromatic edible leaves, used in East Asian soups and hot pots.
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Garlic
Allium sativum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000355
Bulb crop used worldwide as a culinary flavoring, valued for its pungent cloves.
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Garlic chives
Allium tuberosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000313
Leafy allium grown for its flat, garlic-flavored leaves used as a vegetable and seasoning.
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Gaub tree
Diospyros malabarica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001098
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Gboma eggplant
Solanum macrocarpon
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000302
West African eggplant relative grown primarily for its bitter, edible leaves and secondarily for its fruit.
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Genip
Melicoccus bijugatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000499
A tropical tree, also known as Spanish lime, bearing clusters of small green fruit with tangy-sweet pulp around the seed.
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Genipap
Genipa americana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000277
A tropical American tree producing a fruit used fresh, fermented into beverages, and as a source of traditional blue-black body dye.
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Geraldton waxflower
Chamelaucium uncinatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000822
Evergreen shrub bearing small waxy flowers on fine foliage sprays, a major Australian export cut flower and filler.
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Gerbera (Crop)
Gerbera spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001099
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Gerbera daisy
Gerbera jamesonii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000285
Herbaceous perennial grown extensively under protected cultivation as a colorful cut flower.
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German Chamomile
Matricaria chamomilla
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000783
Annual herb whose dried flowers are used to make a calming herbal tea and in topical preparations; widely cultivated in Europe.
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Gesho
Rhamnus prinoides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000258
An Ethiopian shrub whose leaves and stems are used to flavor and ferment traditional honey wine (tej) and beer.
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Giant bamboo
Dendrocalamus giganteus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000737
One of the largest bamboo species, grown across South and Southeast Asia for heavy construction timber and pulp.
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Giant elephant ear
Leucocasia gigantea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001100
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Giant granadilla
Passiflora quadrangularis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000517
A vigorous vine producing a large passionfruit with mild, sweet pulp, the largest of the cultivated passionfruits.
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Giant swamp taro
Cyrtosperma merkusii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000348
Grown in excavated pits on Pacific atolls for its very large corm, tolerant of brackish conditions.
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Giant taro
Alocasia macrorrhizos
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000349
Large-cormed aroid grown for food after thorough cooking to remove calcium oxalate, also used as animal feed.
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Giant taro (Ma)
Colocasia gigantea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000346
Large-leaved relative of taro grown mainly for its edible petioles and corm in Southeast Asia.
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Ginger
Zingiber officinale
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000374
Rhizome crop used fresh, dried, or processed as a spice and flavoring worldwide.
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Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000637
Ancient deciduous tree native to China, cultivated for its edible seeds used in East Asian cuisine after removal of the malodorous outer coating.
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Ginseng
Panax spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001101
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Gladiolus
Gladiolus x hortulanus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000283
Cormous perennial grown for its tall flower spikes, widely used as a cut flower in bouquets and floral arrangements.
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Gliricidia
Gliricidia sepium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000118
A leguminous tree widely used in agroforestry for fodder, green manure, living fences, and shade.
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Globe artichoke
Cynara scolymus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000169
Perennial thistle grown for its large edible immature flower buds.
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Glory lily
Gloriosa superba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000820
Tuberous climbing perennial grown for its flamboyant reflexed flowers, used as a specialty cut flower.
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Godetia
Clarkia amoena
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000842
Annual herb grown for its cup-shaped satiny flowers, used as a cut flower.
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Goji berry
Lycium barbarum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000591
A shrub native to Asia producing small red berries, eaten dried and used in traditional medicine.
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Golden oyster mushroom
Pleurotus citrinopileatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000847
Native to East Asia, this bright yellow oyster relative grows in dense clusters and is cultivated for specialty fresh markets.
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Golden Root
Rhodiola rosea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000213
Cold-climate perennial cultivated for its root, an adaptogenic herb used in traditional Arctic and Nordic medicine.
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Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000804
Perennial herb producing plume-like sprays of small yellow flowers, widely used as cut flower filler foliage.
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Goldenseal
Hydrastis canadensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000232
Woodland perennial cultivated under shade in North America for its root, used in traditional herbal medicine.
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Good King Henry
Blitum bonus-henricus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000939
A perennial leafy green historically grown in European cottage gardens, with arrow-shaped leaves eaten like spinach.
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Gooseberry
Ribes uva-crispa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000584
A thorny shrub producing tart to sweet berries used fresh and in preserves, popular in Europe.
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Gotu Kola
Centella asiatica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000208
Creeping herb cultivated in South and Southeast Asia, used in traditional medicine and topical wound-care preparations.
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Goumi
Elaeagnus multiflora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000995
A nitrogen-fixing deciduous shrub native to China, Japan, and Korea producing small red speckled tart berries.
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Governor's plum
Flacourtia indica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000493
A shrub or small tree producing small, plum-like, tart-sweet fruit used fresh and in preserves.
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Grain amaranth
Amaranthus cruentus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000034
A Mesoamerican pseudocereal cultivated for its protein-rich grain.
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Grains of paradise
Aframomum melegueta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000661
West African herb whose peppery seeds are used as a spice similar to black pepper.
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Grains of Selim
Xylopia aethiopica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000660
African tree whose dried fruit pods are used as a peppery, smoky spice.
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Grape
Vitis vinifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000554
A woody vine bearing berries used for fresh eating, raisins, juice, and wine; the main cultivated grape species worldwide.
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Grapefruit
Citrus paradisi
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000561
An evergreen citrus tree producing large, tangy, often bittersweet fruit eaten fresh or juiced.
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Grass pea
Lathyrus sativus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000080
A hardy pulse crop grown for its edible seeds, valued for extreme drought and flood tolerance though excess consumption is linked to a neurological condition (lathyrism).
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Gray santolina
Santolina chamaecyparissus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001102
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Great pignut / Earth chestnut
Bunium bulbocastanum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000398
Grown or foraged for its chestnut-flavored tuber; its seeds are also used as a spice.
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Greater galangal
Alpinia galanga
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000377
Pungent rhizome used as a spice in Southeast Asian cuisine.
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Green nori
Monostroma nitidum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000888
A thin sheet-forming green alga cultivated on nets in Japanese estuaries and dried for use as a seasoning similar to nori.
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Greengage
Prunus domestica italica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001103
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Greenleaf desmodium
Desmodium intortum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000751
Perennial tropical forage legume often intercropped with grasses and used in push-pull pest control systems.
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Ground cherry
Physalis pruinosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000307
Husk-fruited plant grown for its small, sweet golden berries enclosed in a papery husk.
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Groundnut
Arachis hypogaea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000018
A drought-tolerant legume grown for both food and oil, common in western and Nyanza regions.
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Grumichama
Eugenia brasiliensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000492
A subtropical tree, native to Brazil, producing dark red to black cherry-like fruit with sweet flavor.
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Guaiacwood
Bulnesia sarmientoi
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000938
Wood is distilled for guaiacwood oil
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Guar (cluster bean)
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000089
A drought-tolerant legume grown for its edible pods and for guar gum extracted from its seeds, used widely in food and industrial applications.
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Guarana
Paullinia cupana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000739
An Amazonian climbing shrub grown for its caffeine-rich seeds, used in energy drinks and beverages.
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Guava
Psidium guajava
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000445
A small tropical tree bearing round to pear-shaped fruit with edible seedy pulp, eaten fresh or made into juice, jam, and paste.
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Guayabilla
Eugenia victoriana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001104
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Guayule
Parthenium argentatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000730
A desert shrub native to the southwestern United States and Mexico whose stems and roots yield a hypoallergenic natural rubber latex.
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Guelder rose
Viburnum opulus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000594
A shrub producing clusters of tart red berries, traditionally used cooked in jellies and sauces.
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Guggul
Commiphora wightii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000907
Tapped for gum-resin (guggul) used in traditional medicine and as a source of guggulsterone extracts.
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Guinea grass
Megathyrsus maximus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000764
Tall perennial tropical bunch grass cut or grazed as high-yielding fodder.
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Guinea millet
Brachiaria deflexa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000057
A minor West African cereal related to fonio, cultivated on a small scale for grain.
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Gum arabic
Acacia senegal
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001105
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Gum arabic tree
Senegalia senegal
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000140
A drought-tolerant leguminous tree tapped for gum arabic, a key ingredient in food and industrial products.
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Gum ghatti tree
Anogeissus latifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000935
Bark exudes gum ghatti (Indian gum)
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Habanero-type chili
Capsicum chinense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000165
Chili pepper species known for very hot, aromatic fruits such as habanero and Scotch bonnet.
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Hairy vetch
Vicia villosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000103
An annual or biennial legume widely used as a cover crop, green manure, and forage due to vigorous growth and nitrogen fixation.
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Hamburg parsley (root parsley)
Petroselinum crispum var. tuberosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000365
Grown for its edible parsnip-like root as well as its leaves.
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Hardy kiwi
Actinidia arguta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000595
A cold-hardy vine species producing small, smooth-skinned, grape-sized kiwifruit.
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Haskap (honeyberry)
Lonicera caerulea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000989
A cold-hardy honeysuckle shrub native to circumpolar northern regions producing elongated blue berries with a flavor resembling blueberry and raspberry.
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Hausa potato
Plectranthus rotundifolius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000242
A small edible-tuber crop grown in West Africa
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Hausa potato / Frafra potato
Solenostemon rotundifolius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000390
Small tuber crop grown mainly in West Africa.
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Hazelnut
Corylus avellana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000602
A shrub or small tree cultivated for its edible round nut, eaten raw, roasted, or processed.
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Heliconia
Heliconia psittacorum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000821
Rhizomatous tropical perennial grown for its brightly colored bracts, a significant tropical export cut flower.
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Hemp
Cannabis sativa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000625
Annual plant cultivated for its fiber and seeds, the latter pressed for nutritious hemp seed oil.
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Henequen
Agave fourcroydes
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000722
A fiber-yielding agave native to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, historically the region's major cash crop for cordage fiber similar to sisal.
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Henna
Lawsonia inermis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001106
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Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000573
A deciduous shrub producing sweet blue berries, the main commercially cultivated blueberry species.
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Highbush cranberry
Viburnum trilobum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000999
A North American shrub, unrelated to true cranberry, bearing tart red berries used in sauces and preserves.
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Hijiki
Sargassum fusiforme
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000890
A brown alga harvested and farmed along rocky East Asian coasts, dried and cooked as a traditional vegetable.
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Hoja santa
Piper auritum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000716
Large-leafed perennial herb with an anise-like flavor used to wrap and flavor foods in Mexican cuisine.
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Holy basil (Tulsi)
Ocimum tenuiflorum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000674
Aromatic herb sacred in Indian tradition, used culinarily and medicinally as an herbal spice.
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Honeybush
Cyclopia intermedia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000261
A South African shrub
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Hops
Humulus lupulus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000236
Climbing perennial cultivated primarily for brewing, with its flower cones also used traditionally as a mild sedative herbal remedy.
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Horse gram
Macrotyloma uniflorum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000094
A drought-hardy pulse crop grown in South Asia for its edible seeds, used as food and livestock feed.
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Horse mango
Mangifera foetida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001107
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Horseradish
Armoracia rusticana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000370
Grown for its pungent root, grated and used as a condiment.
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Hottentot fig
Carpobrotus edulis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001108
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Huauzontle
Chenopodium berlandieri subsp. nuttalliae
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000062
A domesticated chenopod grown in Mexico for its grain as well as its edible flower spikes and leaves.
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Hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000799
Bulbous perennial cultivated for its fragrant flower spikes, used in bulb forcing and cut flower production.
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Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000293
Deciduous flowering shrub whose large flower heads are grown commercially for cut flower and potted plant markets.
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Hyssop
Hyssopus officinalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000696
Aromatic perennial shrub used historically as a culinary and medicinal herb.
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Ice cream bean
Inga edulis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000113
A tropical leguminous tree grown for its long pods containing sweet, edible pulp surrounding the seeds, also used in agroforestry.
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Iceland poppy
Papaver nudicaule
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000828
Short-lived perennial grown as an annual, valued as a cut flower for its papery, brightly colored blooms.
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Iceplant
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001109
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Ilama
Annona diversifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000501
A tropical tree, important in Mexico and Central America, producing a fruit with sweet, creamy pulp similar to cherimoya.
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Illipe Nut
Shorea stenoptera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000633
Tree native to Borneo, producing seeds that yield illipe butter, a fat used as a cocoa butter substitute.
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Imbe
Garcinia livingstonei
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000511
An African tree producing small orange fruit with tangy, sweet-sour pulp.
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Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000826
Herbaceous perennial grown as an annual bedding and potted flowering ornamental, popular for shaded gardens.
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Incense tree
Boswellia sacra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001110
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Indian barnyard millet
Echinochloa frumentacea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000029
A minor cereal grown in India, prized for its quick maturity and use in fasting diets.
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Indian bay leaf
Cinnamomum tamala
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000712
Tree whose dried leaves, tasting of cinnamon and clove, are used as a spice in South Asian cooking.
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Indian Frankincense
Boswellia serrata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000224
Tree tapped for its aromatic resin, used in traditional medicine and incense; increasingly grown in managed plantations.
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Indian gooseberry
Phyllanthus emblica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000495
A deciduous tree, also called amla, producing a sour, vitamin-C-rich fruit used in food and traditional medicine.
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Indian jujube
Ziziphus mauritiana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000610
A tree distinct from common jujube, producing a smaller apple-like fruit widely eaten in South Asia.
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Indian oyster (phoenix oyster) mushroom
Pleurotus pulmonarius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000846
A heat-tolerant oyster mushroom relative closely related to P. ostreatus, widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions.
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Indian ricegrass
Achnatherum hymenoides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001008
A drought-tolerant grass of the North American West historically harvested by Indigenous peoples for its nutritious grain, now milled into a small commercial gluten-free flour.
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Indian screw tree
Helicteres isora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001111
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Indian Snakeroot
Rauvolfia serpentina
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000207
Shrub whose root is a traditional Ayurvedic medicine and source of the alkaloid reserpine, used in conventional blood pressure medication.
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Indonesian cinnamon
Cinnamomum burmannii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001112
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Iris (Crop)
Iris spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001113
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Irish moss
Chondrus crispus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000883
A red alga harvested and farmed along North Atlantic coasts, used as a source of carrageenan thickener.
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Irish potato
Solanum tuberosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000014
A major highland staple and cash crop, with Nyandarua and Meru among the top-producing counties.
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Italian ryegrass
Lolium multiflorum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000763
Fast-growing annual or biennial grass used for forage and short-term pasture.
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Ivy gourd
Coccinia grandis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000419
A perennial climbing vine cultivated in South and Southeast Asia for its small, cucumber-like fruit.
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Jaboticaba
Plinia cauliflora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000478
A slow-growing subtropical tree bearing grape-like fruit directly on its trunk and branches, eaten fresh or made into jam and wine.
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Jabuticaba
Myrciaria cauliflora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001114
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Jack bean
Canavalia ensiformis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000086
A vigorous tropical legume grown for its large edible seeds and pods, also used as green manure and cover crop.
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Jackalberry
Diospyros mespiliformis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000249
A large African savanna and riverine tree producing a small
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Jackfruit
Artocarpus heterophyllus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000447
A large evergreen tree bearing the largest tree-borne fruit, with sweet fibrous flesh eaten fresh or cooked as a meat substitute when unripe.
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Japanese barnyard millet
Echinochloa esculenta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000023
A fast-maturing cereal cultivated mainly in Japan and Korea for grain and forage.
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Japanese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000218
Vine cultivated in China for its flower buds, a traditional medicinal herb used for fevers and inflammation.
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Japanese maple
Acer palmatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001115
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Japanese plum
Prunus salicina
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000546
A stone fruit tree producing juicy, often heart-shaped fruit, widely grown for fresh eating.
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Japanese stone oak
Lithocarpus edulis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001116
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Japanese Torreya
Torreya nucifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000650
Coniferous tree native to Japan, cultivated for its edible seeds, known as kaya nuts, which are roasted or pressed for oil.
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Japanese yam / Jinenjo
Dioscorea japonica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000343
Wild and cultivated mountain yam with a mucilaginous tuber prized in Japanese cuisine.
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Jaragua grass
Hyparrhenia rufa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000777
Tall perennial savanna grass used for grazing and hay in tropical regions.
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Jasmine
Jasminum spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001117
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Java cardamom
Amomum compactum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000718
Rhizomatous herb producing small aromatic seed pods used as a regional cardamom spice in Indonesia.
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Java plum
Syzygium cumini
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000533
A tropical tree, also called jamun, producing small purple-black fruit with astringent, sweet-tart flavor.
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Jelly palm
Butia odorata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000973
Sweet-tart orange fruit is eaten fresh or made into jellies, juices, and liqueurs in southern Brazil and Uruguay.
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Jerusalem artichoke
Helianthus tuberosus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000382
Grown for its knobby, inulin-rich tuber.
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Jiaogulan
Gynostemma pentaphyllum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000426
A climbing vine native to Asia, cultivated for its leaves, which are used to make herbal tea.
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Jicama
Pachyrhizus erosus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000085
A tropical legume vine grown primarily for its crisp, sweet edible tuberous root; other plant parts are toxic.
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Job's tears
Coix lacryma-jobi
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000048
A tropical grass grown in Asia for its hard, bead-like grains, used as food and for ornamental beads.
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Jojoba
Simmondsia chinensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000627
Desert shrub native to the Sonoran Desert, cultivated for its seeds, which yield a liquid wax used as jojoba oil in cosmetics.
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Jostaberry
Ribes ×nidigrolaria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000988
A complex hybrid between black currant and gooseberry, producing large dark purple berries with a flavor intermediate between the two parents.
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Juçara palm
Euterpe edulis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000961
Harvested for palm heart (historically to the point of overexploitation) and for a fruit pulp similar to açaí.
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Jujube
Ziziphus jujuba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000609
A small tree producing a date-like fruit eaten fresh, dried, or candied.
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Jungle rice
Echinochloa colona
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000064
A minor cereal gathered or cultivated in parts of Africa and Asia, closely related to barnyard millet.
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Jute mallow
Corchorus olitorius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000158
Leafy vegetable grown for its mucilaginous leaves, used in soups and stews across Africa and the Middle East (molokhia).
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Kaffir lime
Citrus hystrix
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000569
A citrus species grown for its distinctively knobbly, aromatic rind and leaves used in Southeast Asian cooking.
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Kale
Brassica oleracea var. sabellica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000147
A hardy leafy cole crop grown for its curled, nutrient-dense leaves eaten cooked or raw.
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Kañiwa
Chenopodium pallidicaule
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000033
A cold-hardy Andean pseudocereal related to quinoa, grown at high altitude for its small seeds.
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Kapok
Ceiba pentandra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000629
Large tropical tree producing seed pods filled with a fluffy fiber used for stuffing, and seeds that yield kapok seed oil.
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Karaya gum tree
Sterculia urens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000934
Trunk exudes gum karaya
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Karonda
Carissa carandas
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000528
A thorny shrub producing small, tart berries used in pickles, preserves, and juices in South Asia.
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Katuk
Sauropus androgynus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000311
Southeast Asian shrub grown for its tender, nutrient-rich leaves and shoots, eaten as a cooked vegetable.
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Kava
Piper methysticum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000234
Shrub cultivated across the Pacific Islands for its root, traditionally prepared as a calming ceremonial beverage.
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Kei apple
Dovyalis caffra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000515
A thorny African shrub producing small, apricot-colored, tart-sweet fruit eaten fresh or as preserves.
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Kenaf
Hibiscus cannabinus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000723
A fast-growing annual bast-fiber crop related to cotton and okra, used for cordage, paper pulp, and composite fiberboard.
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Kencur / Aromatic ginger
Kaempferia galanga
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000379
Small aromatic rhizome used as a spice and in traditional medicine across Southeast Asia.
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Kepel apple
Stelechocarpus burahol
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001118
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Kersting's groundnut
Macrotyloma geocarpum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000124
A minor West African legume that develops its pods underground like Bambara groundnut, grown for its edible seeds.
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Key lime
Citrus aurantiifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000559
A small evergreen citrus tree producing small, highly acidic, aromatic limes.
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Khat
Catha edulis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000749
An evergreen shrub native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula whose fresh leaves are chewed as a mild stimulant.
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Khorasan wheat (Kamut)
Triticum turanicum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000044
An ancient large-grained wheat species, marketed commercially as Kamut, grown for specialty foods.
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Kikuyu grass
Pennisetum clandestinum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000765
Vigorous creeping perennial pasture grass common in tropical highland grazing systems.
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King of Bitters
Andrographis paniculata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000210
Bitter annual herb cultivated across South and Southeast Asia, used in traditional medicine for colds and fevers.
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King oyster (eryngii) mushroom
Pleurotus eryngii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000845
Prized for its thick, meaty stem, this species is native to Mediterranean and Central Asian grasslands where it grows on the roots of Apiaceae plants.
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King protea
Protea cynaroides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000291
Evergreen shrub bearing large flower heads, the national flower of South Africa and a significant export cut flower.
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King tuber (tiger milk) mushroom
Pleurotus tuber-regium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000849
Cultivated in West Africa and parts of Asia both for its fruiting bodies and for the edible underground sclerotium it forms.
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Kiwicha (Andean amaranth)
Amaranthus caudatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000037
An Andean grain amaranth species grown for its edible seeds, also known as love-lies-bleeding.
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Kiwifruit
Actinidia deliciosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000465
A woody vine producing fuzzy-skinned fruit with green flesh and small black seeds, eaten fresh.
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Kleingrass
Panicum coloratum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000776
Perennial warm-season pasture grass valued for drought tolerance.
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Kodo millet
Paspalum scrobiculatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000024
A hardy minor cereal grown in India and West Africa, tolerant of poor soils and drought.
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Kohlrabi
Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000326
Cole crop grown for its swollen, edible above-ground stem.
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Kokum
Garcinia indica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000512
An Indian tropical tree producing a dark purple fruit whose sour rind is dried and used as a souring agent in cooking.
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Kola Nut
Cola nitida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000635
Tree native to West Africa, cultivated for its caffeine-containing seeds, chewed as a stimulant and used in beverage flavoring.
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Kolomikta vine (Arctic kiwi)
Actinidia kolomikta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000993
An extremely cold-hardy East Asian vine producing small sweet smooth-skinned fruit similar to kiwiberry.
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Komatsuna
Brassica rapa var. perviridis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000176
Japanese leafy mustard-spinach grown for its tender, mild-flavored leaves.
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Kombu
Saccharina japonica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000880
A large brown kelp cultivated on longlines and dried to make dashi stock and other foods.
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Konjac
Amorphophallus konjac
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000351
Corm processed into glucomannan flour used for konjac jelly and noodles, grown mainly in East Asia.
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Korean pine
Pinus koraiensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001119
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Korlan
Nephelium hypoleucum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001120
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Kubal vine
Willughbeia sarawakensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001121
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Kudzu
Pueraria montana var. lobata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000108
A fast-growing climbing legume used historically for forage and erosion control, though it can become highly invasive.
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Kumquat
Citrus japonica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000564
A small citrus species bearing tiny orange fruit eaten whole, including the sweet rind.
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Kurrat
Allium ampeloprasum var. kurrat
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001122
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Kuwini mango
Mangifera odorata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001123
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Kwai Muk
Artocarpus hypargyraea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001124
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Lablab (hyacinth bean)
Lablab purpureus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000075
A vigorous climbing legume grown for its edible pods, seeds, and leaves, and widely used as forage and cover crop.
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Lacy Phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001125
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Lady's mantle
Alchemilla mollis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000834
Herbaceous perennial grown for its sprays of chartreuse flowers and foliage, widely used as cut flower filler.
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Lagos spinach
Celosia argentea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000243
A leafy vegetable widely grown in West Africa, known locally as soko yokoto, valued for its edible leaves.
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Lambsquarters
Chenopodium album
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000309
Widespread leafy vegetable and common weed, with spinach-like edible leaves.
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Land cress
Barbarea verna
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000190
Cool-season leafy vegetable with a peppery, watercress-like flavor, grown on dry land.
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Langsat
Lansium parasiticum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000467
A tropical tree, also known as lanzones, producing clusters of translucent-fleshed fruit with a sweet-tart taste.
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Larkspur
Consolida ajacis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000792
Annual herb producing tall flower spikes, grown as a cut flower and popular dried flower.
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Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000710
Aromatic evergreen shrub whose flowers are used sparingly as a culinary herb and in spice blends.
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Leek
Allium ampeloprasum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000356
Grown for its thick edible stem formed from overlapping leaf bases.
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Lemon
Citrus limon
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000558
An evergreen citrus tree producing acidic yellow fruit used in cooking, beverages, and flavoring.
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Lemon balm
Melissa officinalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000693
Perennial herb with lemon-scented leaves used to flavor teas and dishes.
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Lemon basil
Ocimum americanum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000675
Aromatic annual herb with citrus-scented leaves used as a culinary flavoring in Southeast Asia.
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Lemon verbena
Aloysia citrodora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000702
Deciduous shrub with strongly lemon-scented leaves used to flavor teas and desserts.
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Lemon-scented gum
Corymbia citriodora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000916
Leaves distilled for citronellal-rich oil used as an insect repellent and fragrance ingredient.
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Lemongrass
Cymbopogon citratus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000689
Tropical grass whose citrus-scented stalks are used to flavor Southeast Asian dishes and teas.
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Lentil
Lens culinaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000069
An annual pulse crop cultivated for its small edible seeds, one of the oldest domesticated legumes and a major global protein source.
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Leren
Calathea allouia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000275
A tropical American perennial grown for its small, sweet, starchy tubers, traditionally eaten boiled as a vegetable.
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Lespedeza (Crop)
Lespedeza spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001126
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Lesquerella (Bladderpod)
Physaria fendleri
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000441
An emerging oilseed crop native to arid North America, grown for hydroxy fatty acid-rich seed oil used in industrial lubricants.
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Lesser galangal
Alpinia officinarum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000378
Sharper-flavored rhizome used medicinally and as a spice, mainly in China.
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Lesser yam
Dioscorea esculenta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000338
Spiny-vined yam producing clusters of smaller, sweet tubers, cultivated across Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000148
Widely grown leafy salad vegetable with many head and leaf-type cultivars.
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Leucadendron
Leucadendron discolor
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000815
Evergreen shrub grown for its colorful bracts, used widely as a cut flower and foliage filler.
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Leucaena
Leucaena leucocephala
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000117
A fast-growing leguminous tree widely used for fodder, green manure, timber, and agroforestry systems.
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Liberian coffee
Coffea liberica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001127
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Licorice
Glycyrrhiza glabra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000099
A perennial legume grown for its sweet-tasting roots, used as a flavoring and in traditional medicine.
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Licuri palm
Syagrus coronata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000980
Kernel oil extracted from the small nuts is used for cooking, soap, and cosmetics in northeastern Brazil.
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Lily of the valley
Convallaria majalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000833
Rhizomatous perennial grown for its fragrant, bell-shaped flowers, a premium cut flower especially for weddings.
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Lima bean
Phaseolus lunatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000070
A legume grown for its broad, flat, starchy edible seeds, cultivated as both bush and climbing varieties.
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Lingonberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000577
A low evergreen shrub bearing tart red berries, traditionally wild-harvested in northern Europe.
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Lion's mane mushroom
Hericium erinaceus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000854
Named for its cascading white spines, this culinary and medicinal mushroom is cultivated on hardwood substrate for fresh and dried markets.
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Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000289
Herbaceous annual/biennial grown as a premium cut flower resembling roses, valued for long vase life.
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Little barley
Hordeum pusillum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001011
A small-grained wild barley relative that was gathered and cultivated by prehistoric Native Americans as part of the Eastern Agricultural Complex before its cultivation was abandoned.
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Little millet
Panicum sumatrense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000025
A small-grained minor millet cultivated across India for food, valued for its drought tolerance.
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Livid amaranth
Amaranthus blitum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000152
A leafy amaranth species foraged and cultivated as a potherb across Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean.
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Livingstone potato
Plectranthus esculentus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000389
Grown for its edible tubers, a traditional food crop in southern and eastern Africa.
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Logwood
Haematoxylum campechianum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000930
Heartwood yields hematoxylin dye
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Long pepper
Piper longum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000652
Climbing perennial vine bearing elongated flower spikes used dried as a pungent spice similar to black pepper.
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Longan
Dimocarpus longan
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000451
A subtropical tree closely related to lychee, producing small round fruit with translucent sweet flesh, eaten fresh or dried.
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Longevity spinach
Gynura procumbens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001128
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Loquat
Eriobotrya japonica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000466
A small subtropical evergreen tree bearing clusters of small yellow-orange, sweet-tart fruit eaten fresh.
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Lotus root
Nelumbo nucifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000394
Aquatic plant cultivated for its crunchy, perforated rhizome as well as its seeds.
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Lovage
Levisticum officinale
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000690
Tall perennial herb with a celery-like flavor used in soups and stews.
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Lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000574
A low-growing, cold-hardy wild blueberry species harvested commercially, especially in northeastern North America.
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Lucuma
Pouteria lucuma
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000531
An Andean tree producing a green-skinned fruit with dry, sweet, maple-like flavored flesh, popular as a flavoring.
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Lupine
Lupinus spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001129
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Lychee
Litchi chinensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000450
A subtropical evergreen tree producing small red-skinned fruit with sweet, fragrant translucent flesh.
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Ma Huang
Ephedra sinica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000228
Shrubby herb cultivated in China as a source of ephedrine alkaloids, long used in traditional Chinese medicine for respiratory complaints.
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Maca
Lepidium meyenii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000388
High-altitude Andean crop grown for its nutrient-dense root, consumed as food and in traditional medicine.
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Macadamia
Macadamia integrifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000021
A high-value nut export crop grown as both a monocrop and a smallholder intercrop in the central highlands.
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Macadamia (Crop)
Macadamia spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001130
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Macauba palm
Acrocomia aculeata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000972
Fruit yields both pulp oil and kernel oil, making it a significant emerging source of edible and biodiesel oil in Brazil.
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Madagascar Periwinkle
Catharanthus roseus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000205
Ornamental and medicinal plant cultivated as the source of vincristine and vinblastine, alkaloids used in cancer chemotherapy.
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Mahaleb cherry
Prunus mahaleb
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000553
A cherry relative grown mainly as a rootstock for other Prunus species and for its aromatic seeds used as a spice.
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Maidi frankincense
Boswellia frereana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000905
Produces a highly aromatic resin (maidi) prized in perfumery
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Maitake mushroom
Grifola frondosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000855
A polypore forming large, overlapping clusters at the base of oak trees, cultivated commercially in Japan, China, and the United States for culinary and medicinal use.
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Maize
Zea mays
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000002
Kenya's staple cereal, grown across nearly every agro-ecological zone; the primary source of calories for most households.
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Makiang
Syzygium nervosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001131
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Malabar Chestnut
Pachira aquatica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000644
Tropical tree native to Central and South America, cultivated for its edible seeds, which can be eaten raw, cooked, or roasted like peanuts.
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Malabar spinach
Basella alba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000180
Vining tropical leafy vegetable with thick, mucilaginous leaves.
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Malay apple
Syzygium malaccense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000470
A tropical tree producing pear-shaped, crimson-skinned fruit with crisp, mildly sweet flesh.
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Mallow raisin
Grewia bicolor
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000268
A drought-hardy African shrub producing small
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Mamey sapote
Pouteria sapota
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000474
A large tropical tree producing a rough-skinned fruit with sweet, salmon-colored flesh popular in Latin America.
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Mammee apple
Mammea americana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001132
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Manchurian wild rice
Zizania latifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000897
An aquatic perennial grass cultivated widely in China, where a smut-fungus infection causes the stem base to swell into the edible vegetable jiaobai.
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Mandarin
Citrus reticulata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000562
An evergreen citrus tree producing small, easy-to-peel, sweet fruit; includes tangerine types.
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Mangelwurzel
Beta vulgaris vulgaris convar. vulgaris var. crassa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001133
Mango
Mangifera indica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000010
A widely grown fruit tree in the coastal and eastern lowlands, both for domestic consumption and export.
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Mango (Mapuche cereal)
Bromus mango
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001016
An extinct domesticated cereal cultivated by the Mapuche people of southern Chile and Argentina until the 19th century, when it was displaced by European wheat and barley.
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Mangosteen
Garcinia mangostana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000452
A slow-growing tropical tree producing a fruit with a thick purple rind and sweet, segmented white flesh, often called the queen of fruits.
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Manila elemi
Canarium luzonicum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000936
Bark exudes elemi oleoresin distilled for essential oil used in perfumery and varnishes.
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Manna grass
Glyceria fluitans
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000065
A semi-aquatic grass historically harvested in Central and Eastern Europe for its small edible grains, known as manna grits.
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Maprang
Bouea macrophylla
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001134
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Marama bean
Tylosema esculentum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000139
A drought-tolerant southern African legume with edible seeds and starchy tuberous roots, valued as an underutilized food crop.
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Marang
Artocarpus odoratissimus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001135
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Marigold
Tagetes spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001136
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Marjoram
Origanum majorana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000682
Tender perennial herb related to oregano, with a milder, sweeter aromatic flavor.
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Marula
Sclerocarya birrea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000532
An African tree producing a tart, vitamin-C-rich fruit traditionally eaten fresh and fermented into beverages.
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Mashua
Tropaeolum tuberosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000385
Andean tuber crop with a peppery flavor, related to the garden nasturtium.
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Matsutake
Tricholoma matsutake
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001137
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Mauka
Mirabilis expansa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000276
A little-known Andean perennial grown for its starchy edible root, historically cultivated alongside oca and ulluco.
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Mauritius hemp
Furcraea foetida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000726
A large agave-like succulent cultivated for its leaf fiber, used for cordage and sacking in parts of Latin America and Africa.
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May chang
Litsea cubeba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000672
Small tree whose lemony-peppery dried fruit is used as a spice and source of essential oil in Asia.
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Maygrass
Phalaris caroliniana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001015
A small-seeded grass gathered and cultivated by prehistoric Native Americans across eastern North America as part of the Eastern Agricultural Complex.
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Meadowfoam
Limnanthes alba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000641
Annual wildflower native to the Pacific coast of North America, cultivated as a specialty oilseed crop valued for its highly stable seed oil.
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Medlar
Mespilus germanica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000542
A small deciduous tree whose fruit is eaten after bletting (softening) past normal ripeness.
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Melon (Cantaloupe)
Cucumis melo
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000407
A vining crop grown for its sweet, aromatic fruit, including cantaloupe and honeydew types.
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Meshima mushroom
Phellinus linteus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000873
A hard, woody bracket fungus cultivated in Korea and Japan primarily for medicinal extract production.
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Mesquite
Prosopis pallida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000115
A drought-tolerant leguminous tree whose sweet pods are ground into flour and used for food and forage in arid regions.
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Mexican copal
Bursera bipinnata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000910
Bark resin tapped for copal incense widely used in Mexican ceremonial and religious practice.
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Mexican grain amaranth
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000035
A grain amaranth species domesticated in Mexico, historically important in Aztec agriculture.
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Mexican oregano
Lippia graveolens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000683
Shrub whose pungent leaves are used as an oregano substitute in Mexican and Central American cuisine.
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Mexican panicgrass (Sonoran millet)
Panicum hirticaule
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001009
A cereal cultivated on a small scale by Indigenous communities of the southwestern United States and Mexico, used like millet for flour and tortillas.
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Mexican tarragon
Tagetes lucida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000711
Perennial herb with an anise-tarragon flavor used as a tarragon substitute in warm climates.
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Mibuna
Brassica rapa var. japonica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000943
A Japanese mustard green closely related to mizuna, with narrow, non-serrated leaves and a mild peppery flavor.
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Michaelmas daisy
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000839
Perennial herb grown for its late-season daisy-like flowers, used as an autumn cut flower.
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Milk Thistle
Silybum marianum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000201
Thistle cultivated for its seeds, which are processed into extracts traditionally used to support liver health.
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Milky mushroom
Calocybe indica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000875
A heat-tolerant white mushroom developed and cultivated widely in India as a warm-season alternative to button mushroom.
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Miner's lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000948
A small annual salad green with distinctive round, cupped leaves, native to western North America and grown as a winter salad crop.
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Mint
Mentha spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001138
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Mirabelle plum
Prunus domestica syriaca
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001139
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Miracle fruit
Synsepalum dulcificum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000489
A tropical shrub producing a small red berry whose pulp temporarily makes sour foods taste sweet.
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Mitsuba
Cryptotaenia japonica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000319
Japanese leafy herb-vegetable with a mild parsley-like flavor, used fresh and in cooked dishes.
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Mizuna
Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000177
Japanese leafy vegetable with feathery, deeply serrated leaves used in salads and cooking.
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Mocambo
Theobroma bicolor
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000274
A South and Central American tree related to cacao, grown for its large pods containing sweet-pulped seeds used in beverages.
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Molasses grass
Melinis minutiflora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000770
Perennial tropical pasture grass with aromatic foliage that helps repel some livestock pests.
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Mongongo Nut
Schinziophyton rautanenii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000648
Tree native to southern Africa, producing an oil-rich edible nut that has long been a traditional food staple.
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Monk fruit
Siraitia grosvenorii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001140
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Monkey Jack
Artocarpus lacucha
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001141
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Monkey orange
Strychnos spinosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000248
A southern and eastern African savanna shrub producing a hard-shelled fruit with edible pulp.
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Morel mushroom
Morchella esculenta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000868
A highly prized spring mushroom with a distinctive honeycombed cap; outdoor field cultivation techniques have been developed in China over the past two decades with variable commercial success.
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Moringa
Moringa oleifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000297
Fast-growing tree whose nutrient-rich leaves are widely eaten as a cooked or dried leafy vegetable.
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Moso bamboo
Phyllostachys edulis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000736
A large timber bamboo native to China, the most economically important bamboo species for construction lumber, pulp, and edible shoots.
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Mosquito fern
Azolla pinnata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000902
A small free-floating aquatic fern cultivated in rice paddies and ponds across Asia as a nitrogen-fixing green manure and livestock/fish feed.
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Moth bean
Vigna aconitifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000082
A drought-resistant legume grown mainly in arid regions of India for its small edible seeds.
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Moth orchid
Phalaenopsis amabilis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000809
Epiphytic orchid species widely hybridized and mass-produced as a potted flowering ornamental.
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Mountain papaya
Vasconcellea pubescens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000522
A small tree related to papaya, adapted to higher elevations, producing an aromatic fruit typically cooked before eating.
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Mountain soursop
Annona montana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001142
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Mulberry
Morus spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001143
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Mung bean
Vigna radiata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000079
A fast-growing annual pulse grown for its small green seeds, widely used in Asian cuisine including sprouts and dal.
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Muscadine grape
Vitis rotundifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000556
A grape species native to the southeastern United States, grown for fresh fruit, juice, and wine.
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Mustard greens
Brassica juncea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000173
Leafy vegetable and oilseed species grown for its pungent, peppery leaves.
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Myoga ginger
Zingiber mioga
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000715
Perennial herb whose edible flower buds are used as a mild ginger-flavored spice in Japanese cuisine.
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Myrrh
Commiphora myrrha
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000225
Thorny shrub tapped for its aromatic resin, used since antiquity in traditional medicine and incense.
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Naked oat
Avena nuda
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000052
A hulless oat species grown mainly in China, prized because the grain threshes free of its husk.
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Nameko mushroom
Pholiota nameko
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000865
A small, glazed-cap mushroom traditionally cultivated on hardwood logs in Japan and now widely grown on sawdust substrate.
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Nance
Byrsonima crassifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001144
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Nanking cherry
Prunus tomentosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000552
A cold-hardy shrubby cherry species grown for small tart-sweet fruit and as an ornamental.
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Napa cabbage
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000175
Asian leafy vegetable forming a dense, elongated head, widely used in East Asian cuisine.
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Napier grass (Elephant grass)
Pennisetum purpureum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000757
Tall perennial grass widely cut and carried as fodder or made into silage in tropical regions.
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Naranjilla
Solanum quitoense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000331
Andean shrub grown for its acidic, aromatic orange fruit, used in beverages and cooking.
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Narbon bean
Vicia narbonensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000133
A pulse crop grown for its edible seeds and as livestock feed, cultivated mainly in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions.
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Narrow-leaved lupin
Lupinus angustifolius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000091
An annual legume grown mainly for animal feed and increasingly for human food due to its high protein seed content.
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Narrow-leaved peppermint
Eucalyptus radiata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000915
Leaves distilled for a gentler-grade eucalyptus oil widely used in aromatherapy and medicine.
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Nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000717
Annual plant whose peppery edible leaves and flowers are used as a culinary garnish and pepper substitute.
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Natal plum
Carissa macrocarpa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000529
A South African shrub producing a plum-like, sweet-tart fruit eaten fresh or in preserves.
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Neem
Azadirachta indica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000630
Fast-growing tropical tree native to South Asia, cultivated for its seeds, which yield neem oil used in traditional medicine and natural pesticides.
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Nerine lily
Nerine bowdenii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000817
Bulbous perennial grown for its umbels of pink star-shaped flowers, used as an autumn cut flower.
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New Zealand flax
Phormium tenax
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001145
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New Zealand spinach
Tetragonia tetragonioides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000181
Sprawling leafy vegetable used as a spinach substitute in warm climates.
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Niger Seed
Guizotia abyssinica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000626
Annual oilseed crop native to Ethiopia, cultivated for its small seeds pressed into niger seed oil and used as birdseed.
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Nipa grass (Palmer's saltgrass)
Distichlis palmeri
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001010
A salt-tolerant perennial grain grass native to the tidal marshes of the Gulf of California, historically a wild-harvested staple of the Cocopah people and now trialed as a saltwater grain crop.
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Nipa palm
Nypa fruticans
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000965
Sap tapped from the flower stalk is boiled into sugar or fermented into vinegar and alcohol; leaves are used for thatch.
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Njangsa
Ricinodendron heudelotii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000244
A Central and West African forest tree whose oily seeds are used as a food-thickening spice.
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Noni
Morinda citrifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000484
A small tropical tree or shrub producing a pungent, knobby fruit used traditionally in juices and folk medicine.
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Nori
Pyropia yezoensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000877
A red alga cultivated on nets in coastal waters and processed into thin dried sheets used to wrap sushi.
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Nori (Pyropia haitanensis)
Pyropia haitanensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001146
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Nori (Pyropia tenera)
Pyropia tenera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001147
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Norway spruce
Picea abies
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001148
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Nutmeg
Myristica fragrans
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001149
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Oats
Avena sativa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000050
A widely cultivated cereal grown for human food and livestock feed, notable for its high fiber content.
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Obedient plant
Physostegia virginiana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000835
Perennial herb producing spike flowers, grown as a cut flower and border ornamental.
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Oca
Oxalis tuberosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000383
Andean tuber crop with a tangy, slightly sour flavor.
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Ogo
Gracilaria edulis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000886
A red alga cultivated in ponds and coastal waters across Asia as a source of agar and as a food seaweed.
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Oil Palm
Elaeis guineensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000618
Tropical palm native to West Africa, cultivated for its fruit which yields palm oil and palm kernel oil, among the world's most widely used vegetable oils.
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Okinawan spinach
Gynura bicolor
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000955
A perennial leafy vegetable with purple-backed leaves, grown in East Asia and eaten raw or lightly cooked.
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Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000160
Fruiting vegetable grown for its immature edible seed pods, used in stews and soups worldwide.
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Old fustic
Maclura tinctoria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001150
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Oldham’s bamboo
Bambusa oldhamii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001151
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Olive
Olea europaea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000608
An evergreen tree cultivated for its fruit, used for pressing into oil or curing for table olives.
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Onion
Allium cepa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000020
A high-value horticultural crop grown in irrigation schemes and highland areas alike; Kenya still imports to meet demand.
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Opium Poppy
Papaver somniferum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000624
Annual plant cultivated for its seeds, used in baking and pressed for poppyseed oil, and for latex used in pharmaceuticals.
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Opoponax (sweet myrrh)
Commiphora guidottii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000908
Source of opoponax resin used in perfumery and incense blends.
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Orach
Atriplex hortensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000182
Leafy vegetable related to spinach, grown for its tender, often colorful leaves.
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Orchard grass (Cocksfoot)
Dactylis glomerata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000769
Perennial cool-season pasture and hay grass with good shade tolerance.
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Oregano
Origanum vulgare
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000681
Perennial herb whose pungent leaves are a key flavoring in Mediterranean and Italian cuisine.
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Ornamental sunflower
Helianthus annuus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000791
Annual herb; pollen-free branching cultivars are grown specifically as a cut flower crop, distinct from oilseed production.
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Otaheite gooseberry
Phyllanthus acidus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000494
A small tropical tree producing clusters of ribbed, very sour fruit used mainly in pickles and preserves.
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Oyster mushroom
Pleurotus ostreatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000844
A fast-growing wood-decay fungus with fan-shaped caps, one of the easiest gourmet mushrooms to cultivate commercially.
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Oyster Nut
Telfairia pedata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000647
Perennial vine native to East Africa, cultivated for its large seeds, which are oil-rich and eaten roasted.
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Paddy straw mushroom
Volvariella volvacea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000856
A fast-fruiting tropical species traditionally cultivated on composted rice straw in Southeast Asia and southern China.
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Pak choi
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000174
Asian leafy vegetable with smooth, spoon-shaped leaves and thick white or green stalks.
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Palmarosa
Cymbopogon martinii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000782
Aromatic grass cultivated for its rose-scented essential oil used in perfumery and traditional medicine.
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Palo santo
Bursera graveolens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000911
Wood and resin distilled for palo santo essential oil used in incense and aromatherapy.
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Pandan
Pandanus amaryllifolius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000707
Tropical shrub whose fragrant leaves flavor and color rice and desserts across Southeast Asia.
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Pansy
Viola x wittrockiana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000823
Herbaceous hybrid annual grown extensively as a bedding and potted flowering ornamental.
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Papaya
Carica papaya
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000443
A fast-growing tropical tree fruit with sweet orange flesh, eaten fresh, in salads (unripe), or processed into juice and papain enzyme.
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Paper mulberry
Broussonetia papyrifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000728
A fast-growing tree whose inner bark fiber is traditionally used to make paper and tapa cloth across Asia and the Pacific.
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Papyrus
Cyperus papyrus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000747
A tall aquatic sedge native to the Nile basin, historically processed into one of the earliest paper-like writing materials and still used for matting and handicrafts.
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Para grass
Urochloa mutica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000766
Perennial grass adapted to wet and flooded conditions
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Para guava
Psidium acutangulum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001152
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Para rubber tree
Hevea brasiliensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000729
A tropical tree tapped for latex, the primary source of natural rubber used in tires and industrial products worldwide.
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Paradise nut
Lecythis zabucajo
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001153
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Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000685
Biennial herb widely used fresh as a garnish and flavoring herb in many world cuisines.
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Parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000364
Grown for its sweet, cream-colored taproot, with flavor that improves after frost.
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Passion fruit
Passiflora edulis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000446
A vigorous climbing vine producing aromatic fruit with seedy pulp used fresh, in juice, and flavoring.
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Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000223
Climbing vine cultivated for its leaves and flowers, used in traditional herbal remedies as a calming aid.
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Patawa palm
Oenocarpus bataua
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000970
Fruit mesocarp is pressed for a nutritious oil similar to olive oil, used in cooking across the Amazon basin.
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Patchouli
Pogostemon cablin
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000744
A tropical shrub whose leaves are distilled for a heavy, musky essential oil widely used in perfumery and cosmetics.
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Peach
Prunus persica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000543
A stone fruit tree producing sweet juicy fruit; nectarines are a smooth-skinned form of the same species.
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Peach palm
Bactris gasipaes
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000520
A spiny tropical palm cultivated for its starchy, carotene-rich fruit, typically boiled before eating, and for its edible heart of palm.
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Peanut butter fruit
Bunchosia glandulifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001154
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Pearl millet
Pennisetum glaucum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000239
The most drought-tolerant of the major millets
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Pecan
Carya illinoinensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000607
A large tree native to North America cultivated for its rich, buttery edible nut.
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Pecan nut
Carya illinoensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001155
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Pennyroyal
Mentha pulegium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001156
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Peony
Paeonia lactiflora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000787
Herbaceous perennial grown for its large, fragrant blooms, a high-value seasonal cut flower especially for weddings.
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Pepino
Solanum muricatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000334
South American shrub grown for its sweet, juicy, melon-flavored fruit, eaten as a fresh vegetable-fruit.
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Peppermint
Mentha x piperita
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000677
Hybrid perennial mint with a strong menthol flavor used in culinary and beverage applications.
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Pequi
Caryocar brasiliense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000642
Tree native to the Brazilian cerrado, producing an oily, aromatic fruit used in traditional cooking and for oil.
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Perennial ryegrass
Lolium perenne
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000762
Persistent cool-season pasture grass valued for high forage quality and rapid establishment.
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Perennial soybean (glycine)
Neonotonia wightii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000138
A vigorous perennial forage legume used for grazing and pasture improvement in the tropics and subtropics.
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Perilla
Perilla frutescens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000315
Aromatic leafy vegetable used fresh as a wrap and salad green in East Asian cuisine.
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Perilla (Crop)
Perilla frutescens var. crispa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001157
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Persian buttercup
Ranunculus asiaticus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000794
Tuberous perennial grown for its dense, layered blooms, an increasingly popular premium cut flower.
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Persian lime
Citrus latifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000560
A seedless lime widely grown commercially, larger and more cold-tolerant than the key lime.
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Persimmon
Diospyros kaki
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000464
A deciduous tree producing orange fruit eaten fresh when soft-ripe (astringent types) or firm (non-astringent types).
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Peru balsam tree
Myroxylon pereirae
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000921
Bark yields balsam of Peru
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Peruvian lily
Alstroemeria x hybrida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000287
Rhizomatous perennial hybrid producing long-lasting cut flowers, a major export crop from South America and the Netherlands.
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Petunia
Petunia x hybrida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000824
Herbaceous annual hybrid grown widely as a bedding and container flowering ornamental.
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Phalsa
Grewia asiatica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001158
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Piassava palm
Leopoldinia piassaba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000983
Fibrous leaf sheaths are stripped to produce piassava fiber used for brooms, brushes, and cordage in the Amazon.
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Pigeon pea
Cajanus cajan
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000067
A drought-tolerant perennial shrub legume grown for its protein-rich seeds, widely used in dal and as animal fodder.
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Pignut
Conopodium majus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000397
Wild and foraged plant with a small, nutty-flavored tuber, found across Europe.
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Pili Nut
Canarium ovatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000638
Tree native to the Philippines, cultivated for its oil-rich edible kernel, eaten roasted or used in confectionery.
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Pillipesara
Vigna trilobata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000111
A minor drought-tolerant legume grown in South Asia for fodder and green manure, with edible seeds.
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Pincushion flower
Scabiosa atropurpurea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000803
Annual/biennial herb grown for its pincushion-shaped flower heads, used as a cut flower.
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Pincushion protea
Leucospermum cordifolium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000814
Evergreen shrub bearing pincushion-shaped flower heads, grown as an export cut flower from South Africa and Australia.
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Pineapple
Ananas comosus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000444
A terrestrial bromeliad producing a sweet, acidic compound fruit, widely eaten fresh, canned, and juiced.
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Pink oyster mushroom
Pleurotus djamor
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000848
A tropical oyster species with vivid pink fruiting bodies, popular in warm-climate cultivation for its rapid growth cycle.
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Pink peppercorn (Brazilian)
Schinus terebinthifolius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000665
Evergreen tree whose dried red-pink berries are also marketed as pink peppercorns.
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Pink peppercorn (Peruvian)
Schinus molle
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000664
Evergreen tree whose dried pink berries are sold as pink peppercorns, unrelated botanically to true pepper.
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Pistachio
Pistacia vera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000606
A small tree cultivated for its edible green seed, eaten roasted and salted or used in confectionery.
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Pitanga
Eugenia uniflora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000479
A shrub or small tree, also called Surinam cherry, producing small ribbed red fruit with tart-sweet flavor.
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Pitomba
Talisia esculenta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000523
A Brazilian tropical tree producing small yellow-orange fruit with sweet-tart, translucent pulp.
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Pitomba Eugenia luschnathiana
Eugenia luschnathiana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001159
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Pitseed goosefoot
Chenopodium berlandieri
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001013
A North American pseudocereal domesticated independently of Andean quinoa by prehistoric farmers of the Eastern Agricultural Complex, now a wild relative of interest for quinoa breeding.
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Plantain
Musa × paradisiaca
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000458
A large herbaceous plant producing starchy, banana-like fruit that is typically cooked rather than eaten raw.
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Pointed gourd (Parwal)
Trichosanthes dioica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000421
A perennial dioecious vine cultivated in South Asia for its small, oval, edible fruit.
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Polish wheat
Triticum polonicum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000045
A rare wheat species with elongated grains and glumes, historically grown in the Mediterranean and Ethiopia.
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Polynesian arrowroot
Tacca leontopetaloides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000354
Tuber processed into starch, traditionally used across Pacific islands and parts of Asia and Africa.
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Pomegranate
Punica granatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000461
A shrub or small tree bearing a leathery-skinned fruit filled with juicy, seed-containing arils eaten fresh or juiced.
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Pomelo
Citrus maxima
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000563
The largest citrus fruit species, with thick rind and mild, sweet-tart pulp.
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Pond apple
Annona glabra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001160
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Pongam/Karanja
Pongamia pinnata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000631
Nitrogen-fixing tree native to South and Southeast Asia, cultivated for its seeds, which yield karanja oil used for biodiesel and traditional applications.
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Pongamia (karanja)
Millettia pinnata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000141
A leguminous tree grown mainly for oil-rich seeds used in biodiesel production and traditional medicine.
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Poppy anemone
Anemone coronaria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000795
Tuberous perennial grown for its brightly colored cup-shaped flowers, used as a cut flower.
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Pot marigold
Calendula officinalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000708
Annual flowering herb whose petals are used as a culinary garnish and mild saffron substitute.
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Prairie turnip
Psoralea esculenta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000125
A North American prairie legume with a starchy edible root, historically an important food for Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains.
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Prickly pear
Opuntia ficus-indica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000516
A spiny cactus producing an oval, sweet fruit eaten fresh, juiced, or made into candy.
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Proso millet
Panicum miliaceum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000026
A short-season cereal grown for human food and birdseed, notable for very rapid maturity.
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Psyllium
Plantago ovata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000204
Annual herb cultivated for its seed husk, a widely used dietary fiber supplement.
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Pulasan
Nephelium ramboutan-ake
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000490
A tropical tree closely related to rambutan, bearing fruit with short blunt spines and sweet, firm flesh.
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Pumpkin (Winter squash)
Cucurbita maxima
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000401
A trailing vine producing large fruit harvested mature for storage; includes Hubbard and kabocha types.
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Puncture Vine
Tribulus terrestris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000211
Sprawling herb cultivated in some regions for its fruit, used in traditional medicine and herbal supplements.
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Purple chokeberry
Aronia prunifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001161
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Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000195
North American prairie perennial cultivated commercially for its roots and flowers, used in herbal supplements believed to support immune function.
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Purple laver
Porphyra umbilicalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000878
A red alga traditionally hand-harvested from intertidal rocks in the British Isles and used to make laverbread.
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Purslane
Portulaca oleracea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000183
Succulent leafy vegetable eaten raw or cooked, also a common edible weed.
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Pyrethrum
Tanacetum cinerariifolium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000745
A daisy species whose dried flower heads contain pyrethrins, natural compounds extracted as a botanical insecticide.
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Quandong
Santalum acuminatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000991
An Australian hemi-parasitic shrub or small tree producing tart red fruit traditionally used by Aboriginal Australians and now in bushfood cuisine.
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Quince
Cydonia oblonga
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000541
A deciduous tree bearing aromatic, hard, astringent fruit used mainly for cooking into jams and pastes.
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Quinine
Cinchona spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001162
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Quinoa
Chenopodium quinoa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000031
An Andean pseudocereal grown for its protein-rich seeds, now cultivated worldwide.
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Radish
Raphanus sativus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000368
Fast-growing root vegetable eaten raw for its peppery flavor.
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Raffia palm
Raphia farinifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000962
Leaflet fibers are stripped and dried to produce raffia, used worldwide for tying, weaving, and textiles.
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Raishan
Digitaria cruciata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000060
A minor millet cultivated in the Khasi Hills of northeastern India for its grain.
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Rakkyo / Chinese onion
Allium chinense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000359
Small elongated bulb, pickled or eaten fresh, popular in East Asian cuisine.
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Rambai
Baccaurea motleyana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000505
A Southeast Asian tropical tree bearing clusters of fruit with sweet-tart, translucent flesh.
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Rambutan
Nephelium lappaceum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000449
A tropical tree bearing small hairy-skinned fruit with sweet translucent flesh, closely related to lychee.
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Ramie
Boehmeria nivea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000724
A perennial shrub yielding one of the strongest natural bast fibers, used in textiles and blended fabrics; native to East Asia.
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Ramps
Allium tricoccum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000361
North American woodland allium harvested for its bulb and leaves in early spring.
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Rapeseed (Canola)
Brassica napus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000432
An oilseed crop grown for its seeds, pressed to produce edible vegetable oil and used for canola meal.
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Rat-tail radish
Raphanus sativus var. caudatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000329
Radish variety grown not for its root but for its long, slender, edible seed pods, used as a fruiting vegetable.
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Rattan
Calamus rotang
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000964
A climbing palm whose long flexible stems (cane) are harvested for furniture making, basketry, and cordage.
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Red acacia (talha gum)
Acacia seyal
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000903
Produces a lower-grade gum arabic (gum talha) used industrially and as a gum arabic extender.
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Red chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000990
A North American shrub producing clusters of small bright red astringent berries, often processed rather than eaten fresh.
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Red clover
Trifolium pratense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000101
A short-lived perennial forage legume grown for hay, grazing, and soil improvement through nitrogen fixation.
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Red huckleberry
Vaccinium parvifolium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001003
A deciduous shrub native to the Pacific coast of North America producing bright red tart berries.
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Red Malabar spinach
Basella alba var. rubra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000945
A red-stemmed ornamental-edible form of Malabar spinach vine with similar mucilaginous leaves.
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Red mombin
Spondias purpurea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000509
A tropical tree, also called jocote, bearing small red to purple plum-like fruit with sweet-tart flesh.
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Red mulberry
Morus rubra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000985
A North American deciduous tree bearing dark red to purple compound berries similar in appearance to blackberries.
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Red quinine bark
Cinchona pubescens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000912
Commercially important source of quinine and other antimalarial cinchona alkaloids extracted from the bark.
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Red raspberry
Rubus idaeus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000578
A perennial cane fruit shrub producing aggregate red berries eaten fresh, frozen, or processed.
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Red sandalwood
Pterocarpus santalinus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000932
Heartwood yields santalin
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Red-fruited strawberry guava
Psidium littorale var. cattleianum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001163
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Redcurrant
Ribes rubrum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000586
A shrub producing translucent red (or white) tart berries used in jellies, sauces, and desserts.
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Reishi mushroom
Ganoderma lucidum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000861
A woody, shelf-forming polypore cultivated primarily for medicinal use in traditional Chinese and East Asian medicine rather than as a culinary food.
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Rhodes grass
Chloris gayana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000758
Perennial grass grown for grazing and hay
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Rhubarb
Rheum rhabarbarum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000172
Perennial vegetable grown for its edible, tart leaf stalks; the leaf blades are toxic.
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Rice
Oryza sativa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000007
Grown primarily under irrigation in schemes like Mwea; demand consistently outstrips domestic production.
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Rice bean
Vigna umbellata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000110
A minor pulse crop grown in Asia for its edible seeds, often intercropped with rice.
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Ridge gourd (Angled luffa)
Luffa acutangula
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000416
A climbing vine cultivated for its ridged, elongated fruit eaten as a vegetable, mainly in South and Southeast Asia.
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Rock rose (labdanum)
Cistus ladanifer
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000937
Leaves and stems exude a sticky resin (labdanum) distilled for a valuable ambery perfumery fixative.
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Rocoto chili
Capsicum pubescens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000166
Cold-tolerant Andean chili pepper species with thick, hot fruits and black seeds.
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Roman Chamomile
Chamaemelum nobile
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000196
Low-growing perennial herb cultivated for its daisy-like flowers, used similarly to German chamomile in herbal teas and extracts.
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Rooibos
Aspalathus linearis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000260
A South African shrub whose fermented leaves are brewed into a naturally caffeine-free herbal tea.
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Root chicory
Cichorium intybus var. sativum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001164
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Root parsley
Petroselinum crispum var. tuberosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001165
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Rose
Rosa x hybrida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000278
Woody perennial shrub whose hybrid cultivars are the world's leading cut flower crop, grown extensively for export in greenhouses.
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Rose apple
Syzygium jambos
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000469
A tropical tree bearing round, pale fruit with crisp flesh and a distinct rose-like fragrance.
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Rose Geranium
Pelargonium graveolens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000220
Aromatic shrub cultivated for its essential oil, used in perfumery, aromatherapy and traditional skin care.
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Roselle
Hibiscus sabdariffa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000298
Grown for its edible calyces, used in beverages and jams, and young leaves eaten as a tart leafy vegetable.
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Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000678
Evergreen woody shrub whose needle-like aromatic leaves flavor Mediterranean dishes.
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Round melon (Tinda)
Praecitrullus fistulosus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000423
A South Asian vine grown for its small, round, immature fruit used as a vegetable.
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Rowan (mountain ash)
Sorbus aucuparia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000987
A deciduous tree native to Europe and Asia bearing clusters of small orange-red berries, typically processed into jellies and preserves due to their tartness.
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Rubber dandelion
Taraxacum kok-saghyz
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000732
A dandelion species whose roots contain natural rubber latex, being developed as an alternative rubber source to Hevea.
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Rubber fig
Ficus elastica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001166
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Rugosa rose
Rosa rugosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000998
A shrub rose native to East Asia producing large vitamin C-rich rosehips used in preserves and herbal products.
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Runner bean
Phaseolus coccineus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000083
A perennial climbing bean grown as an annual for its edible pods and seeds, also valued for ornamental flowers.
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Rutabaga
Brassica napobrassica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001167
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Rutabaga (Swede)
Brassica napus var. napobrassica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000431
A cool-season crop grown for its enlarged edible root, a cross between cabbage and turnip.
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Ruzi grass
Urochloa ruziziensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000760
Perennial tropical pasture grass valued for its palatability and productivity.
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Rye
Secale cereale
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000053
A cold-hardy cereal grain used for bread flour, whisky production, and as a cover crop.
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Sacha Inchi
Plukenetia volubilis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000640
Perennial vine native to the Amazon region, cultivated for its star-shaped seed pods rich in oil high in omega-3 fatty acids.
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Safflower
Carthamus tinctorius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000621
Thistle-like annual crop cultivated for its seeds, pressed for a light polyunsaturated oil, and historically for dye from its flowers.
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Saffron
Crocus sativus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001168
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Sage
Salvia officinalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000684
Perennial evergreen shrub whose grey-green leaves are a strongly aromatic culinary herb.
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Sago palm
Metroxylon sagu
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000271
A swamp-dwelling palm native to Southeast Asia and New Guinea, felled to extract starch from its trunk pith as a traditional staple food.
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Sainfoin
Onobrychis viciifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000132
A perennial forage legume grown for hay and grazing, valued for its palatability and bloat-free grazing properties.
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Salad burnet
Sanguisorba minor
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000954
A low perennial herb with finely divided leaves that taste of cucumber, historically grown as a salad green.
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Salak
Salacca zalacca
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000487
A spiny, low-growing palm producing fruit with reddish-brown scaly skin and crisp, sweet-tart flesh, known as snake fruit.
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Salal
Gaultheria shallon
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001004
An evergreen shrub native to the Pacific coast of North America producing dark purple berries traditionally eaten fresh and dried by Indigenous peoples.
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Salmonberry
Rubus spectabilis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001169
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Salsify / Oyster plant
Tragopogon porrifolius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000372
Grown for its pale, tapering root with a subtle oyster-like flavor.
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Samphire
Salicornia europaea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000940
A succulent annual halophyte harvested for its salty crunchy jointed stems, also called sea asparagus.
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Sandalwood
Santalum album
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000235
Slow-growing tree cultivated for its fragrant heartwood and oil, used in traditional medicine, perfumery and religious rituals.
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Sangre de grado
Croton lechleri
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000925
Bark exudes a red latex (dragon's blood) used in traditional medicine and cosmetics.
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Sansho (Japanese pepper)
Zanthoxylum piperitum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000667
Shrub whose dried fruit husks give a numbing, citrusy pungency used in Japanese cuisine.
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Santol
Sandoricum koetjape
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000506
A tropical tree producing round fruit with a sweet-tart pulp around the seeds, eaten fresh or candied.
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Sapodilla
Manilkara zapota
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000457
A long-lived tropical tree producing brown-skinned fruit with sweet, grainy, malty-flavored flesh.
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Sappanwood
Caesalpinia sappan
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000929
Heartwood yields a red dye (brazilin) used historically for textile dyeing.
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Saskatoon berry
Amelanchier alnifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000588
A North American shrub producing sweet purple berries similar in use to blueberries.
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Satsuma
Citrus unshiu
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001170
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Sauwi
Panicum sonorum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000063
A rare, drought-tolerant panic grass domesticated by Indigenous peoples of the Sonoran Desert for grain.
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Scallion
Allium wakegi
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001171
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Scarlet banksia
Banksia coccinea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000816
Evergreen shrub with striking cylindrical flower spikes, grown as an export cut flower from Australia.
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Schisandra
Schisandra chinensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000217
Woody vine cultivated in East Asia for its berries, used in traditional medicine as an adaptogenic tonic.
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Scorzonera / Black salsify
Scorzonera hispanica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000371
Grown for its long, black-skinned root with a mild oyster-like flavor.
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Scots pine
Pinus sylvestris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001172
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Sculpit
Silene vulgaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000956
A perennial wild green, also called bladder campion, foraged and grown in parts of Italy for its tender young shoots.
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Sea aster
Tripolium pannonicum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000951
A coastal perennial with fleshy leaves harvested young as a salty salad green, sometimes called sea samphire.
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Sea beet
Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000949
The wild coastal ancestor of beet and chard, foraged and occasionally cultivated for its fleshy edible leaves.
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Sea buckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000611
A thorny shrub producing small tart orange berries very high in vitamin C, used in juices and oils.
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Sea grape
Coccoloba uvifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000491
A coastal tropical tree or shrub bearing grape-like fruit clusters used fresh and for jelly.
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Sea grapes
Caulerpa lentillifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000891
A green alga with grape-like fronds farmed in ponds and coastal waters in Southeast Asia and Japan, eaten fresh as a salad.
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Sea holly
Eryngium planum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000841
Perennial herb grown for its spiny, steel-blue flower heads, used as a cut and dried flower.
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Sea kale
Crambe maritima
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000435
A coastal perennial vegetable grown for its blanched young shoots, traditionally eaten as a spring vegetable.
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Sea lettuce
Ulva lactuca
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000887
A thin, bright green sheet-like alga harvested and cultivated in coastal waters and land-based tanks, eaten in salads and soups.
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Sea purslane
Atriplex portulacoides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000950
A low woody coastal shrub with fleshy, silvery leaves traditionally pickled or eaten as a salty green.
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Sea rocket
Cakile maritima
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000953
A fleshy coastal annual with a mild horseradish-like flavor, foraged and occasionally cultivated as a salad green.
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Sea staghorn
Codium fragile
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000889
A branching green alga cultivated and harvested in Korea and Japan, eaten in salads and soups.
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Senna
Senna alexandrina
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000212
Shrub whose leaves and pods are cultivated and dried for use as a traditional herbal laxative.
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Serradella
Ornithopus sativus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000145
An annual forage legume grown for grazing and hay, valued for its tolerance of acidic, sandy soils.
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Sesame
Sesamum indicum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000620
Annual flowering plant cultivated since ancient times for its small oil-rich seeds, used whole or pressed into sesame oil.
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Sesban
Sesbania sesban
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000107
A fast-growing shrubby legume grown for fodder, green manure, and soil reclamation.
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Setaria grass (Golden timothy)
Setaria sphacelata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000767
Perennial pasture grass grown in tropical and subtropical regions for grazing and hay.
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Shadblow serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000986
A North American shrub or small tree bearing small purple-red edible berries in early summer.
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Shagbark Hickory
Carya ovata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000615
Deciduous tree native to eastern North America, producing a sweet edible nut historically used for food and oil.
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Shaggy mane mushroom
Coprinus comatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000862
A fast-maturing, self-digesting (deliquescent) mushroom that is cultivated commercially in China on composted substrate for a very short shelf life market.
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Shallot
Allium cepa var. aggregatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000357
Onion relative that forms clusters of small, mild-flavored bulbs.
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Shampoo ginger
Zingiber zerumbet
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000381
Rhizome with mucilaginous sap traditionally used in hair care and occasionally as a food flavoring, grown across tropical Asia and the Pacific.
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Shea Tree
Vitellaria paradoxa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000619
Tree native to the savannas of West and Central Africa, producing seeds pressed to make shea butter, used in food and cosmetics.
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Sheep sorrel
Rumex acetosella
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000941
A small perennial sorrel with arrow-shaped leaves, foraged and occasionally cultivated for salads.
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Shell ginger
Alpinia zerumbet
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000720
Rhizomatous perennial whose leaves and flowers are used as a culinary flavoring in Okinawan cuisine.
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Shiitake mushroom
Lentinula edodes
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000850
A long-cultivated East Asian wood-decay fungus grown traditionally on hardwood logs and increasingly on sawdust blocks.
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Siam benzoin
Styrax tonkinensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000923
Bark exudes a high-quality benzoin resin traded for incense and fragrance fixative use.
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Siberian pine
Pinus sibirica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001173
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Sichuan pepper
Zanthoxylum simulans
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000668
Shrub whose dried fruit husks produce the characteristic tingling numbness of Sichuan cuisine.
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Sicklepod
Senna obtusifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000116
A legume whose young leaves are used as a cooked vegetable in parts of Africa and Asia; seeds have traditional medicinal uses.
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Signal grass (Brachiaria)
Urochloa brizantha
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000759
Perennial tropical pasture grass widely sown for grazing due to its productivity and persistence.
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Silver buffaloberry
Shepherdia argentea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001005
A nitrogen-fixing thorny shrub native to the North American plains producing tart red or yellow berries traditionally used with dried meat.
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Silver date palm
Phoenix sylvestris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001174
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Silver inch plant
Tradescantia zebrina
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001175
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Silverleaf desmodium
Desmodium uncinatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000752
Trailing perennial tropical forage legume used in pastures and companion cropping systems.
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Siratro
Macroptilium atropurpureum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000753
Trailing perennial legume used in tropical pastures
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Sisal
Agave sisalana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000721
A succulent rosette plant whose long sword-shaped leaves yield a stiff fiber used for rope, twine, and matting; a major commercial fiber crop in East Africa and Brazil.
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Skirret
Sium sisarum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000373
Historic root vegetable grown for its cluster of sweet, fibrous roots.
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Slender amaranth
Amaranthus viridis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000332
Widely foraged and cultivated amaranth species eaten as a cooked leafy vegetable across Africa and Asia.
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Slenderleaf
Crotalaria ochroleuca
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000137
An annual legume whose leaves are cooked and eaten as a traditional leafy vegetable in East Africa.
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Small cranberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000614
A trailing Old World bog shrub producing small tart red berries, related to but distinct from the American cranberry.
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Smooth brome
Bromus inermis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000774
Perennial cool-season sod-forming grass grown for pasture and hay.
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Snake gourd
Trichosanthes cucumerina
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000420
A climbing vine producing long, slender, often coiled fruit eaten as a vegetable, mainly in South and Southeast Asia.
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Snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000785
Herbaceous annual/perennial grown as a popular spike-form cut flower and bedding ornamental.
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Snow fungus (white jelly mushroom)
Tremella fuciformis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000866
A gelatinous white fungus cultivated in China for use in soups and desserts; it requires co-inoculation with a parasitized mold host to fruit properly.
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Snow pea
Pisum sativum var. saccharatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001176
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Soncoya
Annona purpurea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000500
A tropical tree bearing a large, brownish, spiny-skinned fruit with aromatic, sweet orange pulp.
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Sorghum
Sorghum bicolor
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000005
A drought-tolerant cereal important in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) where maize often fails.
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Sorghum spp
Sorghum spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001177
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Sour cherry
Prunus cerasus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000548
A smaller tree than sweet cherry, producing tart fruit used mainly for cooking, juice, and preserves.
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Sour plum
Ximenia caffra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000247
A southern African shrub or small tree producing a tart edible wild fruit.
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Soursop
Annona muricata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000453
A tropical tree producing large spiny-skinned fruit with tart, fibrous white pulp used fresh and in juices.
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Soybean
Glycine max
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000073
An oilseed legume grown for its protein- and oil-rich seeds, one of the world's most important sources of vegetable protein and oil.
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Spanish tamarind
Vangueria madagascariensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001178
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Spearmint
Mentha spicata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000676
Perennial herb with sweet, mild mint leaves used fresh and dried in cooking and beverages.
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Speedwell
Veronica spicata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000805
Perennial herb with dense spike flowers, cultivated as a cut flower and border ornamental.
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Spelt
Triticum spelta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000040
An ancient hulled wheat species grown for flour, valued for its nutty flavor.
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Spider plant
Cleome gynandra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000156
African indigenous leafy vegetable with a slightly bitter taste, cooked as a potherb.
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Spilanthes
Acmella oleracea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001179
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Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000146
Fast-growing leafy vegetable grown for its tender dark-green leaves, eaten cooked or raw.
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Spinach beet
Beta vulgaris vulgaris convar. cicla. var. cicla
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001180
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Spine gourd
Momordica dioica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000412
A dioecious climbing vine cultivated in South Asia for its small, spiny, edible fruit.
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Spiny amaranth
Amaranthus spinosus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000155
A spiny-stemmed amaranth whose young leaves are gathered and cooked as a vegetable in many tropical regions.
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Spiny eucheuma
Eucheuma denticulatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000884
A red alga farmed extensively on ropes and nets in Southeast Asia and East Africa as a source of carrageenan.
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Spirulina
Arthrospira platensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000892
A filamentous cyanobacterium mass-cultivated in alkaline ponds and photobioreactors worldwide as a protein-rich food supplement.
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Spleen amaranth
Amaranthus dubius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000150
Fast-growing tropical leafy vegetable widely consumed as a potherb in Africa and Asia.
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Sponge gourd (Luffa)
Luffa aegyptiaca
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000415
A climbing vine grown for its young fruit eaten as a vegetable and its mature fibrous fruit used as a scouring sponge.
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St. John's Wort
Hypericum perforatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000203
Perennial herb cultivated for its flowering tops, widely used in herbal preparations associated with mood support.
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Star anise
Illicium verum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000655
Evergreen tree whose star-shaped dried fruit is used as a licorice-flavored spice.
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Star apple
Chrysophyllum cainito
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000472
A tropical tree producing round, purple or green fruit whose flesh shows a star pattern when cut, sweet and mild in flavor.
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Star fruit
Averrhoa carambola
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000455
A small tropical tree bearing translucent, star-shaped fruit with a crisp, juicy, sweet-tart flavor eaten fresh.
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Statice
Limonium sinuatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000292
Herbaceous perennial grown as a cut flower and popular dried flower due to its papery, long-lasting blooms.
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Stevia
Stevia rebaudiana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000740
A perennial herb native to South America whose leaves contain intensely sweet steviol glycosides, used as a natural low-calorie sweetener.
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Stinging Nettle
Urtica dioica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000229
Perennial herb cultivated for its leaves, used in traditional herbal remedies and as a nutrient-rich food and fiber source.
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Stock
Matthiola incana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000793
Herbaceous annual/biennial grown for its fragrant flower spikes, widely used as a cut flower.
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Stone Pine
Pinus pinea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000617
Mediterranean pine tree cultivated for its large edible seeds, known as pine nuts, used in cooking.
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Strawberry
Fragaria x ananassa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001182
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Strawberry guava
Psidium cattleianum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001181
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Strawberry tree
Arbutus unedo
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001006
An evergreen tree or shrub native to the Mediterranean and western Europe bearing round red-orange fruit with a granular texture resembling strawberries.
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Strawflower
Xerochrysum bracteatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000801
Annual/perennial herb with papery, everlasting flower heads, grown as a cut and dried flower.
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Stylo
Stylosanthes guianensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000106
A perennial tropical forage legume widely used for grazing, hay, and pasture improvement.
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Subterranean clover
Trifolium subterraneum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000135
A self-regenerating annual pasture legume that buries its seed pods, widely used in Mediterranean-climate grazing systems.
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Sudan grass
Sorghum bicolor var. sudanense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001183
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Sugar apple
Annona squamosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000454
A small tropical tree, also called sweetsop, bearing knobby-skinned fruit with sweet, creamy segmented pulp.
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Sugar beet
Beta vulgaris vulgaris convar. vulgaris var. altissima
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001184
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Sugar kelp
Saccharina latissima
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001185
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Sugar maple
Acer saccharum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001186
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Sugar palm
Arenga pinnata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000976
Sap tapped from the inflorescence is boiled into palm sugar (gula aren) or fermented; the trunk also yields starch.
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Sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000015
The primary cash crop of the western Kenya sugar belt (Kakamega, Bungoma, Kisumu), feeding regional sugar mills.
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Sumac
Rhus coriaria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000670
Shrub whose dried, ground berries provide a tart, lemony spice used across Middle Eastern cuisine.
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Sumatra benzoin
Styrax benzoin
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000922
Bark wounds exude benzoin resin used as incense and a fixative in perfumery.
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Summer (Burgundy) truffle
Tuber aestivum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000859
A more widely adaptable ectomycorrhizal truffle species cultivated across Europe on inoculated oak and hazelnut trees.
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Summer savory
Satureja hortensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000694
Annual herb with a peppery, thyme-like flavor used in bean and meat dishes.
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Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000016
Grown mainly for cooking oil production; increasingly promoted as a rotation crop with maize.
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Sunn hemp
Crotalaria juncea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000104
A fast-growing tropical legume grown for fiber, green manure, and as a nitrogen-fixing cover crop.
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Sweet basil
Ocimum basilicum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000673
Aromatic annual herb widely used fresh or dried to flavor Mediterranean and Southeast Asian dishes.
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Sweet briar
Rosa rubiginosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001187
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Sweet cherry
Prunus avium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000547
A tree producing sweet fruit eaten fresh, one of the two major cultivated cherry species.
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Sweet chestnut
Castanea sativa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000604
A large deciduous tree producing starchy edible nuts eaten roasted or used in flour and stuffing.
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Sweet cicely
Myrrhis odorata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000701
Perennial herb with anise-flavored leaves and seeds used in European cooking and baking.
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Sweet detar
Detarium microcarpum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000265
A West African savanna tree producing an edible fruit with a sweet
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Sweet granadilla
Passiflora ligularis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000518
A climbing vine producing an orange-skinned passionfruit with sweet, aromatic pulp.
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Sweet lime
Citrus limetta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001188
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Sweet orange
Citrus sinensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000557
An evergreen citrus tree producing the widely consumed sweet orange fruit, eaten fresh or juiced.
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Sweet pea
Lathyrus odoratus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000831
Climbing annual vine grown for its fragrant, colorful flowers, a classic cut flower crop.
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Sweet pepper
Capsicum annuum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000163
Fruiting vegetable species encompassing sweet bell peppers and many mild-to-hot chili types.
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Sweet potato
Ipomoea batatas
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000013
A key food-security root crop, particularly the orange-fleshed varieties promoted for vitamin A content.
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Sweet potato leaves
Ipomoea batatas
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000960
The vining tops of the sweet potato plant, widely harvested as a leafy vegetable in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
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Swiss chard
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000149
Leafy vegetable related to beet, grown for its broad leaves and often colorful petioles.
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Sword bean
Canavalia gladiata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000087
A tropical climbing legume grown for its large flattened pods and seeds, eaten young or processed after cooking to remove toxins.
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Tagua palm
Phytelephas macrocarpa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000974
Mature seeds harden into a dense white material called vegetable ivory, carved as a sustainable alternative to animal ivory.
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Talipot palm
Corypha umbraculifera
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000975
Trunk pith yields a starch similar to sago, and the enormous leaves are used for thatch, umbrellas, and historically as writing material.
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Tamarillo
Solanum betaceum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000303
Small tree grown for its egg-shaped fruit, used as a cooked vegetable and in sauces and preserves.
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Tamarind
Tamarindus indica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000098
A long-lived tropical leguminous tree producing sour-sweet pods used widely as a food souring agent and in beverages.
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Tangelo
Citrus x tangelo
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001189
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Tannia / Yautia
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000347
Starchy corm crop native to tropical America, widely grown in the Caribbean and West Africa.
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Taro
Colocasia esculenta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000345
Corm crop grown for its starchy underground corm and edible leaves, a staple across the tropics.
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Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000687
Perennial herb with an anise-like flavor used especially in French cuisine.
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Tartary buckwheat
Fagopyrum tataricum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000036
A cold- and altitude-tolerant buckwheat species grown mainly in China, Nepal, and the Himalayas.
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Tasmanian pepper
Tasmannia lanceolata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000666
Australian shrub whose peppery leaves and berries are used as a native bushfood spice.
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Tatsoi
Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000328
Asian leafy vegetable forming a flat rosette of dark, spoon-shaped leaves.
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Tea
Camellia sinensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000003
A major export crop grown on highland estates and smallholder plots alike; Kenya is one of the world's largest tea exporters.
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Tea tree
Melaleuca alternifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000917
Leaves are steam-distilled for tea tree oil
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Teak
Tectona grandis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001190
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Teff
Eragrostis tef
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000032
A tiny-seeded cereal native to Ethiopia and Eritrea, the staple grain used to make injera bread.
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Tepary bean
Phaseolus acutifolius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000078
A highly drought-tolerant bean domesticated in arid regions of Mexico and the southwestern United States, grown for its small edible seeds.
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Thai basil
Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001191
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Thai long pepper
Piper chaba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001192
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Thanaka tree
Naringi crenulata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001193
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Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000679
Low woody perennial shrub whose small aromatic leaves are a staple culinary herb.
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Tiger nut / Chufa
Cyperus esculentus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000395
Sedge grown for its small, sweet, nutty tubers eaten raw or processed into a milky beverage.
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Timothy grass
Phleum pratense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000761
Perennial cool-season grass widely grown for hay and pasture.
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Tobacco
Nicotiana tabacum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000734
An annual leaf crop cultivated worldwide for its cured leaves, the raw material for cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products.
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Toddy palm
Borassus flabellifer
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000534
A large palm, also called palmyra palm, cultivated for its fibrous, sweet fruit pulp and sap tapped for sugar and beverages.
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Tolu balsam tree
Myroxylon balsamum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000920
Trunk exudes balsam of Tolu
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Tomatillo
Physalis philadelphica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000305
Husk tomato grown for its tart green or purple fruit enclosed in a papery calyx, central to Mexican cuisine.
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Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000011
The most widely grown vegetable crop in Kenya by value, grown both in open fields and under greenhouse/shade-net systems.
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Toothache plant
Acmella oleracea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001194
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Tree cotton
Gossypium arboreum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001195
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Trefoil
Lotus spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001196
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Trifoliate orange
Poncirus trifoliata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000570
A cold-hardy citrus relative bearing bitter, inedible-fresh fruit, used mainly as a rootstock for other citrus.
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Triticale
x Triticosecale
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000039
A man-made hybrid cereal of wheat and rye, combining wheat grain quality with rye's hardiness.
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Tropical Almond
Terminalia catappa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000645
Large tropical tree widely distributed in coastal regions, cultivated for its edible kernel resembling almonds.
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Tropical kudzu (Puero)
Pueraria phaseoloides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000754
Vigorous creeping perennial legume used as a cover crop and forage in the humid tropics.
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True indigo
Indigofera tinctoria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000119
A leguminous shrub historically cultivated as the primary source of natural indigo dye.
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Tsaoko
Amomum tsaoko
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000719
Rhizomatous herb whose large smoky dried fruit is used as a spice in Chinese cuisine.
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Tuberous begonia
Begonia x tuberhybrida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000825
Tuberous perennial hybrid grown for its large showy flowers, used as a potted and bedding ornamental.
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Tuberous pea (earthnut pea)
Lathyrus tuberosus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000136
A perennial legume grown for its small edible tubers, historically eaten in parts of Europe.
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Tucuma palm
Astrocaryum vulgare
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000969
Orange fruit pulp, rich in carotenoids, is eaten and pressed for oil used in cooking and cosmetics in the Amazon.
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Tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000282
Bulbous perennial cultivated worldwide for cut flowers and forced potted plants, especially associated with Dutch floriculture.
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Tung Tree
Vernicia fordii
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000628
Deciduous tree native to China, cultivated for its seeds, which yield tung oil used in wood finishes and industrial coatings.
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Turkey berry
Solanum torvum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000304
Shrub grown for its small, bitter green fruits used as a vegetable in Southeast Asian and Caribbean cooking.
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Turkey tail mushroom
Trametes versicolor
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000872
A thin, leathery, multicolored bracket fungus cultivated mainly for extraction of medicinal polysaccharide compounds rather than fresh eating.
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Turmeric
Curcuma longa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000375
Rhizome crop processed into the yellow spice and dye used widely in cooking and traditional medicine.
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Turnip
Brassica rapa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000369
Grown for its swollen white-and-purple root, also valued for its leafy greens.
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Turnip greens
Brassica rapa subsp. rapa
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000178
Grown for its edible leafy tops, a distinct crop use from the turnip root.
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Turnip-rooted chervil
Chaerophyllum bulbosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001197
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Ulluco
Ullucus tuberosus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000384
Colorful Andean tuber crop, second only to potato among Andean root staples.
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Umbrella papyrus
Cyperus alternifolius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001198
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Ussurian pear
Pyrus ussuriensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000540
A cold-hardy pear species native to northeast Asia, grown for fruit and as a hardy rootstock.
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Vaccinium spp
Vaccinium spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001199
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Valerian
Valeriana officinalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000199
Perennial herb cultivated for its root, traditionally used as a mild sedative and sleep aid in herbal preparations.
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Vanda orchid
Vanda coerulea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000812
Epiphytic orchid species known for its blue flowers, cultivated for cut flowers and ornamental display.
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Vanilla (Crop)
Vanilla planifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001200
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Vegetable fern
Diplazium esculentum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000947
A tropical fern cultivated in Southeast Asia for its edible young fiddlehead fronds.
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Vegetable hummingbird
Sesbania grandiflora
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000105
A fast-growing leguminous tree whose edible flowers, pods, and leaves are used as vegetables in Southeast Asian cuisine.
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Velvet apple
Diospyros blancoi
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000530
A tropical tree, also called mabolo, producing a fuzzy, red-brown skinned fruit with sweet, creamy flesh.
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Velvet bean
Mucuna pruriens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000088
A tropical legume grown for cover cropping, green manure, and forage, with seeds also used medicinally and, after processing, as food.
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Velvet tamarind
Dialium guineense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000498
A tropical tree producing small pods with a dry, tangy-sweet pulp popular as a snack in West Africa.
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Vetiver
Chrysopogon zizanioides
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000743
A perennial bunchgrass whose aromatic roots are distilled for essential oil used in perfumery, and widely planted for soil erosion control.
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Victory onion / Alpine leek
Allium victorialis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000362
Broad-leaved allium foraged and cultivated for its bulb and leaves in East Asia.
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Vietnamese cinnamon
Cinnamomum loureiroi
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001201
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Vietnamese coriander
Persicaria odorata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000705
Semi-aquatic perennial herb with a peppery coriander-like flavor used in Southeast Asian cuisine.
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Wakame
Undaria pinnatifida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000879
A brown kelp cultivated on ropes in coastal waters, widely eaten in miso soup and salads.
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Walnuts
Juglans spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001202
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Wampee
Clausena lansium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001203
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Wasabi
Eutrema japonicum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000439
A semi-aquatic perennial native to Japan, grown for its pungent rhizome used as a condiment.
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Water caltrop
Trapa natans
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000896
A floating-leaved aquatic annual cultivated in ponds for its starchy, horned nuts eaten boiled or roasted.
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Water caltrop Trapa bicornis
Trapa bicornis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001204
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Water celery
Oenanthe javanica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000901
An aquatic perennial herb cultivated in paddies and wet fields across East and Southeast Asia as a leafy vegetable.
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Water chestnut
Eleocharis dulcis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000392
Sedge cultivated in flooded paddies for its crisp, sweet edible corm.
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Water spinach
Ipomoea aquatica
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000179
Semi-aquatic leafy vegetable with hollow stems, widely grown in Asia in wet or flooded fields.
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Water yam / Greater yam
Dioscorea alata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000335
A vigorous climbing vine cultivated for its large starchy tuber, an important staple food across the tropics.
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Watercress
Nasturtium officinale
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000295
Aquatic leafy vegetable with a peppery flavor, traditionally grown in flowing water.
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Waterleaf
Talinum fruticosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000193
Succulent tropical leafy vegetable grown for its mucilaginous, mineral-rich leaves.
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Watermelon
Citrullus lanatus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000405
A trailing vine cultivated for its large, sweet, water-rich fruit.
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Watery rose apple
Syzygium aqueum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001205
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Wax apple
Syzygium samarangense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000468
A tropical tree producing bell-shaped, crisp, watery fruit eaten fresh, mildly sweet in flavor.
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Weeping lovegrass
Eragrostis curvula
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000775
Drought-tolerant perennial grass used for pasture and soil erosion control.
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Welsh onion
Allium fistulosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000314
Bunching allium grown for its hollow green leaves and stalks, used fresh or cooked.
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West African okra
Abelmoschus caillei
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001206
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West African pepper
Piper guineense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000713
Climbing vine whose dried berries are used as a pungent pepper spice in West African cuisine.
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West Indian gherkin
Cucumis anguria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000409
A spiny-fruited vine related to cucumber, used mainly for pickling.
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Wheat
Triticum aestivum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000006
Grown mainly in the highland cereal belt (Rift Valley, Narok, Uasin Gishu) for flour and animal feed.
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White Alba truffle
Tuber magnatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000858
An ectomycorrhizal truffle native to northern Italy, associated with oak, poplar, and willow; commercial cultivation is far less reliable than for T. melanosporum.
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White clover
Trifolium repens
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000102
A low-growing perennial forage legume commonly grown in pastures and as a nitrogen-fixing ground cover.
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White fonio
Digitaria exilis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000030
An ancient West African cereal grain valued for its short growing cycle and fine grain.
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White Guinea yam
Dioscorea rotundata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000336
Major West African staple yam grown for its firm, white-fleshed tuber.
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White jute
Corchorus capsularis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000159
Primarily a fiber crop, but its young leaves are also eaten as a leafy vegetable in parts of South and Southeast Asia.
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White lupin
Lupinus albus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000092
A legume grown for its protein-rich seeds, used in food products and animal feed after removal of bitter alkaloids.
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White mulberry
Morus alba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000599
A tree traditionally grown to feed silkworms, also producing edible sweet white-to-pink fruit.
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White mustard
Sinapis alba
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000434
A crop grown for its seeds, used to make mild table mustard, and as a fast-growing cover or forage crop.
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White sapote
Casimiroa edulis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000476
A subtropical tree producing a thin-skinned fruit with soft, sweet, custard-like flesh.
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White sweetclover
Melilotus albus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000756
Deep-rooted biennial forage and cover legume that improves soil structure and fertility.
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Wild betel
Piper sarmentosum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001207
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Wild custard apple
Annona senegalensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000246
A savanna shrub or small tree native to Africa producing a sweet edible fruit eaten fresh.
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Wild date palm
Phoenix reclinata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000252
An African palm species producing small edible dates
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Wild garlic / Ramsons
Allium ursinum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000360
Woodland species harvested for its garlic-flavored leaves and bulbs.
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Wild loquat (masuku)
Uapaca kirkiana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000250
A southern and eastern African miombo woodland tree producing a sweet edible fruit
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Wild rice
Zizania spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001208
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Wild rice (northern)
Zizania palustris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000047
An aquatic grain native to North America, traditionally harvested by Indigenous peoples and now also grown in cultivated paddies.
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Wild rocket
Diplotaxis tenuifolia
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000188
Perennial salad green with narrow, deeply lobed, strongly peppery leaves.
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Wild sesame
Sesamum radiatum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000322
West African leafy vegetable used similarly to false sesame for its edible leaves.
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Wild thyme
Thymus serpyllum
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000680
Low creeping perennial herb with aromatic leaves used similarly to common thyme.
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Wine cap (king stropharia) mushroom
Stropharia rugosoannulata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000863
A robust, garden-cultivated mushroom often grown outdoors directly in wood-chip mulch beds, valued for its ease of cultivation and productivity.
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Wineberry
Rubus phoenicolasius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000582
An East Asian cane fruit species with bristly red stems, producing small sweet-tart orange-red berries.
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Winged bean
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000077
A tropical legume valued for its edible pods, seeds, leaves, and tuberous roots, all of which are nutritious.
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Winged kelp
Alaria esculenta
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000881
A brown kelp native to the North Atlantic, harvested and increasingly cultivated on ropes for food and supplements.
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Winter cress
Barbarea vulgaris
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000942
A biennial to perennial mustard relative with peppery leaves harvested in winter and early spring.
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Winter melon (Ash gourd)
Benincasa hispida
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000418
A trailing or climbing vine grown for its large fruit with a waxy rind, used in soups and preserves, with good storage life.
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Winter savory
Satureja montana
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000695
Perennial semi-woody herb with a stronger, more pungent flavor than summer savory.
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Woad
Isatis tinctoria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000440
A biennial crop historically cultivated for the blue dye extracted from its leaves.
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Wolfberry Lycium chinense
Lycium chinense
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001209
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Wood apple
Limonia acidissima
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000497
A tree producing a hard-shelled fruit with tart, aromatic pulp used in chutneys, drinks, and desserts.
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Wood ear (black fungus) mushroom
Auricularia auricula-judae
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000852
A gelatinous, ear-shaped fungus traditionally grown on hardwood logs in East Asia and now a major sawdust-cultivated crop in China.
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Wood sorrel
Oxalis acetosella
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000959
A small woodland perennial with clover-like leaves that have a sharp, sour flavor used in garnishes and salads.
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Wormwood
Artemisia absinthium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000200
Bitter aromatic perennial herb cultivated for use in traditional digestive remedies and as a flavoring in some spirits.
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Yacon
Smallanthus sonchifolius
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000386
Grown for its sweet, crunchy tuber rich in inulin, eaten raw like a fruit.
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Yam
Dioscorea spp.
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001210
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Yangmei
Myrica rubra
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001211
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Yard-long bean
Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001212
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Yardlong bean
Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000272
A climbing legume grown for its extremely long, slender pods, popular as a vegetable in Southeast and East Asian cooking.
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Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000221
Perennial herb cultivated for its flowering tops, used traditionally as an herbal remedy for wounds and digestive complaints.
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Year bean
Phaseolus dumosus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000122
A perennial climbing bean grown in Central American highlands for its edible seeds, related to the common bean.
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Yeheb nut
Cordeauxia edulis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000240
A drought-hardy shrub native to the Horn of Africa, producing edible, protein-rich nuts and used as browse in arid rangelands.
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Yellow cinchona
Cinchona calisaya
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000913
Bark yields quinine and quinidine alkaloids used pharmaceutically and in tonic water flavoring.
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Yellow Gentian
Gentiana lutea
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000227
Mountain perennial cultivated for its bitter root, used in traditional digestive tonics and in the production of aperitifs.
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Yellow Guinea yam
Dioscorea cayenensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000337
Yellow-fleshed tuber crop grown as a staple across West Africa, often alongside white Guinea yam.
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Yellow lupin
Lupinus luteus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001214
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Yellow mombin
Spondias mombin
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000508
A tropical tree producing small yellow, plum-like fruit with tangy flavor used fresh and in beverages.
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Yellow pitaya
Hylocereus megalanthus
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001215
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Yellow sarson
Brassica rapa subsp. trilocularis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000442
An oilseed type of Brassica rapa cultivated mainly in South Asia for its yellow seeds, pressed for edible mustard oil.
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Yellow sweetclover
Melilotus officinalis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000131
A biennial legume used for forage, green manure, and soil improvement, also attractive to pollinators.
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Yellow-fruited strawberry guava
Psidium littorale var. littorale
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0001213
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Yerba mate
Ilex paraguariensis
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000738
A South American holly species whose dried leaves are steeped to make mate, a traditional caffeinated infused beverage.
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Ylang-ylang
Cananga odorata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000919
Fresh flowers are distilled for ylang-ylang oil
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Yuzu
Citrus junos
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000568
A cold-hardy East Asian citrus species prized for its aromatic, sour rind and juice used in cooking.
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Zedoary
Curcuma zedoaria
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000376
Aromatic rhizome related to turmeric, used as a spice and in traditional medicine.
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Zinnia
Zinnia elegans
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000784
Annual herbaceous plant grown widely as a garden ornamental and cut flower for its bright, long-lasting blooms.
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Zombi pea
Vigna vexillata
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000097
A legume with edible tuberous roots and seeds, semi-domesticated and used as a minor food crop in parts of Africa and Asia.
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Zucchini (Courgette)
Cucurbita pepo
🌾 CropANX-CROP-0000400
A fast-growing summer squash harvested immature; the species also includes acorn squash and many ornamental gourds.
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