Question

Name the edible parts for each of the following: rice,corn,lemon,turmeric,pumpkin flower

Answer 1

Rice - Endosperm

Corn - Seeds

Lemon - Mesocarp

Turmeric - Rhizome

Pumpkin flower - Flower

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

The bran,germ and endosperm are the edible parts of rice and wheat. Both of them are covered by a husk which have to be removed. In case of corn the outer green covering has to be removed by the young seed that is the ear of corn is edible.

Lemons may be eaten wholly or you can also remove the outer covering. The turmeric is also very healthy and can be eaten whole but the most edible part is the rhizome of turmeric.

The pumpkin flower is a part of the squashy vegetable pumpkin. Many may not know it but it is eaten wholly especially in West Bengal and Kerala.