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This is a list of food items by the region of the world they originate or were domesticated in.
Contents
Items common to most regions
Vegetables
Fruits
Meats
Seeds/Nuts
Herbs/Spices
Other
Africa
East Africa
Grains/Cereals
Vegetables 2
Fruits 2
Seeds/Nuts 2
Other 2
West Africa
Grains/Cereals 2
Vegetables 3
Fruits 3
Meats 2
Seeds/Nuts 3
Other 3
Asia
East and Southeast Asia
Grains/Cereals 3
Vegetables 4
Fruits 4
Meats 3
Seeds/Nuts 4
Herbs/Spices 2
Other 4
Southern Asia or Indian Subcontinent
Grains/Cereals 4
Vegetables 5
Fruits 5
Herbs/Spices 3
Other 5
Western Asia or Middle East
Grains/Cereals 5
Vegetables 6
Fruits 6
Meats 4
Seeds/Nuts 5
Herbs/Spices 4
Oceania
Australia
Vegetables 7
Fruits 7
Seeds/Nuts 6
Meats 5
Other 6
Austranesia and New Guinea
Grains/Cereals 6
Vegetables 8
Fruits 8
Meats 6
Seeds/Nuts 7
Herbs/Spices 5
Other 7
Europe
Northern Europe
Grains/Cereals 7
Vegetables 9
Fruits 9
Meats 7
Seeds/Nuts 8
Herbs/Spices 6
Southern Europe or Mediterranean
Vegetables 10
Fruits 10
Herbs/Spices 7
Americas
North America
Grains/Cereals 8
Vegetables 11
Fruits 11
Meats 8
Seeds/Nuts 9
Herbs/Spices 8
Other 8
Central America and Caribbean
Grains/Cereals 9
Vegetables 12
Fruits 12
Herbs/Spices 9
Other 9
South America
Grains/Cereals 10
Vegetables 13
Fruits 13
Meats 9
Seeds/Nuts 10
Herbs/Spices 10
Other 10
See also
References
Items common to most regions
Vegetables
Dandelion
greens
A wild raspberry
Fruits
Coconuts
Cranberry
(species are native to
subarctic
regions)
Elderberry
(not present in
tropical
regions)
Mulberry
Raspberry
(not present in Africa)
Wild strawberry
(not present in Africa)
Yellow plum
(common to tropical regions, excluding North America, Europe, and West Asia)
Meats
Crab
Mussels
Rabbit
Duck
Seeds/Nuts
Acorn
(not present in Africa and South America)
Chestnuts
(Northern Hemisphere)
Hickory
nuts (species native to East/Southeast Asia, North America, and South Asia)
Pine nuts
Walnuts
(Northern Hemisphere)
Herbs/Spices
Wormwood
Other
Birch syrup
(produced from
birch
trees which are native to Europe, North Asia, and North America)
Africa
See also:
Category:Crops originating from Africa
East Africa
Workers harvesting teff in Northern Ethiopia
Grains/Cereals
Finger millet
Teff
sorghum
Originally from
Sudan
[
1
]
[
2
]
Vegetables
Ensete
Fruits
Watermelon
Originally from Northern Sudan.
[
3
]
Four workers sorting coffee beans for size in Hawassa, Ethiopia
Seeds/Nuts
Noug
Other
Coffee
[
4
]
Khat
[
5
]
West Africa
Guineafowl in Kruger Park, South Africa
Grains/Cereals
African rice
Fonio
[
6
]
Pearl millet
Vegetables
Cowpea
or black-eye peas
Hausa groundnut
Pigeon pea
Yam
Fruits
Ackee
Tamarind
Meats
Guineafowl
Seeds/Nuts
Kola Nut
Other
Oil palm
Asia
See also:
Category:Crops originating from Asia
A Vietnamese rice field
East and Southeast Asia
Grains/Cereals
Buckwheat
Foxtail millet
Rice
Vegetables
Adzuki bean
(or red mung bean)
Calabash
(or bottle gourd)
Ginseng
Lolot pepper
Radish
Soybean
Taro
Water spinach
Wax gourd
An illustration of a peach in different stages
Fruits
Che
Cherry
Citrus
fruits (
Citron
,
Grapefruit
,
Kumquat
,
Mandarin
,
Lemon
,
Lime
,
Orange
,
Pomelo
, and
Tangerine
)
Doub Palm
Durian
Goji
Goumi
Hardy Kiwi
Jambos
Kiwifruit
Lanzones
Lapsi
Longan
Loquat
Lychee
Mango
Mangosteen
Mock Strawberry
Peach
Persimmon
Pomelo
Rambutan
Japanese barberry
Monkfruit
Yangmei
Meats
Chicken
Seeds/Nuts
Fox nut
Herbs/Spices
Betel
leaf
Fingerroot
Indonesian bay leaf
Kewra
Saffrol laurel
Eggplants that are yet to be harvested
Other
Tea
Hemp
Southern Asia or Indian Subcontinent
Grains/Cereals
Indian barnyard millet
Jungle Rice
Little Millet
Raishan
Vegetables
Black gram
Chamoe
Cucumber
Eggplant
Elephant foot yam
Horseradish tree
Ivy gourd
Moth Bean
Mung Bean
Neem
Pigeon pea
Snake gourd
Fruits
Bael fruit
Bengal Currant
Burflower-tree
Ceylon gooseberry
Indian gooseberry
Java plum
Malabar plum
Wood-apple
Indian spice market
Herbs/Spices
Black pepper
Cardamom
Cinnamon
Curry leaf
Holy basil
Indian bay leaf
Long pepper
Radhuni
Turmeric
Vetiver
Other
Sal tree
Western Asia or Middle East
A still life of bread and wine; products of wheat and grapes which were originally cultivated in Western Asia
Cattle
Grains/Cereals
Barley
Bitter vetch
Oats
Rye
Wheat
Vegetables
Allium
species (
chives
,
garlic
,
leek
,
onion
,
scallions
, and
shallots
)
Asparagus
Beet
Carrot
Chickpea
Fava bean
Lentil
Lettuce
Turnip
Fruits
Apple
Apricot
Date palm
Fig
Grape
Jujube
Plum
Medlar
Pomegranate
Meats
Beef
Goat
Mutton
Pork
Seeds/Nuts
Almond
Flax
or
Linseed
Sesame
Herbs/Spices
Asafoetida
Black caraway
Coriander
Dill
Lemongrass
Thyme
Mustard
Spearmint
Oceania
See also:
Category:Crops originating from Oceania
Australia
Various stages of the Macadamia nut
Vegetables
pencil yam
Fruits
Black apple
Broad-leaf bramble
Burdekin plum
Bush banana
Cedar Bay cherry
Cluster fig
Common apple-berry
Conkerberry
Davidson's plum
Desert fig
Desert lime
Emu apple
Fibrous satinash
Finger lime
Illawarra plum
Kakadu lime
Kakadu plum
Karkalla
Lady apple
Lemon aspen
Little gooseberry tree
Midyim
Mountain pepper
Muntries
Native cherry
Native currant
Pigface
Quandong
Riberry
Sandpaper fig
Snow berry
Sweet apple-berry
White aspen
Wild orange
Seeds/Nuts
Macadamia
Meats
Emu
Kangaroo
Possum
Sea turtle
Other
Aniseed myrtle
Saltbush
Witchetty grub
Austranesia and New Guinea
Banana tree featuring a full crop
Grains/Cereals
Job's tears
Vegetables
Aibika
Air yam
East Asian arrowroot
(Kudzu)
Eucheuma
(sea moss or gusô)
Fiji sago palm
Fiveleaf yam
Giant swamp taro
Giant taro
Highland pitpit
Indian coral tree
Joint fir
Lengkuas
Lesser yam
Pako
The Plentiful fig
Polynesian arrowroot
Sea grape
Ti plant
Torch ginger
Ube
(purple yam)
Water chestnut
Fruits
Antidesma montanum
Banana
Bignay
Bilimbi
Binukaw
Blue tongue
Breadfruit
Button mangosteen
Breadnut
Cempedak
Dracontomelon costatum
Dragon plum
Fe'i banana
Dye Fig
Ficus wassa
Galo
Golden apple
Hala Fruit
Island lychee
Jackfruit
Java apple
Lipote
Mangosteen
Marang
Marata
Marianas breadfruit
Millaa millaa vine
Monkey jack
Mo'onia fruit
Mountain apple
Noni
Rambutan
Rattan fruit
Rukam
Santol
Star fruit
Tal palm
Tipuho
Velvet apple
Water apple
Sugarcane for sale in a market in
Kerala
, India
Meats
Banteng
Carabao
Seeds/Nuts
Beach cordia
Galip nut
Pao nut
Pili
Sea almond
Tahitian chestnut
Herbs/Spices
Bitter ginger
Clove
Cubeb
Ginger
Lemongrass
Nutmeg tree
(origin of
Nutmeg
and
Mace
)
Pangi
Pandan
Other
Agar
Areca nut
Areng palm
Betel
Edible-nest swiftlet
Jaggery palm
Kalingag
Kava
Nipa palm
Queen sago palm
Sugarcane
True sago palm
Europe
See also:
Category:Crops originating from Europe
Northern Europe
A head of cabbage
Grains/Cereals
Large crabgrass
Vegetables
Angelica
Cabbage
Parsnips
Kohlrabi
Fruits
Blackcurrant
Briançon apricot
Cloudberry
Garden strawberry
(domesticated variety)
Gooseberry
Guelder rose
Hawberry
Lingonberry
Pear
Red raspberry
Redcurrant
Sloe
Bilberry
Meats
Domestic Rabbit
A basket of hazelnuts from
Galiza
, Spain
Seeds/Nuts
Hazelnuts
Rapeseed
Herbs/Spices
Caraway
Dill
Hops
Tarragon
Southern Europe or Mediterranean
A broccoli plant ready for harvest
Vegetables
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Caper
Cauliflower
Collard
Kale
Peas
An olive tree in Crete
Fruits
Cornelian cherry
Juniper berry
Seaberry
Olive
Herbs/Spices
Catnip
Common sage
Fennel
Oregano
Parsley
Rosemary
Americas
See also:
List of food plants native to the Americas
,
New World crops
, and
Category:Crops originating from the Americas
North America
Various squashes such as Turban, Sweet Dumpling, Carnival, Gold Acorn, Delicata, Buttercup and Golden Nugget.
Grains/Cereals
Amaranth
Erect knotweed
Little barley
Maygrass
Wild rice
Vegetables
American Groundnut
Sunchoke
Tepary bean
Fruits
American persimmon
American plum
American raspberry
Beach plum
Black cherry
Black raspberry
Blackberry
Blueberry
Buffaloberry
Canada plum
Canadian serviceberry
Chokecherry
Desert apricot
Dewberry
Eastern may hawthorn
Fox grape
Ground plum
Huckleberry
Maypop
Pawpaw
Red mulberry
Salal
Salmonberry
Saskatoonberry
Saw palmetto
Thimbleberry
Toyon
Wintergreen
A wild male turkey with plumage on display
Meats
Alligator
Bison
Turkey (bird)
Seeds/Nuts
American hazelnut
Black Walnut
Pecan
Sunflower
Herbs/Spices
American ginseng
Blue sage
Coneflower
White sage
Other
Maple syrup
Central America and Caribbean
A diagram showing a stalk and cob of Maize/Corn
Grains/Cereals
Maize
(corn)
Vegetables
Common bean
or Pole bean
Jicama
Prickly pear
cactus
Scarlet runner bean
or Butter bean
Squash
species (
acorn squash
,
butternut squash
,
pumpkin
, and
zucchini
)
Strangler fig
Yucca
Fruits
Acerola
Avocado
Black sapote
Guava
Lucuma
Mamey sapote
Muntingia
Papaya
Pitaya (Dragonfruit)
Prickly pear
fruit
Sapodilla
Soursop
Tomatillo
Herbs/Spices
Achiote
Allspice
Blue vine sage
Chia
Vanilla
A field of tobacco being grown in
Pennsylvania
United States
Other
Agave
Chicle
Diviner's sage
Tobacco
South America
Various chili pepper species presented for sale in a market in São Paulo, Brazil
Grains/Cereals
Quinoa
Vegetables
Andean lupin
Arrowroot
Canna (plant)
Cassava
Lima bean
Oca
Potatoes
Sweet potato
Ulloco
Fruits
Araza
Cashew apple
Cherimoyas
Chili peppers
Courbaril
Feijoa
Grenadia
Jabuticaba
Jelly palm
Passion fruit
Pineapple
Saúco
Tamarillo
Tomato
Quenepa
Varieties of potatoes and tubers presented for sale in a market in Huancayo, Peru
Meats
Armadillo
Alpaca
Capybara
Guinea pig
Llama
Rhea (bird)
Seeds/Nuts
Brazil nut
Cashew
Peanut
Herbs/Spices
Anacahuita
Boldo
Cocoa bean
Lemon verbena
Other
Coca
Guarana
Guayusa
Marcela
Yerba mate
See also
Food portal
History portal
Ark of Taste
– Catalogue of endangered foods
List of culinary fruits
List of culinary herbs and spices
List of culinary nuts
List of dried foods
List of edible seeds
List of snack foods
List of vegetables
Local food
– Food produced within a short distance of where it is consumed
Neolithic Revolution
– Transition in human history from hunter-gatherer to settled peoples
New World crops
– Crops native to the New World
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