Resources Tagged: Edible Leaves

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  1. Baobab Gardens for Leaf Production

    2009-04-01 Indigenous (naturally occurring) and traditional (introduced in the past and incorporated into the culture) leafy vegetables are often greatly under-utilized. In many areas, the knowledge and use of indigenous leafy vegetables (ILVs) has declined as vegetables such as cabbage, tomatoes and...
    Baobab Edible Leaves Underutilized Crops Agroforestry Adansonia digitata Dark Green Leafy V... West Africa

  2. Indigenous Leafy Vegetables

    2009-04-01 If you work in a country that is not your own, chances are you sometimes wonder about which crops to grow and promote. A good first step is to find out what is already being grown in-country. It will quickly become obvious what the staple grains are. Less apparent, and often greatly...
    Leafy Vegetables Edible Leaves Indigenous Knowledge Dark Green Leafy V...

  3. AN Issue #22

    2014-10-15 Letter from the Editor A Low-Cost Concrete Ring Aquaponics System Lessons Learned from Cement Ring Aquaponics Systems in Northern Thailand Selections From the ECHO Asia Seed Bank Book Review: Edible Leaves of the Tropics
    Aquaponics Tropical Forages Edible Leaves Asia

  4. Fast-Growing Plants for Household Food Supply

    2020-04-14 Quarantines, preventative measures associated with disease outbreaks like COVID-19, limit people’s ability to go to markets and stores to get food. People may also find that they have extra time around the house to invest in gardening. During such times, household gardening gains importance for...
    Fast Growing Plants Food Supply-Develo... Edible Leaves

  5. 21st Century Greens Leaf Vegetables in Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture

    2011-01-20 This book explains how to grow, prepare, and preserve over 100 unique leaf vegetables. You'll learn how to make leaf concentrate, raise edible cover crops, and build your own solar food dryer, while exploring the potential role of leaf crops in ending global malnutrition and building a more...
    Edible Leaves Tea-Production

  6. Garland Chrysanthemum

    Garland chrysanthemum is a leafy, annual herb that reaches a height of 90-120 cm by flowering time. The leaves add flavor to stir-fries, soups and salads and have a pleasing spicy, sweet, aromatic taste.
    Flowers Edible Leaves Leafy Vegetables

  7. Culantro

    2018-07-18 Culantro (Eryngium foetidum) is often confused with, or substituted for, cilantro (Coriandrum sativum L.; also called coriander). Culantro is commonly used in chutneys, curries, soups, and meat and noodle dishes in Asia. Sofrito, a common spice mixture added to many recipes throughout Latin...
    Edible Leaves Herbs

  8. Edible Leaves of the Tropics ; 3rd ed.

    Key Resource 1998-10-01 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...
    Leaves Edible Plants Edible Leaves Tropical Agriculture Tropical plants Edible greens

  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...
    Fruit Tree FPI Edible Flowers Cecropia Edible Leaves Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  10. 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