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More info… Jicama (HEE-kah-ma) sometimes referred to as yam bean, Mexican turnip or Mexican potato, is an edible root vegetable native to Mexico. In the United States, it’s less common, and can be intimidating to those who’ve never tried it. There’s no need to fear this tasty, nutrient-dense tuber- jicama’s mild flavor and satisfying crunch lends it to a myriad of culinary uses.
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Sharon fruit or persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus
Diospyros. The most widely cultivated of these is the Oriental or Japanese
persimmon, Diospyros kaki.
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The ugli or ugli fruit is a Jamaican form of tangelo, a citrus fruit created by hybridizing a grapefruit, an orange, and a tangerine. Its species is Citrus reticulata × Citrus paradisi.
The blood orange is a variety of orange (Citrus × sinensis) with crimson, almost blood-colored flesh. The distinctive dark flesh color is due to the presence of
anthocyanins, a family of antioxidant pigments common to many flowers and fruit,
but uncommon in citrus fruits.
Broccolini is a green vegetable similar to broccoli but with smaller florets and longer, thin stalks. It is a natural hybrid of broccoli
and kai-lan, both cultivar groups of Brassica oleracea.
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