Brit a nnic a LEARNING LIBRARY Food Plants Learn about the many different kinds of plants we eat CHICAGO LONDON NEW DELHI PARIS SEOUL SYDNEY TAIPEI TOKYO
Groves of olive trees cover the hills near the city of Jaén in southern Spain Michael Busselle Corbis
Food Plants TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Apples Fruit Tree Royalty 6 Bananas Fruit of Gold 8 Cabbage The Head of a Vegetable Family 10 Figs Poor Man’s Food 12 Grapes Fruit of the Vine 14 Jackfruit The Largest Tree-Borne Fruit 16 Lemons Sweet but Oh So Sour 18 Mangoes The Regal Tropical Fruit 20 Oranges The Drinkable Fruit 22 Strawberries Luscious Dessert Fruit 24 Tomatoes Vegetables or Fruit 26 Yams Tasty Tubers 28 GRAINS Barley A Versatile Cereal 30 Corn Grain of the Americas 32 Rice Food from Water-Grown Grasses 34 Wheat The Bread of Life 36 SWEETS DRINKS AND OTHER TASTY TREATS Cacao The Chocolate Tree 38 Cactus Don’t Touch 40 Coffee The World’s Favorite Cup 42 Maple Spectacular Leaves Sensational Syrup 44 Nuts The Original Fast Food 46 Olive Plant of Peace and Plenty 48 Palm The Prince of Plants 50 Peanuts When Is a Nut Not a Nut 52 Peppers Hot and Spicy 54 Seaweed Wild Plants of the Ocean 56 Sugarcane A Sweet and Syrupy Plant 58 Tea The Cup That Cheers 60 GLOSSARY 62 INDEX 63 Brit a nnic a LEARNING LIBRARY
