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...

Barbabietola

La coltivazione della barbabietola da zucchero occupa 7 milioni di ettari in tutto il mondo, per una produzione totale stimata in 270 milioni di tonnellate. Tuttavia, quello della barbabietola da...

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,...

Carota

The production of the 500 varieties of carrots grown in the world is estimated at 36 million tons per year. This production is dominated by China, which harvests more than half, that is 17 Mt. They...

Cavolo

Appartenenti alla famiglia delle Brassicaceae, i cavoli sono spesso verdure commestibili le cui foglie e infiorescenza carnosa vengono consumate nel caso del cavolfiore, o il gambo gonfio in quello...

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...

Arancione

Like all citrus fruits, orange is presented in the form of a berry called hesperidium. Oranges are classified into four varied groups. Edible, they are known for their high vitamin C content and...

Sedano

Celery is very low in calories, between 12 and 20 kilocalories per 100 grams, and according to some authors, it is even considered a vegetable with negative calories, its digestion consumes more...

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...

Indivia

Worldwide production of endive is currently concentrated in three countries, France, the leading European producer, Belgium and the Netherlands. Our country produces around 160,000 tons, of which...

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,...

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...

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.

Tamarillo

Kiwi

The name Kiwi was proposed in 1959 by the New Zealand company Turners and Growers for patriotic and political reasons. Kiwi is, on the one hand, the vernacular name of the apterygiforme, emblematic...

Lime

Lime tree, that is, the Citrus Aurantifolia, represent only a very small part of the world trade. The variety Citrus Latifolia, known commercially as Persia lime, or Tahiti, is the preferred by...

Limone

The origin of lemon has remained unknown for a long time, due to its polymorphism and diversity of varieties. Some researchers located its wild ancestor in the Indo-Burmese region, and even in...

Cipolla

The world’s annual production of onions now amounts to 85 million tons. The main producers are China, India and the United States. Onion production in France is currently estimated at 321,000 tons...

Zucca

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,...

Pallini

Cachi

The persimmon is an edible fruit of trees in the genus Diospyris. This fruit belongs to the Ebenaceae family. The most videly cultivated varieties are called Japanese Persimmon and Asian Persimmon....

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...

Cerfoglio Tuberoso

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...

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....

Limquat

Limequat is a small, leafy shrub with little, oblong, oval, green leaves. Its fruit is small, ovoid, yellowish or greenish and contains little seeds called pips. Its peel is soft and its pulp has a...

Mandarina

Il mandarino (Citrus reticulata), noto anche come mandarino o mandarino, è un piccolo albero di agrumi con frutta simile ad altre arance, di solito consumato in pianura o in macedonie. La sua polpa...

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...

Pera

La pera è un frutto pomposo con un sapore dolce e dolce di cui ci sono duemila varietà. Cresce sul pero Pyrus Sinensis in Cina e sul Pyrus Communis nel resto del mondo. Il pero, da cui proviene, è...

Mela

Una mela è un frutto dolce e commestibile prodotto da un melo (Malus domestico). In Francia, è il frutto commestibile più consumato e il terzo del pianeta. I principali tipi di mele provengono...

Mela Cotogna

They are acidic fruits with a high pH of about 3.7. They contain malic acid, tartaric acid, acetic acid, oxalic acid and very little citric acid. Rich in pectins, the quince contains very few...

Patata

China is the world’s largest potato producer, ahead of India and Russia. These three countries account for 40% of the world market. In 20 years, the share of developing countries had increased from...

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....

Pompelmo

The fruit is often confused with the pamplemousse, also called pomelo, from which it inherited the important size and a little bitterness, but without the thick skin and the many seeds. This Citrus...

Rapa Svedese

They are grown for their white or yellow root intended for animal and human feeding. The other varieties are of white pulp. Depending on the maturity of the root, it is a fodder or garden...

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...

Star Apple

Tuberina

Its cultivation came back in the 70s and now, in winter, it is possible to acquire this pearly white tuber that looks like a large caterpillar. It has a fine and sweet flavor, similar to artichokes...