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Resources Tagged: Roots And Tubers

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  1. Dioscorea trifida - Sweet Yam

    Edible Portion: Tubers, Vegetable, Root A yam vine. The stem is square in cross section and does not have spines. The leaves are 25 cm long. They are opposite. Theleaf is divided like fingers on a hand into 3 or more segments. The male flower is on a long stalk and the female flower stalk is...
    Dioscorea trifida Sweet Yam Yams Yams as Food Roots and Tubers Roots Tubers Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  2. Equisetum arvense - Field Horsetail

    Edible Portion: Root, Tuber, Stem, Flower Bud, Vegetable A rush like plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 40-60 cm high and spreads 30-45 cm wide. The stems are inrings which are tightly packed. They are 60 cm tall. They are slightly rough and have furrows along them. There are...
    Field Horsetail Roots Tubers Roots and Tubers Edible Flowers Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  3. Helianthus tuberosus - Jerusalem Artichoke

    Edible Portion: Rhizome, Tubers, Root, Vegetable, Flowers An upright perennial plant up to 1-2 m high and a spread of 1 m. The stem is erect and unbranched. The leaves are dull greenand sword shaped. The flowers are yellow and daisy like. It produces fleshy underground stem tubers of irregular...
    Jerusalem Artichoke FPI Plant Information Edible Flowers Roots and Tubers Vegetables

  4. 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

  5. Chrysopogon zizanioides - Vetiver Grass

    Edible portion:Root - oil for flavouring A tropical grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It has stout roots. It grows 2 m high. It grows in dense tufts. The leaf blades are 90 cm long by 4-10 mm wide. The flower panicle is oblong and 13-30 cm long. It is a tropical plant. It grows in areas...
    Vetiver Grass Useful Plants Roots Roots and Tubers FPI Grasses Plant Information

  6. Calathea allouia - Guinea Arrowroot

    Edible portions : Tubers, Root, Flowers, Leaves - flavour, Vegetable POW update to Goeppertia from Calathea A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1.5 m high. It has an underground rhizome or stem. There are several large leaves. The leaf is oblong and 20-60 cm long by 5-20 cm wide....
    Roots Roots and Tubers Eible Leaves Edible Flowers Vegetables Arrowroot FPI

  7. Psidium guajava - Guava

    Edible portion : Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, - Seeds-oil, Flowers, Roots A small tree or shrub 8-10 m high. It is evergreen. It has smooth bark which is mottled. The bark peels off in smooth flakes. The plant branches close to the ground. The branches are four angled. Trees are shallow rooted. The...
    Guava Fruit Tree Fruit Shrub FPI Roots Roots and Tubers Edible Seeds Seed Oil Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Food Plants

  8. Alpinia galanga - Greater Galangal

    Edible portion : Rhizome, Roots, Leaves, Seeds, Herb, Spice, Flowers, Vegetable A herb which grows year after year. It grows to 1.6 m high and spreads to 1 m across. The rootstock creeps under the ground. This is round like a cylinder and branches. This thick rhizome can be 10-12 cm long by 3 cm...
    Galangal Roots Roots and Tubers Edible Seeds Eible Leaves Herbs Spices Herbs and Spices Edible Flowers Vegetables FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information

  9. Maranta arundinacea - West Indian Arrowroot

    Edible portion : Rhizome, Root, Vegetable A perennial plant up to 2 m high with large fleshy underground rhizomes. The stem is erect. There are 4-8 leaves near the base. There are 1-8 leaves on the stem. It has large leaves on long stalks near the base. These stalks can be 3.5-20 cm long. The...
    West Indian Arrowroot FPI Rhizobium Roots and Tubers Roots Vegeables Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  10. Heliconia rostrata - Hanging Lobster Claw

    Edible portion : Root A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaf stalks can be 7 m long and look like banana leaves. The leaves are 1-2 m long. The flowers hang downward. The bracts are yellow with green tips. They are like a parrot's beak. It is a tropical plant. It grows in areas with...
    Roots Roots and Tubers FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information