EDIBLE PARTS OF PLANTS

As we have seen, plants create their own food through the process of photosynthesis, they can store the food they create in any of their parts: roots, stems, leaves, flowers...

This food is useful for us too, we can eat any part of a plant. Plants have plenty of healthy vitamins and carbohydrats and are an excellent source of food for humans.

Some examples of edible plants are the following:

ROOTS:, carrot, beetroot, turnip, radish...

STEMS: onion, celery,  potatoe, leek, asparagus, garlic...

LEAVES: lettuce, spinach, cabbage, chard, parsley...

FRUITS: apple, tomatoe, peach, grapes, strawberries, prun...

SEEDS: sunflower seeds, rice, corn, wheat, beans, peas, lentils, coffee, almond, hazelnut...

FLOWERS: cauliflower, broccoli, artichoke, caper, saffron, tea...