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Type Vegetable Herb Flower Fruit Vine Shrub Tree Succulent Grass

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Speed Quick (< 45d) Medium (45–70d) Long (70d+)

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Winged Bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Arhar Dal

Cajanus cajan

Arka Bahar

Arka Bahar

Capsicum annuum var. acuminatum

Arka Pooran

Arka Pooran

Capsicum annuum var. Arka Pooran

Arka Vikas

Arka Vikas

Capsicum annuum var. Arka Vikas

Arrowroot

Arrowroot

Maranta arundinacea

Bahianinha

Bahianinha

Capsicum chinense var. bahianinha

Bambara Groundnut

Bambara Groundnut

Vigna subterranea

Basmati 385 Rice

Basmati 385 Rice

Oryza sativa subsp. indica

Basmati Rice

Basmati Rice

Oryza sativa subsp. indica

Bicol Ube

Bicol Ube

Dioscorea alata

Black Gram Plant U-31

Black Gram Plant U-31

Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper

Liverseed Grass

Brachiaria dictyoneura

Brown Rocoto

Brown Rocoto

Capsicum pubescens

Bryum moss

Bryum moss

Bryum species (genus Bryum)

Cassava

Cassava

Manihot esculenta

Cereal crops

Cereal crops

Various species (Triticum, Zea, Oryza, Hordeum, Avena, Sorghum spp.)

Cereal grains

Cereal grains

Poaceae family (various genera: Triticum, Hordeum, Secale, Avena, Oryza, Zea)

Chocolate Ghost Pepper

Chocolate Ghost Pepper

Capsicum chinense

Chocolate Scotch Bonnet

Chocolate Scotch Bonnet

Capsicum chinense

Citronella Grass

Citronella Grass

Cymbopogon nardus

Cocoyam

Cocoyam

Colocasia esculenta

Cocoyam Belitung

Cocoyam Belitung

Colocasia esculenta var. Belitung

Cocoyam Eddoes

Cocoyam Eddoes

Colocasia esculenta var. eddoes

Cocoyam Purple Dasheen

Cocoyam Purple Dasheen

Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta

Colocasia Dasheen

Colocasia Dasheen

Colocasia esculenta var. dasheen

Black Magic Taro

Black Magic Taro

Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic'

Ube (Purple Yam)

Ube (Purple Yam)

Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta

Dasheen

Dasheen

Colocasia esculenta

Dasheen Okinawa Pink

Dasheen Okinawa Pink

Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta 'Okinawa Pink'

Forked Fern

Forked Fern

Dicranopteris emarginata

Eddo

Eddo

Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum

Eddoe

Eddoe

Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum

Eddoe Red

Eddoe Red

Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum

Chinese Water Chestnut

Eleocharis obtusa

Vivipara Spike Rush

Vivipara Spike Rush

Eleocharis vivipara

Elephant Ear Mojito

Elephant Ear Mojito

Colocasia esculenta 'Mojito'

Finger Millet

Finger Millet

Eleusine coracana

Frost Line

Frost Line

Ipomoea batatas 'Frost Line'

Giant Taro

Giant Taro

Alocasia macrorrhiza

Greater Yam

Greater Yam

Dioscorea alata

Hawaiian Chili Pepper

Hawaiian Chili Pepper

Capsicum annuum var. annuum

Hawaiian sandbur

Hawaiian sandbur

Cenchrus agrimonioides

Hawaiian Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Heterachne Grass

Heterachne Grass

Heterachne

Horse Gram

Macrotyloma uniflorum

ʻŌkea

Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Indian Basmati Rice

Indian Basmati Rice

Oryza sativa subsp. indica

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