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      Ginger can taste great as a condiment to your favorite dishes or as a hot tea, but ginger also has health benefits. Ginger is rich in phytochemicals, antioxidants, and other beneficial compounds that aid digestion, support brain function, reduce inflammation, and prevent infection. This powerful tropical plant belongs to the same botanical family as cardamom and turmeric and has been used in Asian, Indian, and Arabic medicine for thousands of years. Fresh ginger is best because it has a higher gingerol content. Ingesting ginger has few side effects and many benefits for your body. Always talk to your doctor before adding a new nutritional supplement to your diet.   Description :      This spice has a slightly spicy taste and is usually dried and ground to flavor breads, sauces, curry dishes, pastries, pickles, and ginger ale. The fresh rhizome, green ginger, is used in cooking. The peeled rhizome can be preserved by boiling it in s...

      Pumpkin, the fruit of several types of pumpkins - such as Cucurbita pepo, C. moschata and C. maxima - of the cucurbitaceae family, is usually characterized by a hard orange peel with distinctive grooves. Pumpkins are usually grown for human consumption, decoration, and also as animal feed.     Description :        Pumpkins, which produce very long annual vines, are planted singly or in two or three small mounds about 2.5 to 3 meters (8 to 10 feet) apart. Botanically, pumpkins are a type of berry known as pepo. They are usually large, 4-8 kg (9-18 pounds) or more, although some varieties are very small. The largest pumpkins are the C. maxima variety and can weigh 34 kg (75 pounds) or more; The most massive pumpkin ever grown weighed over 907 kg (2,000 pounds). Pumpkins are often yellowish to orange in color and range from flat to round to oval; some have white crust. The bark is smooth and usually slightly grooved or ribbe...

      Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), a flowering plant in the dog family (Solanaceae) is widely grown for its edible fruit. Tomatoes are labeled as a vegetable for dietary use and are a good source of vitamin C and the phytochemical lycopene. The fruit is usually eaten raw in salads, served as a cooked vegetable, used as an ingredient in various prepared foods and pickled. In addition, most of the world's tomato harvest is used for processing; Products include canned tomatoes, tomato juice, ketchup, purees, pasta, and dried or pureed tomatoes.   Description :        Tomato plants are generally much branched, spreading 60–180 cm (24–72 inches) and somewhat trailing when fruiting, but a few forms are compact and upright. Leaves are more or less hairy, strongly odorous, pinnately compound, and up to 45 cm (18 inches) long. The five-petaled flowers are yellow, 2 cm (0.8 inch) across, pendant, and clustered. Fruits are berries that vary ...

      Radishes are root crops that can taste juicy, spicy, or sweet. They are also available in a variety of colors, including white, red, purple, or black. The shape can be long and cylindrical or round. Radishes can be eaten raw, cooked or pickled. Radish seed oil has a number of health benefits.   Description :        Radishes are usually grown as annuals and harvested before they bloom. The leaf-like leaves form a rooted rosette that protrudes from the tip of the root. The flower stalks usually appear in the first season and produce white or purple vein flowers with four petals; The seeds are carried in a pod called silicone. Depending on the variety, the shape of the edible root varies from round to long and cylindrical or pointed, and the outer bark can be white, yellow, pink, red, purple, or black. Radishes range in size from a few grams in the most popular early American and European varieties to 1 kg (2.2 pounds) in Japanes...

      Onion (Allium cepa), a biennial herb from the Amaryllidaceae family grown for its edible onion. Onions were probably born in Southwest Asia, but are now grown all over the world, especially in temperate climates. Onions are low in nutrients but valuable for their taste and are widely used in cooking. They add flavor to dishes such as stews, roasts, soups and salads and are also served as cooked vegetables.   Description :      The common onion has one or more leafless flower stalks that reach 75–180 cm (2.5–6 ft) tall and end in round clusters of small greenish-white flowers. The concentric leaf bases of the growing plant swell to form an edible onion underground. Most commercially grown onions are grown from the tiny black seeds of plants grown directly in the field, but onions can also be grown from small onions or from transplants. Onions are very hardy and can withstand a wide range of growing conditions. Onions vary in size, s...