Kh'merican Backyard Gardening. Vegetables and Herbs

ក្តួច, Asiatic Bitter Yam (Dioscorea hispida) is a spiny vine variety of Dioscorea that produce poisonous tubers. It cannot be eaten as is. Below is a method that tge Khmers used to process it since the ancient time. This method will rid of toxins. It MUST undergo a sstrict4-5 days  processed before it is safe for consumption. The Khmers used it as a filers during famine period, or when circumstances called for. After being processed and cured,  it is used as a fillers cooking with rice or making sweet snacks cooking it with sweet rice and jackfruit or others fruits.  INSTRUCTIONS:  MUST follow this strict step by step instructions to make it edible.  Peal, thinly slice, salt, load in pails, and let cure overnight.   Next day, squeeze to get rid of salt and liquid, wash, rinse, and squeeze. Repeat this process a couple of times, or till water is clear.  Then load it into a mesh or weave basket and let submerge in the stream of running water for 3-4 days.  Gently stir and fold every day

 ឆ្នៃខ្ញែរធ្វើបង្អែមហូប ខ្ញែរ (Mucuna pruriens) research has shown that it reduces Stress and Improves the Quality of Semen in Infertile men. Scientific studies of Mucuna show it is effective for diabetes, spasms, inflammation, infertility, pain, growth hormone deficiencies and as an aphrodisiac.

(Eleocharis Dulcis) WaterChesnut, 馬蹄.

"Noong Ta Klong eggplant" named after the Village where it was found in Thailand. . (Solanum Aguivi) African Eggplant (Solanum violaceum), white flowers, fruits on spine cluter and correct color.... with thorns🤔🤔 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_violaceum Noong ta klong eggplant Eaten cooked at young green stage.  Ripened fruits is bitter. 

(Colocasia antiquorum- illustris) commonly called Imperial taro.

(Parkia speciosa) commonly called Bitter bean, twisted cluster bean, Stink bean, or S ataw/สะตอ,  Petai, Stink Bean, Nitta Tree, Nyiring, 臭豆, 葱豆. The pods contains edible beans with bright green seeds a pungent smell like that of a White Leadtree beans. Pungent smell that most westerners would probably familiar with is that of a shiitake mushroom, but more potent. 

 Curly Kale tree.

Tree Collard greens.  Green from Fresno friend 🧡  Green with red veins, from Lacey.  Purple 

  ល្ពៅ. Blanco pumpkin quash,  Polar bear pumpkin 

 ដើមអង្កាញ់ (Senna siamea) commonly called Siamese cassia, Kassod / Cassod tree. Cassod tree is a legume in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.  Flowers, tender leaves, shoots, and tender fruits is harvested for consumption. The Khmers used it in Green Curry Stew "Sum-Law K'Tiss", or a quick blanched serves  with dipping sauce (Khmer Pesto). Flowers is commonly pickled. It is a commonly used in traditional Khmer cooking in the rural countryside.  A native to Cambodia. An indigenous food crop growing uncared for. A perennial in a tropical and subtropical climate.  It's susceptible to cold and frost... https://www.winrock.org/factnet-a-lasting-impact/fact-sheets/senna-siamea-a-widely-used-legume-tree/

 Canna Pretoria 'Variegated'.