Jcahpo zucchini biography for kids

Fun Facts

• A zucchini is also commonly called a courgette.
• If you are brave enough, the flower of the zucchini plant is also edible.
• The smaller to medium sized zucchinis have the best flavour – not the biggest.
• A zucchini contains more potassium than a banana.
• Even though it is usually served as a vegetable, zucchini is in fact as fruit.

  This is because it comes from a flower.

Where do we come from?

Zucchini were first grown in Italy, and so the name zucchini comes from the Italian word for squash ‘zucca’. Today it has many different names in different parts of the world, including marrow, baby marrow and courgette.

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Spain currently grows the most zucchini, followed by New Zealand, Mexico, Morocco, Holland and Turkey.

Test yourself! Can you locate all of these countries on the map?

We are good for you!

Like all fruits a vegetables, zucchini is low in sodium, calories and fats and it contains a lot of dietary fibre.

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