Vegetables (Please click on vegetable name to see picture and more info)   Bayam Choy Sum Kang Kong Beet Root Coriander King Pak Bitter Gourd Cos Lettuce Kow Kee Brinjal Cucumber Ladies Finger Broccoli English Cabbage Leave Lettuce Brown Onions French Bean Leek Capsicum Ginger Long Beans Winged Beans Ground Nut N.Zealand Spinach Carrot   Cauliflower Head Lettuce Parsley Celery Petula (Lofa) Chayote Potato Chilli Kai Lan Pumpkin Chinese Sweet Lettuce Sharkfin Melon Radish English Spinach Spring Onion Siow Bak Choy Sweet Potato Tomato Sweet Corn Tung Hoe     Fruits (Please click on fruit name to see picture and more info) Green Apples Red Apples Oranges   Bayam (Chinese Spinach) Chinese Spinach has double the amount of iron than English Spinach. It also contains considerable amounts of vitamins A, B and C. Beetroot The swollen edible root can be either rounded or tapered and is red, yellow (Golden Beet) or white. The leaves sprout as a rosette above ground and are delicious used in salads when young Bitter Gourd A slender, climbing annual with long stalked leaves, deeply cordate at the base and palmately 5 to 9 lobed. Solitary male and female flowers are borne in leaf axils. Brinjal Brinjal. It comes in white or purple colours of different sizes. It is a low-growing bushy annual. The fruit is a smooth, ovoid or elongated, white or purple berry.  Broccoli  Broccoli has phytonutrients, which enhance the body’s ability to expel carcinogens, thereby believe to reduce tumor initiation. Brown Onions Onion is a herbaceous biennial composed largely of thickened leaf bases and a very short condensed stem at the base. Capsicum This bell-shape pepper or sweet pepper is C. annuum var grossum  Carrot It is a hardy biennial with a swollen tap root. The leaves are feather-like, variously dissected, borne on long petioles that are often sheathed at the base. Cauliflower Cauliflower is a source of Vitamin C, thiamin, carotene and phytonutrients. Celery Celery has been grown in the past for its anti-toxic properties. Raw celery is a pleasant, natural snack and a good juicer. Chayote Chayote (Choko) -Vegetable Pear  A herbaceous vine with palmy-lobed leaves. Chilli Chillies are rich in vitamins especially vitamins A and C. Chinese Sweet Lettuce Like most types of lettuce, it provides nutritional value such as  folate, Vitamins A and C, potassium, and fiber.  Choy Sum A variety of pak-choi that is grown for the sake of its thick-stemmed shoots which are cut for the markets as the yellow flowers begin to open. Coriander This annual has pinnate leaves, each leaflet with many lobes. Cos Lettuce In Europe, Romaine lettuce is called "COS".  It is named after the Greek Island of "KOS" in the Aegean Sea.  Romaine was named by the Romans who believed it had healing properties.  The Emporer Caeser Augustus put up a statue hailing lettuce because he believed that it cured his illness. Cucumber An annual with a rough-stemmed, trailing vine. English Cabbage The cabbage or cruciferous family of vegetables is receiving much attention for its members' impressive anticancer properties.  French Bean An annual with two growing habits: one is a tall, late maturing climbing variety and the other is a short, early maturing bushy plant that does not need support Ginger This perennial herb has aerial shoots arising from a thick, fleshy, branching rhizome which is the part used. Groundnut A legume, ground nut begins as an aboveground flower that eventually forms a stalklike stem that pushes into the ground, swells, and grow into a ground nut.  Head Lettuce Lettuce is native to the Mediterranean region and is a member of the daisy and sunflower family (Compositae).   There are over a hundred varieties of  lettuce. Kai Lan A perennial with dull or glossy thick bluish-green, oval, often glaucous leaves and elongated fleshy inflorescences. Kang Kong Also known as Water Convolvulus, water morning glory and water spinach.  Very rich in iron and vitamin A, yet lacks the bitterness of some of the other iron-rich greens. King Pak This cultivar has flat white fleshy petioles and crepe-like pale yellow leaves. The head is in the form of an upright cylinder, the leaves held erect and overlapping to form a compact head. Kow Kee This shrub has long, recurved, thorny branches. Leaves are dark green, ovate, about 3 cm long. It bears reddish purple flowers followed by orange-red berries. Ladies Finger (Okra) Okra is very popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, India, Southeast Asia and in the Caribbean and the USA, where it is known as gumbo. Leave Lettuce Lettuce with leaves that branch from a single stalk in a loose bunch rather than forming a tight head. Leek Leek can be served like asparagus and as a result has been called "poor man’s asparagus" since it is comparatively cheaper. Long Bean Also known as cowpea, the most common ones have smooth pale green pods. A similar variety is slightly more slender and a darker green with a more intense flavour. Sometimes, a deep brownish red variety can also be found. N. Zealand Spinach Spinach is rich in iron.  It should not be eaten every day because it is high in oxalates. Parsley Parsley, often used to garnish dishes  hardy, erect glabrous biennial with a stout tap root. Petula (Lofa) A fast growing annual, climbing to a considerable height by means of tendrils. Potato It has weak stems; the branched trailing shoots bear underground stem tubers, almost oval in shape. The flesh is either white or yellow, the latter being the more favoured type. Pumpkin Pumpkin makes excellent soup or stew. It gives the dish a natural sweetness. Radish Radish  makes a tasty sweet soup when cooked with fresh white meat. Sharkfin Melon Grown for its thick flesh used for chinese style soup and for cooking. Siow Bak Choy Another cultivar of B. Chinensis with greenish petioles. English Spinach English Spinach is reputed with health-giving properties. It also contains considerable amounts of iron, vitamins A, B and C. Often called "Cameron Highlands Spinach" (referring to where it is grown), this spinach is also known by its Cantonese name, poh choy. Spring  Onion As a vegetable, spring onion is consumed raw, stewed or fried. Sweetcorn Sweetcorn tastes excellent on its own when cooked by boiling with a little salt. Sweet Potato Contains a fair amount of vitamin A. Sweet Potato comes in different shapes, sizes and colours. The purple, orange/bright yellow-fleshed are popular than the white flesh. Both the young leaves and the tubers can be eaten. Tomatoes Tomatoes are highly nutritious. It provides up to 15 of the 20 amino acids needed for protein synthesis, including lycopene, which is believed to help prevent several types of cancer. Tong Hoe (Garland Chrysanthemums) Also known as the Garland Chrysanthemums, it provides a rich source of vitamin A and B. Winged (4 Angled) Beans The frilly edge along the 4 sides gives the vegetable the name. In some area, it is also know as Goa Bean. It is highly nutritious, containing both protein and oil. Fruits   Green Apples Apples can increase the energy of the heart. Red Apples It elevates blood sugar.  Also a food for urination difficulty, edema, hypoglycemia, indigestion, and hypertension.  Oranges The peel has qi-stimulating, digestive, and mucus-resolving properties.

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