What are the root vegetables?

Root vegetables mainly include carrots, lotus roots, yam, lettuce, white radish and so on.

First, carrots

Carrot is a variety of wild carrot in Umbelliferae, an annual or biennial herb. Roots are stout, rectangular, conical, orange-red or yellow. Stems erect, up to 90 cm, much branched. Long-stalked leaves, pinnately compound leaves, lobes linear or lanceolate, and acute apex; The petiole base swells to form a leaf sheath.

Second, lotus root

Lotus root, also known as lotus root, belongs to the rhizome of lotus plants, which can be eaten or used medicinally. It is cultivated in most provinces in China. Lotus root is a kind of lotus plant. Lotus root is slightly sweet and crisp, and can be eaten raw or cooked. It is one of the common dishes. It is planted in Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Shandong, Henan, Hebei and other places in China. Lotus root, also known as lotus root, is also known as white stem because its underground stem is white.

Third, yam.

Chinese yam, the name of Chinese herbal medicine. This product is the dried rhizome of Dioscorea zingiberensis. Excavate from June 165438+ 10 to February 65438+February, cut off the roots, wash the soil, peel off the skin with a bamboo knife, and dry in the sun or dry in the sun, which is the hairy yam. Choose coarse yam, soak it in clear water, add a little heat, cover it with a quilt, keep it moist and not stuffy, then put it on a board and knead it into a tube, cut both ends together, dry and polish it, and it is bright yam.

Fourth, lettuce.

Lettuce, lettuce in Compositae. Native to the Mediterranean coast. Lettuce can form a variety of tender stems and is a biennial herb. The stem skin is white and green, the stem meat is crisp and tender, the young stem is green, and it turns white and green after maturity. Leaves alternate, lanceolate or rectangular, and the color is light green, green, dark green or purplish red.

Five, white radish

Root vegetables, cruciferous radish plants. Planting has a history of thousands of years and is widely used in the fields of diet and Chinese medicine dietotherapy. Racemes, terminal and axillary. These flowers are pale pink or white. Silique, non-dehiscent, nearly conical, straight or slightly curved, with beaded interspecific constriction, long beak at the top, 2.5 cm to 5 cm long, and spongy fruit wall. Seeds 1 to 6, reddish brown, round, with fine mesh.