Resources Tagged: Edible Flowers

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  1. Melia azedarach - Bead Tree

    Edible Portion:Fruit (Poisonous), Gum, Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable A moderate sized tree. It grows 6-16 m high. It can spread 3-12 m wide. The trunk is round and the branches spread outwidely. The bark is greyish-brown. The bark has long shallow cracks along the length. The leaves are alternate....
    Vegetables Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Poisonous Fruits Bread Tree

  2. Citrus sinensis - Orange

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Herb, Fruit Skin, Spice, Flowers An evergreen tree up to 8-10 m high. It spreads to 4 m across. The stem is short, stout and spiny. It has a dense, roundedcrown. The leaves are dark green, sword shaped and tapering towards the tip. They are 5-15 cm long. The leaves have a...
    Plant Information FPI Edible Flowers Spices Herbs Fruits Oranges

  3. Cocos nucifera - Coconut

    Edible Portion: Nuts, Sap, Cabbage, Nuts milk, Apple, Palm heart, Flowers A palm with an unbranched trunk. The trunk has ring-like leaf scars along it. At the base it is swollen and surrounded by a massof roots. They grow to about 25 m tall. Dwarf varieties have been produced. The fronds are 2-6...
    Plant Information FPI Edible Flowers Palm Heart Cabbage Sap Nuts Cocos nuficera Coconuts

  4. Pennisetum purpureum - Elephant Grass, Napier Grass

    Edible Portion: Flowers, Shoots, Vegetable A grass which keeps growing from year to year. It forms large clumps. It can grow 2-4 m tall. The leaf blades are 4 cm wide.The edges become very sharp. The flowers are dense and spike like. They are yellow, brown and purple.
    Edible Flowers Plant Information FPI Napier Elephant Grass Pennisetum purpureum

  5. Colocasia esculenta - Taro

    Edible Portion:Corm, Leaves, Stalks, Vegetable, Root, Flowers This plant has large flat leaves on the end of upright leaf stalks. It grows up to 1 m high. The leaf stalk or petiole joins the leaf towards the centre of the leaf. The leaves are 20-50 cm long. Near the ground a thickened rounded...
    Plant Information FPI Edible Flowers Roots Vegetables Edible Leaves Starchy Staples Taro

  6. Musa acuminata - Banana

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Flowers, Flower stalk, Stem The banana false stems usually have black marks on them. The canal of the leaf stalk is like an open drain. There are dry flapswhere the leaf stalk joins the false stem. The leaves are paddle shaped. These are diploid bananas. They can be seeded...
    Plant Information FPI Edible Flowers Fruits Musa acuminata Banana

  7. Allium ascalonicum - Shallot

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Bulbs, Flowers, Vegetable An onion family plant. It is a bulb plant. It grows to about 30 cm high. The bulb can be 6 cm across. The protective coat overthe bulbs is purplish, brown or white. The leaves are 10-35 cm long by 3-10 mm wide. It often produces new shoots from...
    Plant Information FPI Vegetables Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Shallot

  8. Dried, cut and edible flowers for pleasure, food and income

    1990-01-01 Contained is information on a variety of flowers including information on how to dry flowers , how to earn income from flowers and edible flowers. 62 pages, illustrations
    Flowers-Drying Cut Flowers Edible Flowers

  9. The Encyclopedia of Herbs, Spices & Flavorings

    An illustrated sourcebook to these all-important cooking ingredients includes information on more than two hundred herbs, spices, essences, edible flowers and leaves, aromatics, vinegars, oils, teas, and coffees. 25,000 first printing.
    Oils Vinegar Coffee Herbal Teas Spices Herbs Edible Flowers

  10. Edible Flowers

    Edible landscapes combine ornamental flowers with vegetables, fruits and edible flowers. Floral ingredients such as peppery nasturtiums or tart Calendula add flavor, texture, and color, and transform an ordinary salad into an exciting dish. Are used to flavor and garnish foods Add variety and...
    Edible Flowers