Resources Tagged: Edible Leaves

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  1. Curcuma zedoaria - Zedorary (Ornamental Ginger)

    Edible portion:Leaves, Rhizome, Root, Flowers, Spice, Vegetable A herb 1-2 m tall. It forms tillers. It keeps growing from year to year. It has long leaves which form a sheath at the bottom. The leaves are 30-60 cm long by 7-8 cm wide. They have red spots along the middle vein. The flowers are...
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  2. Adansonia digitata - Boabab

    Edible portion:Roots, Leaves, Fruit, Seeds, Bark, Sprouts, Flowers, Vegetable A large tree. It grows up to 25 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The branches are thick, angular and spread out wide. The trunk is short and stout and can be 10-14 m around. Often the trunk has deep grooves...
    Boabab Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... FPI Roots and Tubers Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Edible Flowers Plant Information

  3. Albizia julibrissin - Silk Tree

    Edible portion: Leaves, Flowers, Leaves - tea, Vegetable A tree which grows up to 12 m tall and spreads to 10 m wide. It loses its leaves during the year. The crown tends to be flat. The bark is dark brown and smooth. The leaves are twice divided. Each primary leaflet has 20-30 pairs of secondary...
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  4. Desmanthus virgatus - Wild Tantan

    A shrub. It grows 2 m tall. It has long slender branches. The twigs are green and ribbed. The leaves are alternate and twice divided. There is a large gland at the base of the leaf stalk. The leaves have 2-5 pairs of pinnae and these have 12-18 pairs of leaflets. These are 3-4 mm long. It is a...
    FPI Plant Information Tantan Shrubs Tropical plants Edible Leaves

  5. Bambusa eutuldoides - China gold

    Shoots Edible parts - shoots A bamboo. The stems are 6-12 m long. They are 4-6 cm across. They droop slightly at the top. The internodes are 30-40 cmlong. There are several branches that are in clusters.
    Asian Lemon Bamboo FPI Edible Leaves

  6. Faidherbia albida - White-Thorn

    Edible portion: Seeds, Leaves, Young pods, Gum, Caution A very large spreading tree. It grows up to 20-31 m tall. The trunk can be 1 m across. The trunk is light grey. The leaves are fine and drooping. The leaves can be light green or blue-green. The twigs are white and smooth. It has thorns...
    Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... FPI White Thorn Edible Seeds Edible Leaves

  7. Ficus carica - Fig

    Edible portion:Fruit, Flowers, Leaves - flavouring A fig. It is a low spreading deciduous tree with large leaves. It can grow to 10 m high. Trees are widely spreading with many branches. It has milky sap. The small branches are straight and strong. The leaves spread out like fingers on a hand...
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  8. Flemingia macrophylla - Longleaf Wurrus

    Edible portion:Leaves, Pods, Vegetable, Seeds - flavouring A small shrub or climber. It grows 1.2-3.5 m high. The stems have ridges and are softly hairy. The leaves have 3 leaflets. These are oval or sword shaped and 3-15 cm long by 1.3-8 cm wide. They taper towards the tip and are rounded at the...
    Flemingia Agroforestry Crops FPI Vegetables Wurrus Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Edible Leaves Edible Plants Seeds

  9. Cecropia peltata - Cecropia

    Edible portion:Leaves, Fruit, Flowers A medium sized evergreen tree. It can grow 15-20 m high. The trunk can be 50 cm across. The trunk and branches are hollow. The leaves are large and have 7-9 lobes arranged like fingers on a hand. The leaves have lobes which are shield shaped. The leaves are...
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  10. Edible Leaves of the Tropics ; 3rd ed.

    Key Resource 01.10.1998 Third Edition [library also has 2 copies of the 1975edition] People interested in tropical gardening or botany will find this an indispensable guide to several hundred species of plants with edible leaves. Leaves can provide high-quality food, and in the tropics, many are from perennials...
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