Some of the fruits, vegetables, herbs are:
Vietnamese spinach (Malabar, Buffalo spinach)
Hottuynia cordata or LizardÂs tail
Small & large taro
Chinese yucca
White yam
Various greens, specialty mustards, Chrysanthemum greens
Possibly spiny chayote
Jicima; combine with carrots & marinated for a garnish.
Yard long beans
Specialty taro stems
Specialty peppers, squashes, including obo & hubbard varieties. You might also see Thai eggplants, such as the India, Kermit or purple prince varieties.

Some of the fruits found include:
Jackfruit
Dragon fruit
There are certain annona species native to Vietnam, but you will not find them here.
Probably pumello
Imported tamarind
Rambutan
Specialty papayas, guavas
Litchi, Logans

There are also many herbs & others:

Shitaki mushrooms
Water chestnuts
Eryngium foetidum Long coriander
Thai basil
Rice paddy herb: Limnophila aromatica
Spearmint
Chinese celery
Galangal, turmeric (orange; possibly yellow)
Thai basil
Shiso (red & purple)
Burdock
Lemon grass (Cymbopogon citrate)
Fish mint (Houttuynia cordata)
Vietnamese coriander (Polygonum odoratum) Some call this rau ram, but it has a different name in the markets. There are plan & variegated varieties
Sorrel

If you want to grow a garden with these plants, you can start most of them from grocery store produce. Plants you can not start may be sold at the stores.

sorry, but that fruit list won't grow unless you have a greenhouse or a lot of space in your home!

there are small species of papayas that would be practical to grow, and you can grow jujubees and kumquats, too, as well as "chocolate vine," akebia quinata. ("chinese five star" is another name).
as for veggies, i think most of that list will do fine at varying times of the year. if you're in portland, check out either uwajimaya or An-Dong market for produce you can start. Vietnamese coriander (rau ram) will root in water and grow like a weed, and even lemon grass (catch it on the day it's shipped in and pick one with a lot of base) will root in water in a couple weeks. both those stores, as well as many local nurseries sell asian vegetable seeds.
the seed i haven't had luck with is yard-long beans, but i have to admit, i probably don't keep as close an eye on them as i should--slugs get 'em.

remember cruciferous veggies (gai lan, tsa choy, etc.) will taste best when sown and grown in early spring/late summer. in the spring, you can buy a good variety of asian greens as 6-pack starts even at the local bi-mart and fred meyer stores.

-ming

There are a lot of veggies that can be grown.
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