What types of vegetables are there? A rundown of common everyday vegetable varieties

Vegetables are an indispensable part of everyone's daily diet. In some places vegetables are called "su cai", and in the author's hometown they are called "xiao cai", so do you know what types of vegetables there are? Below, the author introduces several common vegetable varieties.

1. Fungi

Fungi: wood ear, silver ear, earth ear, rock ear, oyster mushroom, straw mushroom, button mushroom, lion's mane mushroom, enoki mushroom, shiitake mushroom, shimeji mushroom, bamboo fungus, Phoenix-tail mushroom, tea tree mushroom, king oyster mushroom, oyster mushroom, pig stomach mushroom, wakame, etc.

2. Sprouts and seedlings

Pea sprouts, Chinese toon sprouts, radish sprouts, buckwheat sprouts, peanut sprouts, ginger sprouts, soybean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, bean seedlings. Flower vegetables: cauliflower, daylily, broccoli, purple sprouting broccoli, artichoke and Chinese kale, etc.

3. Fruit vegetables

Peppers (bell pepper, green pepper, hot pepper, sweet pepper, facing-heaven pepper, screw pepper), pumpkin, golden pumpkin, winter melon, bitter melon, cucumber, cucumber, luffa, chayote, snake melon, cucumber, bottle gourd, snake melon, zucchini, tomato, eggplant, kidney bean, cowpea, pea, pole bean, sword bean, hyacinth bean, green soybean, edamame, snake bean, corn, baby corn, broad bean, common bean, black-eyed pea, winged bean, snake gourd, etc.

4. Leafy vegetables

Heading cabbage, non-heading cabbage, Gynura bicolor, Brussels sprouts, kale, napa cabbage, bok choy, green cabbage, baby bok choy, cabbage, red cabbage, lettuce, spinach, Chinese chives, yellow chives, chive flowers, garlic sprouts, celery, water dropwort, asparagus lettuce shoots, bitter chicory, chrysanthemum greens, leaf lettuce,人参菜, okra, 富贵菜, Taiwan sweet potato leaves, Gynura bicolor, water spinach, garland chrysanthemum, amaranth, Chinese toon, 冲菜, 贡菜, baby napa cabbage, 苔干叶, 山蛰菜, Chinese kale, Cantonese choy sum, shepherd's purse, fennel, purslane, water shield, fat choy, alfalfa sprouts, wood ear leaves, kelp, nori, sea cabbage, water spinach, mustard greens, head cabbage, head lettuce, hearted mustard, scallion, coriander (large-leaf cilantro, small-leaf cilantro), potherb mustard, rapeseed greens, horseradish, etc.

5. Scallion and garlic vegetables

Chinese chives (also called,), yellow chives, Welsh onion, onion, garlic, garlic sprouts, garlic yellow, green garlic, winter onion, chives, leek, etc.

6. Root and tuber vegetables

Radish (white radish, carrot, water radish), Welsh onion, scallion, garlic, onion, ginger, Jerusalem artichoke, lotus root, bolt, chive bolt, celtuce, Chinese yam, taro, konjac, potato, sweet potato, jicama, asparagus, bamboo shoot, burdock, wild rice stem, houttuynia, fresh pickled mustard tuber, water chestnut, water caltrop, fern, lettuce, arrowhead, daylily, asparagus, turnip (root mustard), rutabaga, root beet, jicama, kudzu, kohlrabi, lily, lotus root, etc.

7. Cruciferous vegetables

Choy sum, purple flowering stalk, red flowering stalk, cauliflower, broccoli, Chinese kale, broccoli, kohlrabi, leaf mustard, stem mustard, root mustard (turnip), pickled mustard tuber, broccoli, etc.

In summary, these are the common types of vegetables. These categories are only the common broad groupings in daily life, and each category can be extended into countless subcategories and varieties. Which vegetable do you like best?

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