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Annex

Permitted frozen vegetables

Effective 15 January 2016 to 30 July 2016

Common name

Scientific name

Permitted countries

Acacia pennata leaves

Acacia pennata

All countries

Asparagus

Asparagus officinalis

All countries

Aster indicus

Aster indicus

China (People's Republic)

Aubergine or eggplant

Solanum melongena

All countries

Balsam pears or bitter gourds

Momordica charantia

All countries

Bamboo shoots

Bambusa spp. Dendrocalamus spp. and Phyllostachys spp.

All countries

Beans, green

Phaseolus vulgaris

All countries

Betula luminifera

Betula  luminifera

Philippines

Brassica  campestris

Brassica campestris

China (People's Republic)

Broad beans, Indian bean seeds, Papdililva

Vicia faba

All countries

Broccoli

Brassica oleracea cultivar (cv) italica

All countries

Brussel sprouts

Brassica oleracea cultivar (cv) gemmifera

All countries

Burdock

Arctium lappa

China (People's Republic), Japan

Cabbages

Brassica oleracea cultivar (cv) capitata

All countries

Capsicum

Capsicum spp.

All countries

Cardoon 

Cynara cardunculus

New Zealand

Carrots    

Daucus carota

All countries

Cassava and/or Cassava leaves   

Manihot esculenta

All countires

Cauliflowers     

Brassica oleracea cultivar (cv) botrytis

All countries

Celery      

Apium graveolens

China (People's Republic), Spain

Chick Peas

Cicer  arietinum

All countries

Chillies   

Capsicum frutescens

All countries

Chinese cabbage, bokchoy, choy sum      

Brassica  rapa

China (People's Republic)

Choko     

Sechium edule

New Zealand

Coconut meat, Coconut halves, Coconut water and Coconut apples (embryo)

Cocos nucifera

All countries

Coover, Cluster beans

Cyamopsistetra  gonoloba

All countries

Cow Peas

Vigna  unguiculata

All countries

Cucumbers or gherkins     

Cucumis sativus

All countries

Drumstick leaves, fruit/seed pods

Moringa oleifera

All countries

Duruka, Fijian asparagus

Saccharum  edule

All countries

Fingerroot or Chinese ginger      

Boesenbergia rotunda

Thailand, Vietnam

Garden Peas

Pisum sativum

All countries

Garlic

Allium sativum

All countries

Garlic shoots     

Allium sativum

China (People's Republic)

Giant taro

Alocasia  macrorrhizos

All countries

Globe artichokes (hearts only)   

Cynara scolymus

All countries

Gourd

Laganaria vulgarian and Luffa  acutangula

All countries

Gourd

Trichosanthes  spp

All countries

Grape Leaves

Vitus spp.

Egypt

Indian baby pumpkin/melon

Citrullus vulgaris

India

Indian gourd, ivy gourd

Coccinia  grandis

All countries

Island cabbage or bele or pele or aibika

Abelmoschus  manihot

All countries

Kale

Brassica  oleracea cultivar (cv) caulo-rapa

All countries

Kantola

Momordica  dioica

All countries

Kudzu

Pueraria  lobata

All countries

Lablab

Dolichos lablab

All countries

Leeks      

Allium porrum

All countries

Lima beans

Phaseolus lunatus

India

Lotus root

Nelumbo nucifera

China, Vietnam

Luffa  

Luffa cylindrica

New Zealand

Mangelwurzl, chard, silver beet, spinach beet, sugar beet, leaf beets etc (leaves only)

Beta vulgaris,
varieties B. vulgaris ssp. vulgarisconvar. cicla (leaf beets), B. v. ssp. v. convar. cicla. var. Cicla, B. v. ssp. v. convar. cicla. var. flavescens, B. v. ssp. v. convar. vulgaris var. crassa, B. v. ssp. v. convar. vulgaris var. altissima

All countries

Marrow, squash or zucchini    

Cucurbita pepo

All countries

Mloukieh

Corchorus spp

All countries

Mung bean sprouts 

Vigna radiata

China (People's Republic)

Neem leaves

Azadirachta  indica

All countries

Okra      

Abelmoschus esculentus

All countries

Olives     

Olea europaea

All countries

Onions      

Allium cepa

All countries

Ota

Diplazium  esculentum (syn: Athyrium  esculentum)

All countries

Pandanus leaves

Pandanus spp.

All countries

Parkia javanica beans      

Parkia javanica

All countries

Parsnip

Pastina  casativa

All countries

Pear melons   

Solanum muricatum

New Zealand

Pepper elder

Peperomia  pellucida

All countries

Pigeon peas

Cajanus spp. And Vigna  spp

All countries

Piper nigrum berries

Piper nigrum

India

Polynesian Chestnuts

Inocarpus  fagiferus

Fiji

Pumpkins    

Cucurbita maxima

All countries

Rhubarb (only stems are permitted, either separately or attached at the base)

Rheum rhabarbarum

New Zealand, Netherlands, United States of America, Poland

Roselle leaves, petals and calyses  

Hibiscus sabdariffa

Fiji, Malaysia, Thailand

Sator

Parkia  speciosa

All countries

Seaweed

Red, green and brown algae.

All countries

Sesban

Sesbania grandiflora

All countries

Peas, snowpeas, sugar snap peas

Pisum sativum

All countries

Spinach   

Spinacia oleracea

All countries

Spiny bitter cucumber    

Momordica cochinchinensis

Bangladesh, Thailand

Spring onions   

Allium fistulosum

China (People's Republic)

Suran yam

Amorphophallus  campanulatus

All countries

Sweet potato  

Ipomoea batatas

All countries

Tamarind Leaves

Tamarindus  indica

All countries

Taro leaves (including White Taro or Cocoyam leaves )

Colocasia  spp.

Xanthosoma spp.

All countries   

Taro tubers  

Colocasia spp.

All countries

Tomatillo  

Physalis ixocarpa

All countries

Tomatoes (incl. whole, semi-processed or dried/semi-dried)

Lycopersicon esculentum

All countries

Torch ginger, flower buds

Etlingera elatior

Malaysia

Wampee  

Clausena lansium

All countries

Water Chestnuts

Eleocharis  dulcis

All countries

White taro corms (Also called Cocoyam)

Xanthosoma spp.

All countries

Wild rice - stems

Zizania aquatica

China (People's Republic)

Yams

Dioscorea spp.

All countries

Yam bean

Pachyrhizus  erosus

All countries