Other varieties with articles are (Hiroshima), (Fukui), (Gifu) – Allium macrostemon, collected from the wild much like field garlic. – Allium victorialis, much like ramps. Root vegetables – Chinese artichoke, Stachys affinis – Japanese radish – Arctium lappa Lotus root () Potato () Sweet potato () Taro () and stalk () – Kyoto variety – stems available fresh or dried; their tartness must be boiled off before use. – bamboo shoots , , – Slender bamboo shoots of (Sasa kurilensis), so-called "baby bamboo shoots". – vital condiment to ramen, made from the Taiwanese giant bamboo (Dendrocalamus latiflorus) and not from the typical bamboo shoot. – vague name that can denote either Dioscorea spp. (Japanese yam or Chinese yam) below. The root is often grated into a sort of starchy puree. The correct way is to grate the yam against the grains of the . Also the tubercle () used whole. or (Dioscorea japonica) – considered the true Japanese yam. The name refers to roots dug from the wild. (D. opposita) – In a strict sense, refers to the long truncheon-like form. (D. opposita) – A fan-shaped (ginkgo leaf shaped) variety, more viscous than the long form. (D. polystachya var.) – A round variety even more viscous and highly prized. – edible tubercles – lily bulbs Sprouts – radish sprouts – mung sprouts Soybean sprouts () Specialty vegetables Aralia cordata – "Japanese spikenard" –a type of butterbur, both stalk and young flower shoots – dried gourd strips – – a term for wild-picked vegetables in general, including fernbrake, bamboo shoots, tree shoots Pickled vegetables – term for Japanese pickles. Nuts Ginkgo nuts Azuki bean – chestnuts – Japanese walnut (Juglans ailantifolia) – a type of buckeye or horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata) – acorns of Castanopsis spp. Seeds Sesame seeds Black sesame seeds White sesame seeds seeds Wild sesame seeds () Hemp seeds () – mixed in with – usually powdered mustard, or in paste tubes – Zanthoxylum piperitum Mushrooms Shiitake Wood ear () Rhizopogon roseolus () Seaweed – Campylaephora hypnaeoides – Petalonia binghamiae – kombu, kelp or – thin shavings of kelp – a thin sheet of kelp created as a byproduct – the thick, pleated portion near the attached base of the seaweed Nori – refers to seaweed harvested from sea-rock. – Aphanothece sacrum, a Kyushu specialty – also known as and ; agar Fruits Citrus – a new hybrid