name: Globe Artichoke
flavor_db_name_variants: globe artichoke
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Globe artichoke
id: 71
name_scientific: Cynara scolymus
description: The globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus) is a cultivated variety of a species of thistle. It is cultivated as a food. The edible matter is buds that form within the flower heads before the flowers come into bloom. The buds go away or change to a coarse, barely edible form when the flower blooms. The uncultivated or wild variety of the species is called a cardoon. It is a perennial plant native to the Mediterranean region.
itis_id: 37222
wikipedia_id: Artichoke
picture_file_name: 71.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 287703
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-23T10:27:37.000Z
legacy_id: 77
food_group: Vegetables
food_subgroup: Shoot vegetables
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:18.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:15.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: 2
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 59895
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00071