Pastry
Palmier pastries
Main ingredientsOften flour, sugar, milk, butter or shortening, baking powder, eggs
Palmier
Alternative namesPalm tree, elephant ear
TypePastry
Place of originFrance
Region or stateLanguedoc-Roussillon
Main ingredientsPuff pastry, butter, sugar
Tea
Tea leaves steeping in zhong caj
Oolong tea being infused in a gaiwan
TypeHot or cold beverage
Country of origin China[1]
IntroducedApprox. 10th century BC (earliest written records)[2]

Rooibos
Aspalathus linearis
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A. linearis
Binomial name
Aspalathus linearis
(N.L.Burm.) R.Dahlgr.

Fabaceae
Temporal range: PalaeoceneRecent[3]
Kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
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Fabaceae

Type genus
Faba (now included in Vicia)
Mill.
Subfamilies[6]
Diversity
730 genera and 19,400 species
The biomes occupied by Fabaceae
Fabaceae distribution map. Legumes are found in four major biomes: rain forest, temperate, grass, and succulent.[7]
Synonyms
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  2. ^ Tea. Encarta. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  3. ^ Wojciechowski, M. F.; Lavin, M.; Sanderson, M. J. (2004). "A phylogeny of legumes (Leguminosae) based on analysis of the plastid matK gene resolves many well-supported sub clades within the family". American Journal of Botany. 91 (11): 1846–62. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.11.1846. PMID 21652332.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 4 February 2014.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Watson L.; Dallwitz, M. J. "Leguminosae". Retrieved 9 February 2008. {{cite web}}: |article= ignored (help); External link in |article= (help)
  6. ^ "GRIN-CA". Retrieved 1 September 2002.
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