Chinese Cabbage/Wong Baak
The most cabbage shaped of the Chinese green vegetables, the heads of Chinese Cabbage are large and barrel shaped. The tightly packed leaves are crinkly and lighter green than ordinary cabbage leaves. Temperate—Sydney basin, south-east ... [... more]
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Bactrocera cacuminata (Hering
: Methyl Eugenol (rarely cue lure) : capsicum & tomatoes (dubious) : solanum fruit fly [... more]
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Khao Chae - Chinese Keys
Khao Chae is consigned to markets in only small quantities, and there are few growers in Australia. The slender roots are obvious members of the ginger family, although the shape is more regularly cylindrical than galangal or ginger. The aroma is ... [... more]
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Pebblebug Lipocallia australensis Kirkaldy
Some nogodinids (such as the Varciini) are delicate lacy-winged insects but the Lipocalliini (the pebblebugs*) have the tegmina opaque and convex. Most nogodinids are forest-dwelling insects, commonly found in moist coastal forests but the ... [... more]
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Family Cixiidae
The Family Cixiidae comprise the most generalised and primitive fulgoroid species. Some genera have retained a third ocellus in the centre of the frons. Cixiids generally are brown or black with tegmina that are transparent with brown veins. Some ... [... more]
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Coelidiinae species list
The Coelidiinae have been extensively studied by M.W. Nielson over many years and the Tharrini was covered by Nielson (1975). The Tharrini is widespread and well represented across the Pacific and Oriental regions with numerous species in New ... [... more]
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Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit
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Sin Qua/Luffa
Two very similar spp., the Angled Luffa has an angled cross-section, whilst the Smooth Luffa has circular cross-section. Other than that both vegetables are similar in shape and interior. They are narrow and green and elongated when fresh. When ... [... more]
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Banana Leaves
Young leaves of the Cavendish banana and sold in rolled bundles. Used in Chinese cooking as wrapping for yum cha etc, in small sections torn from the large banana leaf. Pacific Island usage is preferred from the leaf of the plantain. There are ... [... more]
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Asian fruits and vegetables
Amaranth - Chinese Spinach - Een Choy Betel Leaves - La Lop Chinese Broccoli/Gai lum Chinese Cabbage/Wong Baak Chinese Chard/Bok Choy Chinese Flowering Cabbage/Choy Sum Khao Chae - Chinese Keys Winter Melon - Wax Melon Top of page / Related ... [... more]
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Winter Melon - Wax Melon
The largest of the gourds/melons sold in the market. Smooth skinned, cylindrical, oblong and light green skinned, different types of Wax Melon can range in weight from 2 or 3 kg to 30 kg or more. Tropical and sub-tropical in Australia. [... more]
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cica35c
The Selenocephalinae were reviewed by Zhang and Webb (1996) who noted that the Selenocephalini displayed no unique diagnostic features. This raises doubts that the Tribe, which is mainly African in distribution, is monophyletic. One genus, ... [... more]
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