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Potassium

General Description: Potassium is a crucial mineral that plays a key role in various physiological functions in the human body. It is an electrolyte that helps maintain fluid balance, muscle function, nerve signals, and heart health.
Aroma Description: Potassium is odorless and tasteless.
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Bananas

Bananas
Latin Name: Musa paradisiaca
Description of Appearance: Bananas are long curved fruits with a yellow skin when ripe. They grow in clusters on tall, herbaceous plants.
Common Names:
  • Bananas
  • Plantains

Sweet Potato

Sweet Potato
Latin Name: Ipomoea batatas
Description of Appearance: Ipomoea batatas is a herbaceous perennial vine with lobed leaves and tuberous roots. The vine can grow up to 10 feet long and produces trumpet-shaped flowers.
Common Names:
  • Sweet Potato
  • Kumara
  • Camote
  • Batata

Spinach

Spinach
Latin Name: Spinacia oleracea
Description of Appearance: Spinach is a leafy green vegetable with dark green, crinkly leaves that are typically harvested young for a tender texture.
Common Names:
  • Spinach
  • Leafy greens

Avocado

Avocado
Latin Name: Persea americana
Description of Appearance: The avocado tree is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 20 meters tall with dark green, glossy leaves. The fruit is pear-shaped with a leathery skin that turns dark green to purplish-black when ripe.
Common Names:
  • Avocado
  • Alligator Pear

Beans

Beans
Latin Name: Phaseolus vulgaris
Description of Appearance: The beans plant is an annual vine with trifoliate leaves and white or purple flowers. The pods contain edible seeds known as beans.
Common Names:
  • Beans
  • Common beans
  • Snap beans
  • String beans