Resources Tagged: Edible Seeds

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  1. Pachira glabra - Saba Nut

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Nuts, Vegetable, Leaves A small tree. It grows 17 m high. The trunk is bright green. The leaves have 5-7 leaflets. The leaves have long leaf stalks. The flowers come out at night. They have light green strap-like petals. The stamen are white and curved. The fruit is a green...
    Glabrous pachira Saba Nut Guinea Nut Guinea Chesnut Edible Seeds Edible Leaves FPI Nuts Edible Nuts Vegetable

  2. Dactyloctenium aegyptium - Comb Fringe Grass

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Cereal, Rhizome, Root An annual grass. The stems are slender. They can lie along the ground. These can form roots at the nodes. They can have runners and form mats. It is 15-60 cm high. The edges of the leaf sheaths have small hairs. The leaf blades are flat and 5-20 cm long...
    Starchy Staples FPI Plant Information Comb Fringe Grass Grasses Edible Seeds Cereals Rhizobium Roots Annuals

  3. Hordeum vulgare - Barley

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Cereal, Seeds - Tea An erect annual grass. It grows 80-120 cm tall. The nodes are solid and the internodes are hollow. The leaves are narrow.There are 5-10 leaves. They are produced alternately on opposite sides of the stem at the nodes. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped...
    Starchy Staples Barley Edible Seeds Cereals FPI Plant Information

  4. Guizotia abyssinica - Niger Seed

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Leaves, Oil, Vegetable An erect branched herb. It grows 30-180 cm tall. The stems are soft and hairy. The leaves are usually carried opposite one another. The leaves do not have stalks and they clasp the stem. The leaves have teeth along the edge and the surface is a little...
    Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Oil Vegetables Niger Seed FPI Plant Information

  5. Cyphomandra betacea - Tree Tomato

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Vegetable This is a small fruit tree or shrub in the tomato and tobacco family. It grows as a shrub with soft wood and it grows up to 4 m high. The stem is 5-10 cm across. It is brittle and shallow rooted. The leaves are large (25 cm x 12 cm) and soft. They are heart...
    Tree Tomato Cyphomandra betacea Fruits Edible Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes FPI Plant Information

  6. Eriobotrya japonica - Loquat

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Seeds - coffee A small evergreen tree up to 6-10 m high. It has a round crown. Leaves are large and strongly ribbed. They are 12-30 cm long and 8-10 cm wide. They are dark green and glossy on the upper surface and woolly white underneath. They are leathery with slight teeth....
    Loquat Fruits Edible Seeds FPI JCC Fruit Trees Plant Information

  7. Dimocarpus longan - Longan

    Edible portion: Fruit, Leaves - Tea, Seeds A tree up to 12-40 m high with a low trunk and spreading branches. The tree has a rounded crown. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. The trunk can be 80 cm across. There can be buttresses 2 m tall. The bark is corky. The twigs have 5 faint grooves....
    Longan Fruits FPI Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Plant Information

  8. Carica papaya - Pawpaw

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Flowers, Leaves, Vegetable, Seeds - spice Pawpaw is one of the very well known fruits of the tropics. The straight soft stemmed plant grows up to 3-5 metres tall and only occasionally has branches. The stem is softly woody and has scars from fallen leaves along it. At the...
    Carica papaya Papaya Pawpaw Fruits Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Vegetables Edible Seeds FPI Plant Information

  9. Artocarpus altilis - Breadfruit

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable A large tree up to 20-26 m in height. The trunk can be 6 m tall before branching. The trunk can be up to 1 m across. It is an evergreen tree but can lose its leaves in dry weather. The leaves are large and vary in the amount the leaves are...
    Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit Bael Fruits Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Edible Flowers Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  10. Anacardium occidentale - Cashew

    Edible Portion: Nuts, Leaves, Fruit pulp, Flavouring, Seeds, Oil A spreading evergreen tree up to 7-14 m tall. It has spreading branches. The canopy can spread 12 m. The roots grow deeply and spread widely. The bark is rough. The trunk is 15-20 cm across. The leaves are alternate. The leaves are...
    Anacardium occiden... Cashew Nuts Edible Nuts Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Oil FPI Plant Information