Friday, 31 August 2012

New Zealand Spinach

Tetragonia tetragonioides is a leafy groundcover also known as New Zealand Spinach, Warrigal Greens, Kokihi (Māori language), Sea Spinach, Botany Bay Spinach, Tetragon and Cook's Cabbage. It is native to New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Chile and Argentina. Captain Cook. It was immediately picked, cooked, and pickled to help fight scurvy, and taken with the crew of the Endeavour. It spread when the explorer and botanist Joseph Banks took seeds back to Kew Gardens during the latter half of the 18th century. For two centuries T. tetragonioides was the only cultivated vegetable that originated from Australia and New Zealand.

 New Zealand Spinach
 New Zealand Spinach
 New Zealand Spinach
New Zealand Spinach

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