The barley (Hordeum vulgare) plant is a herbaceous annual of the family of poàcies characterized by their ears with long edges. A crop of great importance both for animals and for humans.  In the classification of the 2007 cereal crops in the world, barley was the fourth in terms of quantity produced (136 million tons) [...]

Wheat is the name of some species of plants of the genus Triticum of the family of poàcies . Among the group of cereals, both cultivated and wild, belonging to the genus Triticum, There are a number of the seed which is used as food . The word “corn” refers both to the ground as [...]

Cassava cassava (manioc or cassava or just) is an unleavened bread , made of thin circular flour cassava , this is roasted on a griddle , griddle or grilled .  Its production and consumption dates back to prehispanic times, is made from cassava or manioc, also known as manioc oo bitter cassava ( Manihot esculenta [...]

Yams (Dioscorea), also known as Yam or yams, are a genus of plants from the family of Yamswurzelgewächse (Dioscoreaceae).  Yam is mainly in the tropics spread.  The only native to Central European species are the bryony (Dioscorea communis) and the Balkan bryony (Dioscorea balcanica).  The genus is named after Pedanios Dioscorides , a Greek physician [...]

  The sweet potato or sweet potato or potato ofMalaga(Ipomoea batatas) is a plant of the family convolvulaceae , cultivated for its tuberous root edible.  Originally from Latin America , where it runs from pre-Columbian times to the local diet, reachedEuropein the sixteenth century and has spread widely throughout the world. This plant originated in [...]

Copra, or coconut, is the endosperm of dried coconut .  The flowering of coconut produces a drupe , a fruit that contains a green nuts and grows in clusters of five to over ten depending on the variety, in the axils of branches.  The nut is surrounded by a thick fibrous envelope of five to [...]

The vanilla is a spice from the fermented capsules of different species of the genus Vanilla is obtained.  The name comes from the French vanilla from the Spanish vainilla (“small shell or pod” to Latin Vanilla planifolia).  Vanilla in bar form is called the queen of spices. The genus Vanilla includes about 110 species, 15 [...]

The Noni is a fruit of the noni tree (Morinda citrifolia L., Syn: Morinda bracteata Roxb.).  In English this tree “Indian mulberry” is called, which is sometimes rendered as’ Indian mulberry bush “or” Indian Mulberry “. Presumably the plant species originally inAustralia’sQueenslandhome.  From there it spread both over theIndian Oceanand in the Polynesian islands.  Polynesian [...]

The taro  is a species of plant in the family of aroids (Araceae).  Taro is a crop for the people of importance.  The starchy rhizomes are eaten.  Taro, yam,: other names for taro are [1] Taioba, Eddo, Eddo, Eddro, Dasheen.  In old reference books, such as in Pierer’s Universal-Lexicon , you will also find the [...]

Honey is a sweet and viscous fluid produced by bees from the nectar of blossoms or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant sucking insects.  The bees collect, transform and combine with the enzyme invertase containing the saliva of the bees and stored in the honeycombs where it matures.  Also honey [...]