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Mineral-Rich Vegetables
Mineral-Rich Vegetables
Mineral-Rich Vegetables
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Minerals are essential elements that are required by a human body in minute quantities to perform its metabolic functions as well as for healthy growth and development. Minerals such as potassium, calcium, sodium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, chlorine etc help in body fluid movement and tissue building. When a human body does not have sufficient amount of minerals, its deficiency is manifested in human body as diseases. This small booklet is intended to provide some insights into mineral-rich vegetables.

LanguageEnglish
Publisheragrihortico
Release dateMay 15, 2019
ISBN9780463035627
Mineral-Rich Vegetables

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    Mineral-Rich Vegetables - Roby Jose Ciju

    INTRODUCTION

    All vegetables are part of plant kingdom. Plant kingdom is first divided into FOUR sub-communities: Thallophyta; Bryophyta; Pteridophyta; and Spermatophyta. All the vegetables are part of the sub-community Spermatophyta. Spermatophyta has two divisions: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. All vegetable plants belong to the group Angiosperms. Group Angiosperms has two ‘Classes’: Moncotyledoneae and Dicotyledoneae. ‘Class’ are further divided into ‘Family’, ‘Genus’, ‘Species’, and ‘Subspecies’, ‘Cultivar’ or ‘Variety’.

    Botanical Classification of Vegetables

    Botanical classification of vegetables based on two basic classes Monocotyledoneae and Dicotyledonaeae is given below:

    Classification of Vegetables Based on Plant Parts Used as Food

    Leaves, shoots, stems, immature fruits, flower parts, and underground parts of the plants are generally consumed as vegetables. Based on plant parts used as food, there are FOUR major groups of vegetables: Leafy Vegetables; Fruit Vegetables; Flower Vegetables; and Root Vegetables.

    Leafy Vegetables: Edible parts are leaves, shoots and/or stems

    Brassica vegetables such as Cabbage, Chinese cabbage, and Kohlrabi, Spinach greens such as New

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