2. Vegetable: Their classification
and Importance
• What is called a vegetable in one country many not
be considered a vegetable in another. There is no all-
inclusive definition for the term vegetable. For
example, tomato, a vegetable in the Philippines, is
considered a fruit in some European countries. What
is used as a vegetable by some is not considered a
vegetable by others.
• A suggested definition for the term vegetable is ; an
edible succulent plant or part of a plant; it is not
ordinary a staple but usually eaten with staples.
3. NAMING OF VEGETABLE
• Scientific Names - The Internationally accepted term i given by botanist
according to the rules if International code of nomenclature. The scientific
name of cabbage is "Brassica pekinensis". "Brassica" is the generic name
and "pekinensis" is the species name.
• Botanical Variety - Additionally a latin name is added after the two-term
scientific name. It proceeded by the abbreviation "var" (for the latin word
varietas). It is a minor unit within the species in which the individual differs
slightly.
• Group - This refers in the assemblage of similar varieties of plants belonging
to a species having many distinctly differently type of plants.
4. • Kind - This refers to all plants whether of one or many reliazed
species, which in general usage are accepted as a single vegetable
and know by one common name.
• Variety - A variety is a subdivision of one kind characteristics by
growth, plant, fruit, seeds or other characteristics by which it can be
differentiated from others of of the same kind.
• Strain - Plant of a given variety which differ from others of variety in
one important or two minor fractures, the differences notbbeing great
enough to justify a new variety name are called strains.
5. Classification of Vegetables
• A system of classification is desirable for cause
of discussing vegetable in general and their
principles of culture. The scientific system would
be one based on botanical classification or on
genetic relationship. There are several ways of
classifying vegetable.
6. Classification According to
Method of culture
In the method of classification, more than one family is represented in
each group which has similar basic cultural requirements
• legumes ; Bush sitaw , Shap sitaw, cowpen.
• Solanaceous fruit ; Eggplant, peper, tomato. Cucurbits ;
• Cucumber, Watermelon, Squash.
• Root and bulb crop; Radish, white potato, sweet potato, onions, beans,
carrots, turnip and garlic.
• Cole crops ; Chinese Cabbage, Cauliflower, broccoli.
• Salad crops ; Celery, parsley, lettuce, and wateroress.
• Potherbs or Greens ; Mustard, spinach, Kale and colland.
• Perennial crops ; Katuray , asparagus, malunggay
• Sweet corn
• Okra and roselle
7. Classification of Vegetables
According to their
Temperature Requirements.
COOL TEMPERATURE
Asparagus Lettuce
Beet Broccoli
Carrot White potato
Watercress Parsley
Celery Spinach
Cauliflower Cabbage
Kale Turnip
Brussel sprouts Chinese cabbage
8. Warm-Temperature
Gabi Pechay Sweet corn
Pepper Amaranth Seguidilla
Ampalaya Bean Pumpkin
Singkamas Kondol Kadios
Bush sitaw Upo Sitaw
Tomato Leaf lettuceu Soybean
Chayote Potato Mustard
Cowpea Water melon Okra
Cucumber Kang kong Patani
Muskmelons Sweet potato
Radish
9. Classification Based on
parts Used as Food
1. Those grown for their above-ground parts:
A. Leaves
B. Stem
C. Stage in flower development
D. Fruit and seeds
2. Those grown for their underground parst:
A. Bulbs
B. Tubers
C. Corns
D. Roots
10. Vegetables and Their Parts:
Stem only: Kohirabi ( singkamas- like
enlargement of the stem)
Leaves only: Green onions, amaranth, spinach,
lettuce, cabbage, alugbati, Brussels sprouts.
Roots and tubers: Beet, Carrot, White potato
(tubers), turnip
Fruit and/or seeds only: Muskmelon,
Watermelon, upo, patola, sweet corn, kondol,
bataw, patani, garden pea, edible podded pea,
seguidillas, kadios, okra, eggplant, tomato
Stage of development of the flowers: Cauliflower,
(curd which is a shoot system with short
internode, branch apices, and bracts), broccoli
(bud chester), globe artichoke (flower buds).
11. Leaves and underground parts: Garlic
(leaves and cloves), onion (leaves and
bulb), Sweet potato (tops and roots), gabi
(leaves, leaf petiole and corn)
Leaves, Flower and fruit; Squash, katway,
and malunggay
Leaves and flowers: Mustard, petchay,
roselle (leaves and calyx)
12. Classification of vegetables
crips according to the
method of propaganda.
DIRECT SEEDED
• Squash • Snap Bean • Kadios
• Sweet corn
• Cucumber • Soy bean • Katuray
• Okra
• Ampalaya • Sitaw • Beet •
Musk melon
• upo • Bataw • Spinach •
Honey dew mon
• potato • Singkamas • Carrots
• Watermelon
• chayote • Segudillas • Radish
• Lima bea • Cow pea • Turnip
13. TRANS PLANTED OR DIRECT
SEEDED
• Mustard • Hot pepper
• Petchay • Cabbage
• Chinese Cabbage • Cauliflower
• Celery • Head
• lettuce • Tomato
• Onion • Eggplant
• Broccoli
• Sweet pepper
14. ASEXUAL METHOD
• Griger • Garlic
• Alugabati • Multiple Onion
• Sweet potato • Gabi
• Kang kong
• White potato
• Talinumn
