Il lessico della frutta e verdura

Aglio

L'aglio è il bulbo dell’, Allium sativum, è una pianta coltivata bulbosa della famiglia delle Liliacea originaria dell’Asia Centrale. La parte che si utilizza è il bulbo, racchiuso da una decine di...

Carciofo

Artichoke is native to North Africa, Ethiopia and Egypt. It is scientifically named Cynara cardunculus, it is a domesticated thistle, a dicotyledonous plant of the Asteraceae family, belonging to...

Asparagi

Gli asparagi sono ortaggi di origini antichissime e sono originari delle regioni temperate dell'Eurasia, vale a dire dall'Europa centrale e meridionale, dal Nord Africa e dall'Asia centrale., Sono...

Avocado

L'avocado viene dal Messico, dove era già stato mangiato dai mesoamericani 8.000 anni fa. Importato in Europa dagli spagnoli nel 17 ° secolo, ci vollero trecento anni per trovare il suo posto nella...

Banana

La banana è un frutto antichissimo. E’ tra i frutti più consumati al mondo e commercialmente costituisce il più importante prodotto (insieme al caffè) per le nazioni dell'America Centrale Il...

Bietola

È una pianta molto vicina alla barbabietola, perché entrambe derivano dalla stessa sottospecie. Chiamiamo anche questa bietola vegetale svizzera, bietola svizzera, bietola svizzera, pera cardata,...

Cetriolo

The total annual production of cucumber is currently estimated at 58 million tons, of which 41 million are in China, making it the world’s largest producer. It is followed by Iran with 1.8 Mt and...

Ciliegia

In the northern hemisphere, cherries are harvested from late May to mid-August. There are many varieties, the best known are Burlat and Bigarreau. It is consumed fresh or in cakes, mousses, jams...

Fagiolo

Although the Broad bean was in the past one of the most cultivated vegetables in the world, Vicia Faba has fallen into relative oblivion today. However, Russia remains the world’s largest producer,...

Finocchio

It is a plant that has spread in the wild in all Mediterranean macroecosystems. In ancient Greece, wild fennel was associated with clear vision, but also represented the emblem of strength and...

Fragola

It is widely appreciated for its characteristic perfume, bright red color, juicy texture, and sweetness, consumed in large quantities, either fresh or in prepared foods such as jam, juice, pies,...

Fagiolino

Frutto Della Passione

Passion fruit is the fruit of the Passiflora vine, a type of passion flower. It has a tough outer rind and juicy, seed-filled center. It is native to Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina, and Brazil.

Melanzana

Le melanzane sono piante erbacee annuali, ampiamente coltivate come piante vegetali o vegetali per i loro frutti commestibili. Il termine si riferisce sia alla pianta che al frutto.

Lampone

It is native to the mountainous areas of western and northern Europe, where it still exists in the wild. The term raspberry comes from the ancient Germanic francic Brambasi, Bram meaning bush, and...

Ribes

It is native to a vast region that covers Asia, Europe and North America. Some wild varieties are still present in Scandinavia. Its cultivation began in the 16th century but was established in the...

Zucchina

Zucchini is present at the market in the northern hemisphere from May to September. In Europe 1.5 million tons are produced, and our country is the third largest producer behind Spain and Italy. In...

Uva Spina

Mango

The mango is a fleshy fruit that can weigh from 0.3 to 2 kg. In botany, it is a drupe whose pulp adheres to a wide, flat and slippery bone. It can be round, oval or reniform, and has a yellow,...

Scalogno

Cultivated as a condiment and a vegetable strongly integrated in the French cuisine, the shallot is sometimes considered as a separate spice and other times as a simple variety of onions whose...

Melone

It's one of the largest fruits, weighing between 700 g and 4 kg. The skin varies in texture and colour (green, yellow, orange or even white), as does the pulp (from yellowish white to orange,...

Rapa

The leaves are oblong, of a green colour and more or less rough to the touch. The fruits are long and fine siliceous, cylindrical, acuminate, each containing 10 to 30 small reddish spherical seeds,...

Spinaci

It is currently cultivated in all temperate regions of our planet. World production is dominated by China, which produces about 20 million tons per year, followed by the United States, Japan,...

Nettarina

Nectarine is a variety of peaches whose core does not adhere to the pulp. It is distinguished from the peach by its smooth and shiny skin that has an orange color that turns towards the red. Its...

Cerfoglio

Papaia

Papaya is always a fruit of intense commercialization. Annual world production is currently estimated at 15 million tons and is concentrated in Asia at 51 per cent, in the Americas at 39 per cent...

Anguria

Three varieties exist today, depending on the color of the pulp and the seeds: First, the watermelon with red pulp and black seeds, of which the most common are the dark green Sugar Baby and the...

Pallini

Peperone

Il melograno appartiene alla famiglia delle Lythraceae, il melograno cresce su un albero chiamato Punica granatum in latino. La sua area di origine geografica si estende dall'Asia centrale all'Asia...

Lattuga Romana

Roman lettuce comes from the wild species Lactuca Scariola, of Eurasian origin, which has been derived in a multitude of varieties depending on the regions where it has been cultivated for...

Pesca

The main world producers are China, Italy, Spain, the United States, Greece and Turkey. Europe produces 4.18 million tons. In France, the production of peaches for unprocessed products is estimated...

Cipollotto

Since they really consist of two parts, the white bottoms and the green shoots on top, scallions are a uniquely versatile vegetable with two distinct flavors. The flavor of the bottom white section...

Fiori Di Zucca

Broccoli

Broccoli has a central stem branched into small groups that, in bloom, are dotted with small yellow flowers. But it is harvested just before these flowers can appear. The word broccoli is derived...

Frutto Del Pane

The fruits, weighing up to 6 kg, are between 9 and 45 cm long and between 5 and 30 cm in diameter. At first they are green, then they vary the yellow-green, and take a yellow or ochre-yellow tint...

Kiwano

Curuba

Curuba produces an elongated fruit with a weight of 50 to 150 g, whose pulp is yellow, very aqueous, acidic, but very perfumed, and used to make juices and nectars appreciated by the Colombians....

Fagiolo Alato

When ripe, they acquire an ash brown colour and open to release the seeds. Its nutritional content is similar to that of soybeans, since winged bean seeds contain between 30% and 40% protein and...

Nespolo Giapponese

Peperoncino

Il peperoncino è il frutto di piante del genere Capsicum che appartengono alla famiglia delle belladonna, le solanacee. Il nome del peperoncino è spesso associato al sapore speziato e ci sono...

Cerfoglio Tuberoso

Ravanello

Adishes are considered annual plants, but some varieties may be biannual. These vegetables are provided with a tuberized hypocotyl of different shapes, spherical or cylindrical, that is presented...

Durian

Thailand is the world’s leading producer of this fruit. It is followed by Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. To a lesser extent, Durian is also harvested in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Burma,...

Pomodoro

An essential element of both Mediterranean cuisine and world cuisine, tomatoes are eaten as a vegetable, either raw or cooked. It is an annual herbaceous plant of rampant size, with branched stems....

Rabarbaro

Rhubarb is produced worldwide in all temperate climate regions. However, there are few species that grow on the Indian slopes of the Himalayas. In Switzerland, in the canton of Vaud, on the border...

Rucola

Coming from the Mediterranean basin, the arugula plants spread rapidly towards the east, to India. Consumed since ancient times, they are very present in the south of France and in Italy. They are...

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