UTILIZATION AND COMPOSITION OF ORIENTAL VEGETABLES 5 
Celery {Apium graveolens) 
Chinese name : Hon-kun 
Japanese name : Oranda-mitsuba 
Leaf: Pinnate, ovate to oblong, cleft, in two or three pairs. 
Petiole: Erect, branching, loose, 10 to 12 inches long, grooved. 
Color: Green to dark green (unblanched). 
Odor: Strong smelling. 
Celery is a glabrous herbaceous biennial and is indigenous to Asia 
and Europe (J. p. 565). The celery generally grown in the Hawaiian 
Figure 3. — Butterbur 
Islands is small and appears on the markets in individual green leaf- 
stalks, which are tied in small bunches. The locally grown celery is 
used extensively by people from the Far East because of the attrac- 
tive green color and distinctive flavor. 
