It is collected for use as a leafy vegetable in rural areas. It is often cultivated as a leafy vegetable. A popular leafy vegetable is warrigal greens. In Bangladesh, it has been used as a leafy vegetable. In Africa, it is usually cooked as a leafy vegetable. New Zealand spinach is widely cultivated as a summer leafy vegetable. It is used as a leafy vegetable and for animal fodder. It is commonly consumed as a leafy vegetable together with bamboo shoots. It is a highly nutritious green leafy vegetable grown in almost every household. Cabbage is a leafy vegetable, derived from the species "Brassica oleracea".