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South
and East Asian Garden |
Plants originating in China, India and SE
Asia, including a collection of citruses, cinnamon, tea, sugar
cane and pepper ...
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| Purple
sugar cane is great eaten fresh, peeled and crunched. |
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The
Clitoria, Butterfly Pea, is a medicianal plant of
South East Asia |
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| Bok
Choy is a eaten throughout the region and does well
at the Seed Centre. Stir fry favourite. |
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This
Christmas bush attracts many honey eater birds. |
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| Bitter
gourds (Momordica charantia) are a good liver
stimulant and grow in the hot weather. |
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The
primitive variety of Cambodian, or apple, eggplant
(Solanum melongena) is eaten green and lends
one of the distinctive tastes of South East Asian
cuisine. |
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| Pigeon
peas (Cajanus cajan) grow on a bush to 2m that
produces plentiful amounts of peas. They make a delicious
dhal, and a hoummous like dish. |
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Many
plants have a sign with their botanical name on them.
This variety of taro has a delicious tuber that does
not need soaking before cooking. |
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