@Giu_DiB thank you, yes sure. You were asking about edible plants so it came to my mind that I would collect information and write this up. It is “sponge gourd” in my article here that is the one you mentioned earlier in your comment.
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This is an unusual article in that edible flower is an entirely new thing for me.
The use of flowers in aroma and decoration is well known.
You have taken great efforts with the layout of the article with tables and plentiful photos, that all look pleasing.
Congratulations on a well-written article.
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@TusharSuradkar thank you dear, glad this is something you can take away from my article. Thank you for your compliment and yes, it is very lengthy to collect all of these. Plus, I have to find English terms for them too. However, at the same time I also gain knowledge.
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Guilty for my delay @Sophia_Cambodia , and for responding so late on this amazing post about wild edible plants.
You did an incredible work, putting together all these information.
There are centuries of food’s culture behind this post, centuries of experience and evolution.
Please forgive me for the delay, as I was busy on my weeks of vacation. I spent some day to collect wild vegetables too
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@ErmesT you are forgiven :), just kidding. No damage has been done! I knew you were away 
I am already very happy you inspired me for this topic and I have learnt a lot along the way.
- Collecting their names in Khmer (local names),
- Finding English names and,
- Talked to some locals for verification,
- Taking photos of them…
- Put them together in categories… and post here…
…I think it is the incredible journey. I am very interested in collecting terminologies as I am a part time translator so this is actually very beneficial to myself!
So, no apology needed but I must thank you for bringing the topic and motivated me to share here!
@ErmesT …and I am still collecting - this time purely about the edible plants from the wild!
Apart from edible plants and before modern medicines, Cambodian people in the past used various plants from the wild for medical purpose so they have “herbal or medical plants”. My grandpa was “Kru Khmer” - the traditional healer just using different kinds of plants to cure diseases.
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A well articulated post @Sophia_Cambodia
Thanks for taking your time
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Hi @Sophia_Cambodia thank you for sharing such a detailed and photographic post with community. I liked the lotus fruit most in india it is easily available.
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@And12-X2 sorry for replying to you late. Thank you for the compliment - I hope you enjoyed reading them.
@Anshu3 thank you dear for reading. I hope you love the post.
Besides lotus, do you have many plants that are the same here?
Hello @Sophia_Cambodia please remove the introductory paragraph. You have plagiarised this from my website: https://grantourismotravels.com/cambodian-food/ It is actually the introduction to my Cambodian cookbook, which will be published this year. Please let me know when you have removed this.
Hi @Sophia_Cambodia ,
As mentioned in @LaraDunston 's comment, the first paragraph of your post does not appear to be your own. As you know this is in violation of the Local Guides program rules.
Please edit your post and remove the content that is not yours. If you don’t remove it, a moderator will do that for you.
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Thanks @LaraDunston I haven’t been on this for a while. I will do it!
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Thank you, @Sophia_Cambodia In future, if you want to use someone’s exact words, then use quotes around the text, reference their name, and link to their site. For example: “There’s something magical about cooking with flowers - it’s the colour as much as the aroma - and it’s a very ancient tradition,” said chef XXX of XXX restaurant (Then link to the person’s site.)
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Hello @MashaPS yes, indeed, the first paragraph is mine, written some years ago in a highly influential story that will soon be the opening to a Cambodia culinary history and cookbook I have been researching and writing since 2013. It gets plagiarised a lot unfortunately. I don’t understand why people don’t simply quote my text, acknowledge me by name that I was the author of it and link to my site. Then it shows that they have done actual research and are quoting from subject authorities. It’s a shame, as Sophia has done some good work there to compile the ingredients. I replied to her and made a suggestion as to how she can use quotation makes to reference the source, however, in that case she need to go to my site and grab the whole text, not rewrite it as she has. She’ll find it here: https://grantourismotravels.com/cambodian-food/
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Thank you @LaraDunston the article was compiled since 2020. I did put it in italic for that I quoted your paragraph but did not manage to put the name of the author. I am sorry for that but I took that out already.