Resources Tagged: Fpi

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  1. Acacia holosericea - Candelabra Wattle

    Edible portion: Seeds, Gum, Roots A straggling spreading shrub. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. It can grow up to 2-8 m tall. It can spread to 4 m across. The branches are angular and hairy. The bark is smooth and grey. The leaves (phyllodes) are grey green and silvery white. They are...
    FPI Edible Australian ... Roots and Tubers Edible Seeds

  2. Acacia auriculiformis - Earleaf Acacia

    Edible portion: Gum, Seeds - oil An evergreen tree. It grows to 17-20 m height and spreads about 5 m wide. It has lots of leaves and forms a dense round crown. The stems are erect and stout. The bark is greyish-green. It is rough and hard. The branches are angular. The leaves (phyllodes) are...
    Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Plant Information FPI Edible Australian ... Seed Oil Edible Seeds

  3. Solanum quitoense - Naranjilla

    Edible portion : Fruit, Vegetable A small shrub up to 2 m high. It is hairy or thorny. The leaves are large (60 cm) and angular and hairy on both surfaces. They have thorns along the veins. Young leaves are purple. The flowers are pale violet and 2-4 cm across. The fruit are produced in clusters...
    Shrubs Fruit Shrub Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants FPI Fruits Naranjilla

  4. Clausena lansium - Wampi

    Edible portions : Fruit, Leaves A small evergreen tree. It grows up to 6-10 m high. The leaves are 10-30 cm long and with leaflets along the stalk. There are 7 -15 pairs of leaflets which are 7-10 cm long. The flowers are in open flower stalk arrangements on the ends of branches. The fruit is...
    Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... FPI Edible Leaves Fruits Wampi

  5. Terminalia catappa - Java almond, Coastal almond, Tropical almond, Sea almond, Indian almond

    Seeds Edible parts : Kernel, Nuts, Nuts-oil, Fruit A large tree up to 25-40 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The trunk can be straight or twisted. There can be buttresses up to 3 m tall. The branches lie horizontally and come out in layers. The leaves are long, smooth and shiny with...
    Plant Information Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Fruits Oil Nuts FPI Coastal Almond

  6. Adansonia digitata - Boabab

    Edible portion:Roots, Leaves, Fruit, Seeds, Bark, Sprouts, Flowers, Vegetable A large tree. It grows up to 25 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The branches are thick, angular and spread out wide. The trunk is short and stout and can be 10-14 m around. Often the trunk has deep grooves...
    Plant Information Edible Flowers Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Roots and Tubers FPI Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Boabab

  7. Acrocarpus fraxinifolius - Shingle Tree

    Edible portion: Flowers, Vegetable A tree. It grows 30-60 m tall. The branches occur high up. The leaves are twice divided. They are bright red when young and hairy underneath. The leaves are 100 cm long. They have 3-5 pairs of pinnae and these have 4-9 pairs of leaflets each. These are 4-14 cm...
    Kenya Shade Tree Shingle Tree Plant Information Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants FPI Edible Flowers Vegetables

  8. Acacia tumida - Sicleleaf Wattle

    Edible portion: Seeds, Gum A medium sized shrub 3-8 m tall. It spreads 2-4 m across. The branches have white hairs. The bark can be silvery when young and turns red with age. The leaves (phyllodes) are large and light green. They are 10-15 (-23) cm long by 4-6 cm wide. They are thick and curved...
    Plant Information Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants FPI Edible Seeds

  9. Acacia torulosa - Toruosa Wattle

    Edible portion: Gum, Seeds, Pods An evergreen tree. It grows 4- 9 m high and spreads 2-4 m across. The stem is erect and the bark rough and flaky. The tree has a somewhat open crown. The branches are angular. The young branches are yellowish. The leaves (phyllodes) are dark green. They are narrow...
    Edible Australian ... Plant Information FPI Edible Seeds

  10. Acacia elachantha - Kalkardi

    Edible portion: Seeds A tree. It is a tropical plant. It grows in arid zones.
    Arid Regions Plant Information FPI Edible Seeds