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Some time ago, I have introduced to you this traditional Chinese female aphrodisiac called the long net stinkhorn 竹笙. It is a beautiful mushroom that wears a bridal gown, and is found in all sub-tropical regions around the world….
English: Flower Sprout The Flower Sprout is such a new vegetable, its name only exists in English and I cannot seem to find its scientific name either! What are Flower Sprouts? A non-genetically modified merge between the Brussels…
Latin: Phallus Indusiatus English: bamboo fungus, bamboo pith, long net stinkhorn, crinoline stinkhorn, veiled lady Chinese: 竹笋菌, 長裙竹蓀/长裙竹荪, 竹笙， 竹参， 面紗菌, 網紗菌, 竹姑娘, 竹菌, 竹松, 竹萼, 竹鸡 Japanese: 衣笠茸/キヌガサタケ Thai: เห็ดร่างแห Igbo: éró ḿma Yoruba: Akufodewa What is it? The…
English: Key Lime, Mexican Lime Latin: Citrus aurantiifolia I was on a trip to the Florida Keys recently, and got to know this curious American lime. Coming from Southeast Asia, I was extremely interested in how lime, which is…
English: Oriental spinach, Chinese spinach Latin: Spinacia oleracea Mandarin Chinese: Bocai 菠菜 Minnan Chinese: Buayleng 飛龍/飞龙 Not to be confused with “Ipomoea aquatica” – which has also been translated as Chinese spinach or water spinach but is actually not…
Perhaps I have mentioned before, my great-grandfather came from the city of Quanzhou 泉州 in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian 福建. The people there are descendants of indigenous (probably Austronesian) tribes and Han Chinese more than two millennia ago…
English: Red Cotton, Red Silk-Cotton Latin: Bombax ceiba Chinese: Mumian 木棉, 斑芝树, 英雄树, 攀枝花 Thai: ngiu งิ้ว Vietnamese: Gạo Hindi: Semal सेमल Bengali: Shimul শিমুল Assamese: Shimul শিমলু Sanskrit: Shaalmala Bahasa Melayu: Kapuk, Kapok Bahasa Indonesia: Randu alas I…
There are about three types of Zanthoxylum pepper used in the Chinese Sichuan region: Sichuan pepper, Majiao and Qinghuajiao. Majiao Chinese: Majiao 麻椒 Latin: Zanthoxylum bungeanum Colour: Brown Majiao is a species of Zanthoxylum closely related to Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum…
Chinese: 发菜/髮菜 Latin: Nostoc commune var. flagelliforme ’Facai’ looks disgustingly like human hair, and that is exactly the meaning of its name in Chinese 髮菜: Hair Vegetable. What is it? ’Facai’ is a moss that grows under the sand in…
Chinese: 当归/當歸 Latin: Angelica sinensis French: angélique de Chine Thai: ตังกุย Vietnamese: Đương quy Danggui is known in Chinese culture as the ginseng for women. Danggui is widely used in Chinese medicine for gynecological ailments, fatigue, mild anemia, and high blood…
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