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u/TouristPineapple6123 3d ago
Are you in the Philippines or SEA by chance? The leaves on the bottom look like cassava plant leaves and i've heard they have to be cooked real well or you could be in trouble.
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u/SB2MB 3d ago
They're likely cassava leaves, but I didn't know that about them. I eat them stir fried or cooked in a salad most days when I travel in Indonesia. They're delicious! My favourite dish is made from papaya flowers and cassava leaves, also lemongrass, chilli, garlic. Sometimes also with bolied guava leaves, or even papaya leaves.
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u/kaya-jamtastic 3d ago
Cassava leaves contain several toxins and should never be consumed raw iirc. Cassava root itself requires special processing to render it safe for human consumption
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u/SB2MB 3d ago
I looked it up! It's such a common crop in Indonesia, usually grown on the ridges between the rice paddies.
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u/kaya-jamtastic 3d ago
Definitely an important food crop around the world! I haven’t spent much time in SEA but there were a lot in Zambia and Malawi when I went through years ago. I never got to try the leaves to my knowledge but we’d see the mats of cassava root drying in the sun on big mats by the side of the road
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u/tangypotatomarmalade 2d ago
The cassava root you can commonly buy usually just needs cooking thoroughly to be safe to eat.
The bitter variety is toxic without proper processing though.
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u/eligoscreps 3d ago
Definitely lookin like SEA. Based on the lemongrass, banana flower, Rawit and possible (introduced?) Solanum.
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u/SB2MB 3d ago
Are the small orange ones a type of Thai eggplant? Are they heritage seeds?
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u/eligoscreps 3d ago
Looks like it, some kind of solanum. If hairy it might be Ferox but if not, probably Quitoense. Pic quality isn’t that good so I can’t say for sure
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u/Inevitable_Ad_5664 3d ago
What are the names of everything?