Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 6) (1848) - Page 3

Category: Vegetables (Continued)


Bracken fern	Rocket	Gaohe vegetable	Red lily variety	Miansi vegetable	Rice-stubble vegetable	Chili pepper	Wild Malabar spinach	Chinese broccoli
Purple ginger	Potato	Jingang sprout	Green lily	Mountain lily	Oil-head mustard	Bean-leaf vegetable	Zhuge vegetable	Malabar spinach

In the top row, the character transcribed as "Tai" original: "台" in "Red lily variety" original: "紅百台" appears visually distinct from the character "He" original: "合" in "Mountain lily" original: "山百合" and "Green lily" original: "綠百合" in the bottom row, although it likely refers to a variety of lily original: "百合".

Several plants in this list have fascinating histories: * Chili pepper (làjiāoCapsicum annuum): Introduced from the Americas, it had become a staple by the 19th century. * Potato (yángyùSolanum tuberosum): Literally "foreign taro," another New World crop that transformed Chinese agriculture. * Zhuge vegetable (zhūgěcàiOrychophragmus violaceus): Named after the strategist Zhuge Liang, legend says he ordered soldiers to plant this hardy purple-flowered radish to ensure a food supply. * Rice-stubble vegetable (dàochácàiLapsana apogonoides): A wild green traditionally foraged from the stubble of harvested rice fields in early spring.