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Centres of origin of major food crops. (Note: there are more than 30,000 species of edible plants. See Bruce French's database)
**List taken from Botany for Gardeners. See wikipedia for a more extensive list.
CHINA
apricot (Prunus)
cherry (Prunus)
cucumber (Cucumis)
eggplant (Solanum)
orange (Citrus)
peach (Prunus)
soybean (Glycine)
sugarcane (Saccharum)
tea (Camelia)
walnut (Juglans)
INDIA, MALAYSIA, AND INDONESIA
banana (Musa)
coconut (Cocos)
ginger (Zingiber)
mango (Mangifera)
mustard (Brassica)
orange (Citrus)
radish (Raphanus)
rice (Oryza)
tangerine (Citrus)
yam (Dioscorea)
MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA
apple (Malus)
cantaloupe (Cucumis)
carrot (Daucus)
cotton (Gossypium)
fig (Ficus)
garlic (Allium)
grape (Vitis)
leek (Allium)
oat (Avena)
pear (Pyrus)
rye (Secale)
spinach (Spinacia)
turnip (Brassica)
wheat (Triticum)
ETHIOPIA
bean (Phaseolus)
coffee (Cojfea)
okra (Hibiscus)
pea (Pisum)
MEDITERRANEAN REGION
asparagus (Asparagus)
celery (Apium)
lettuce (Lactuca)
olive (Olea)
onion (Allium)
parsnip (Pastinaca)
rhubarb (Rheum)
turnip (Brassica)
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
avocado (Persea)
bell pepper (Capsicum)
cashew (Anacardium)
com (Zea)
lima bean (Phaseolus)
papaya (Carica)
peanut (Arachis)
pineapple (Ananas)
potato (Solanum)
pumpkin (Cucurbita)
sweet potato (lpomoea)
tomato (Lycopersicum)