ROOTED VEGETABLE ORANGE OR MORE THAN COLORS BIENNIAL PLANT CULTIVATED IN ALL AREA CONTAIN IN VITAMINS A - CARROT
ROOTED VEGETABLE ORANGE OR MORE THAN COLORS BIENNIAL PLANT CULTIVATED IN ALL AREA CONTAIN IN VITAMINS A - CARROT The carrot ( Daucus carota subsp. sativus ) is a root vegetable , typically orange in colour, though heirloom variants including purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot , Daucus carota , native to Europe and Southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Iran and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds. The carrot is a biennial plant in the umbellifer family, Apiaceae . World production of carrots (combined with turnips ) for 2022 was 42 million tonnes , led by China producing 44% of the total. The characteristic orange colour is from beta-carotene , making carrots a rich source of vitamin A . A myth that carrots help people to see in the dark was spread as propaganda in the Second World War , to account for the reason of British pilots' ability to fig...