Plant names in Vietnamese

Words used as classifiers of form or structure

• bông (South), hoa (North) : flower

• cải : cabbage, Cruciferae

• cây : erect plant, tree

• cộng (maybe cọng?) : petiole, stem

• củ : bulb, root, rhizome, tuber

• đậu : bean, pulse

• dưa : Cucumis, Citrullus

• hột (South), hạt (North) : seed

• lá : leaf

• nấm : mushroom

• ngó : shoot of aquatic plant

• rau : leafy vegetable, leafy vegetative parts

• rong : alga

• trái (South), quả (North) : fruit

Source : My Lien Thi Nguyen, 2006. Insertions and deletions: evolutions in the assemblage of Vietnamese food plants. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 4: 175-201.