Resources Tagged: Edible Leaves

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  1. Lactuca sativa var. augustana - Celtuce, Asparagus Lettuce, Chinese Lettuce

    Edible Portion: Stalk, Leaves, Vegetable A lettuce plant with an edible stalk. It is an annual plant. It develops a stem 3-4 cm thick and 30 cm tall. The seed stalk is eatenlike celery or cooked. The leaves are curled. There are several cultivated varieties.
    Lactuca sativa Celtuce Asparagus Lettuce Chinese Lettuce Vegeables Leafy Greens FPI Plant Information Edible Leaves

  2. Dendrocalamus strictus - Male Bamboo, Calcutta stricta

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Shoots, Cereal, Manna, Rhizaome, Root
    FPI Bamboo Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Cereal Roots Manna Plant Information Male Bamboo Calcutta stricta

  3. Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Chinese taro

    Edible portion : Tubers, Root, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaf Stalk, Stem A herb up to 2 m tall. It has a short stem. At the top of the stem it produces large leaves. A corm is produced at the base of the plant. It produces about 10 cormels on the underground corm. These are about 15-25 cm long and...
    Malanga FPI Plant Information Starchy Staples Roots Edible Leaves Vegetables Roots and Tubers

  4. Albizia lebbeck - East Indian Walnut

    Edible portion:Seeds, Leaves, Shoots, Flowers, A tree. It grows 18-30 m tall. The trunk can be 1 m across. The leaves are twice divided. They are 8-15 cm long with 4 pairs of pinnae and each one has 6-18 leaflets. The flowers are white. The flowers have several long stamens 3-4 cm long and they...
    Women's Tongue Tree East Indian Walnut Walnut FPI Plant Information Edible Leaves Edible Flowers

  5. Sesbania grandiflora - Sesbania, Corkwood Tree

    Edible Portion:Flowers, Leaves, Young pods, Bark, Vegetable A shrub or small tree up to 5-10 m tall. The trunk has rough bark and the branches often droop. The trunk is thick. The branchesare hairy when young. The leaves are made up of 41 to 61 leaflets. These are narrow and oblong. They are...
    Sesbania Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  6. Diplazium esculentum - Vegetable-Fern, Paco Fern

    Edible Portion: Fronds, Leaves, Vegetable A large fern with an upright stem. It forms tufts. It is only woody near the base. It can be 1 m high and 1 m wide. It usuallygrows as a large clump. It spreads by underground runners. They have feather like fronds which are 50 to 80 cm long anddivided 2...
    diplazium esculentum Vegetable-Fern Paco Fern Edible Leaves FPI Plant Information

  7. Medicago sativa - Alfalfa, Lucerne

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Sprouts, Leaves, Vegetable A herb. It is an erect or spreading legume. It grows to 80 cm high and spreads to 30-80 cm wide. It forms deep roots. It keepsgrowing from year to year. The stems are slender and hairy. The leaves are bluish green. The leaves have 3 leaflets like...
    Alfalfa Lucerne FPI Vegetables Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Plant Information

  8. Codiaeum variegatum - Croton, Variegated Laurel

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Vegetable A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-8 m high. The leaves vary in shape. They are oval and taper to the base. They are thick andleathery. Leaves can have a range of colours. They are 10-20 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. Flowers are separately male andfemale. The male...
    FPI Plant Information Croton Variegated Laurel Edible Leaves Vegetables

  9. Abelmoschus manihot - Aibika, Edible Hibiscus

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Flower buds, Vegetable, Root, Fruit, Pods A branched shrub up to 2 m or more high. It has rounded twigs which are green and smooth. The leaves are simple, smoothand with 3 to 5 lobes. The leaves are large and can vary in shape. Normally the leaves are very dark green, but...
    Abelmoschus manihot Aibika Edible Hibiscus Hibiscus Edible Flowers Fruits Edible Leaves Roots FPI Plant Information

  10. Calendula arvensis - Field Marigold

    Edible portion: Flowers, Leaves A herb. It is an annual plant. It grows 30 cm high and spreads 30 cm wide. In poor and dry areas it is smaller. The leaves areoblong and slightly downy. They do not have leaf stalks. The flowers are yellow or orange and 25 mm across. They grow singlyat the ends of...
    Edible Flowers Field Marigold Edible Leaves FPI Plant Information Herbs