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Sesbania flower + Chinese broccoli
Affinity score 100%Shared compounds 20Source: modal-canonical-v1
Sesbania flower
The legume Sesbania bispinosa, also known as Sesbania aculeata (Willd.) Pers., is a small tree in the genus Sesbania.
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Chinese broccoli
leaf vegetable from Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra
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Shared flavor compounds
These compounds appear in both Sesbania flower and Chinese broccoli, giving them a molecular basis for flavor affinity, the pairing principle articulated by Francois Benzi and implemented in flavor-pairing research.
(+)-1(10),4-cadinadiene(+)-7-iso-jasmonate(+)-cis-abscisic aldehyde(+)-lariciresinol(+)-marmesin(+)-neomenthol(+)-pinoresinol(+)-pulegone(+)-secoisolariciresinol(+)-taxifolin(-)-jasmonoyl-l-isoleucine(-)-lactol(-)-lariciresinol(-)-maackiain(-)-maackiain-3-o-glucoside(-)-matairesinol(-)-medicarpin(-)-medicarpin-3-o-glucoside(-)-menthone(-)-phaseollidin
Why it works
The flavor-pairing hypothesis proposes that ingredients sharing significant aromatic compounds harmonize on the palate. Sesbania flower and Chinese broccoli overlap on 20 key compound(s), which is why classic culinary traditions, and our deterministic matching algorithm, place them together.
Verification
- Pairing computed by: pairing-compute
- Methodology: deterministic compound-overlap matching (no LLM)
- Compound data: Wikidata + Wikidata
- Part of: Living Gastronomic Intelligence graph