Resources Tagged: Food Plants

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  1. Piliostigma thonningii - Camel's Foot Leaf Tree

    Edible Portion:Pods, Seeds, Leaves, Fruit, Bark, Vegetable, Flowers, It is a leafy shrub or a spreading tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It can grow to 12 m tall. The leaves are broad and lobed. The bark is rough and brown. The leaves are simple and can be 20 cm across. The tip of the...
    Monkey Bread Camel's Foot Leaf ... Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Fruits Vegetables Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  2. Eugenia uniflora - Surinam Cherry

    Edible portion: Fruit, Leaves - Tea A small tree up to 5-7.5 m high. It is often a much smaller shrub. Branches often develop close to the ground. The branches are thin and wiry. It has attractive oval and pointed leaves. They are dark green and shiny. The leaves are 2.5-6 cm long by 1.5-3 cm...
    Eible Leaves Fruits Surinam Cherry Cherry FPI tea Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Fruit Tree Plant Information

  3. Pithecellobium dulce - Madras Thorn

    Edible portion:Fruit, Aril, Pods, Seeds, Seeds - oil A shrub or small tree. It grows up to 10 m tall but can be 15-25 m tall. The trunk can be 50-60 cm across. There are many branches. The branches are spiny. These are in pairs and are 4-10 mm long. The young leaves are usually reddish. The...
    Madras Thorn Fruits Edible Seeds Seed OI FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information

  4. Yucca gloriosa - Candle Yucca

    Edible portion:Flowers, Fruit, Root, Stem A shrub. It grows 1.8-2.5 m high and spreads 1.2-1.8 m wide. The trunk is woody. The leaves form a ring at the ends of branches and are blue-green to dark green. The leaves are 60 cm long. They have spines at the tips. The flowers form a spike of...
    Yucca FPI Candle Yucca Starchy Staples Roots Edible Flowers Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  5. Diospyros nigra - Black Sapote

    Edible portion: Fruit A medium sized tree. The crown is rounded and the tree is evergreen. It grows 10-26 m high. The bark is black. The leaves are glossy and dark green. They are 10-15 cm long. The flowers are of one sex and are yellowish green. The female flowers occur singly and the male...
    Black Sapote Fruits Fruit Tree FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information

  6. Musa balbisiana - Lotus banana

    Edible portion : Stem, Flowers, Fruit, Buds, Seeds, Roots A large herb. It grows 3-10 m tall. It keeps growing from year to year by re-growing new stalks from the underground root stock. The leaves are green and 3 m long. The flowers are purple. The fruit are pale yellow. They are 3 sided and 8...
    Lotus Banana Banana FPI Edible Flowers Edible Seeds Roots Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  7. Crescentia cujete - Calabash-Tree

    Edible portion: Fruit, Kernel, Nuts A tree up to 8 m high. It can be 30 m high. It is evergreen and has an open crown. The branches are mostly horizontal. The leaves are oval but taper towards both ends. They can be 6-25 cm long by 2.5-8 cm wide. They are shiny and bright green. The leaves are...
    FPI Nuts Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Calabash Tree Fruit Tree Nut Trees Plant Information

  8. Pouteria glomerata - Abio

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Fruits, Nuts A medium sized tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk can be slightly fluted. The leaves are simple and alternate. The leaves are clustered at the ends of branches and arranged in spirals. They are 6-20 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The leaves are widest above the...
    Cinnamon Apple FPI Plant Information Edible Seeds Fruits Nuts Abio Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  9. Cassia grandis - Coral shower, Horse Cassia

    Edible Portion: Pod pulp A semi-evergreen tree. It loses some of its leaves in the dry season. It grows 20-30 m high. It spreads 5 m wide. The leavesare glossy olive green. They have a fringe of hairs along the edge. The leaves are made up of 14-42 leaflets. The flowers are inupright panicles....
    Cassia Coral Shower Pod Pulp Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... FPI Plant Information

  10. Potentially Important Food Plants of Democratic Republic of Congo

    2022-12-01 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of DR Congo. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are very...
    DRC Congo FPS Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants