Common Names 
Scientific Name 
Date 
Origin 
Artichoke, Globe 
Cynara Scolymus L. 
C 
Southern Europe, 
Northern Africa, 
Canary Islands. 
Artichoke, Jerusalem 
Helianthus tuberosus L. 
E 
Eastern North Amer- 
ica. 
Europe, Western tem- 
perate Asia. 
Asparagus 
Asparagus officinalis L. 
B 
Bean (Broad or 
Windsor) 
Vicia Faba L. 
B(?) 
Temperate Europe. 
Bean (Pole Lima) 
Phaseolus lunatus L. 
E 
Tropical America, 
Peru, Brazil. 
Bean (Bush Lima) 
Pitas coins lunatus L. 
F 
Eastern North Amer- 
Bean (String, etc.) 
Phaseolus vulgaris L. 
D 
ICE. 
Western South Amer- 
Bean (Tepary) 
Phaseolus acutifolius Gray 
D 
ICE. 
Southwestern United 
States. 
Bean (Adzuki) 
Phaseolus angularis Willd. 
B( ?) 
China, Japan. 
Canary Islands. Medi- 
terranean region, 
Western temperate 
Asia. 
Beet (Chard) 
Beta vulgaris L. 
B 
Beet (Root) 
Beta vulgaris L. 
B 
Europe, Mediterran- 
ean region. 
Broccoli 
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis DC. 
B 
Western Asia. 
Brussels sprouts 
Brassica oleracea var. genimi 
fera DC. 
C 
Belgium (?) 
Cabbage 
Brassica oleracea L. 
A 
Western Asia. 
Cabbage (Chinese) 
Brassica Pe-tsai Bailey 
B 
China, Japan. 
Carrot 
Dauctts Carota L. 
B 
Europe, Western tem- 
perate Asia. 
Cauliflower 
Brassica oleracea botrytis DC. 
B 
Western Asia. 
Celeriac 
Apium gravcolens L. var. rapa 
ceum DC. 
C 
Europe. 
Celery 
Apium graveolens L. 
B 
Temperate and South- 
ern Europe. North- 
ern Africa, Western 
Asia. 
Chives 
Allium Schoenoprasum L. 
C 
Temperate Europe, 
Corn (field) 
Zea Mays L. 
D 
Siberia, Northern 
North America. 
Mexico, Northwestern 
Corn (sweet) 
Zea Mays saccharata Sturt. 
E 
South America ( ?) 
Eastern North Amer- 
Cress (garden) 
Lepidium sativum L. 
B 
ica, New England. 
Persia( ?). 
Cress (water) 
Radicula N asturtium-aquaticum L. 
B 
Europe, Northern Asia 
Cucumber 
Cucumis sativus L. 
A 
India. 
Cucumber (gherkin) 
Cucumus Anguria L. 
F 
West Indies. 
Dandelion 
Taraxacum officinale Weber 
C 
Europe and Asia. 
Egg Plant (aubergine) 
Solatium Melongena L. 
A 
India, East Indies. 
Endive 
Cichorium Endtvia L. 
C 
Mediterranean region. 
Garlic 
Allium sativum L. 
B 
Caucasus, Turkes- 
tan. 
Kirghis desert region 
Horse-radish 
Roripa Armoracca L. 
C 
in Siberia. 
Eastern temperate 
Kale 
Brassica oleracea var. acephala 
DC. 
B 
Europe, Western 
Asia. 
Europe. 
Kohlrabi 
Brassica oleracea var. Caulo-Rapa 
DC. 
B 
Europe. 
Leek 
Allium Porrum L. 
B 
Mediterranean region, 
Lentil 
Lens esculenta Moench 
A 
Egypt. 
Western temperate 
Lettuce 
Lactuca sativa L. 
B 
Asia, Greece. 
Southern Europe, 
Mushroom 
Agaricus campestris L. 
C 
Western Asia. 
Northern hemisphere 
Okra (gumbo) 
Hibiscus esculentus L. 
C 
(Europe). 
Tropical Africa. 
