Description
Carrots
Carrots, The carrot (Daucus carota) is a root vegetable often claimed to be the perfect health food. It is crunchy, tasty, and highly nutritious. Carrots are a particularly good source of beta-carotene, fiber, vitamin K1, potassium, and antioxidants.
Carrot Vegetable
Carrot: Daucus carota sp. sativus (Hoffm.), (2n = 18) Carrot is a biennial, belonging to the family Apiaceae, and is an important vegetable for its fleshy edible, colorful roots. It varies in colour from white, yellow, orange, light purple, deep red to deep violet.
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Botanical Origin:
Carrots are a biennial plant in the Apiaceae family, native to Eurasia, and thought to have been domesticated in Central Asia around 1000 CE.
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