Resources Tagged: Vegetables

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  1. Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis - Yard Long Bean

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Vegetable A climbing bean with long pods. The vines can be 3 m long. They normally twine around sticks. Dwarf kinds also occur.Leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval and side leaflets are at an angle. Leaflets can be 2-16 cm long by 1-12 cm wide.The...
    Yard long Bean Vigna unguiculata Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Edible Pods Vegetables Legumes Legumes as Food FPI Plant Information

  2. Lupinus mutabilis - Andean Lupin

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Vegetable An erect annual herb. It grows to 1.5 m tall. It has a thick taproot. It can keep growing from year to year. The stems arebranched, woody and mostly without hairs. The leaves have leaflets arranged like fingers on a hand. There are 7-9 leaflets.These are oblong and...
    Legumes Legumes as Food Legume Varieties Andean Lupin Edible Seeds Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  3. Lepidium sativum - Garden Cress

    Edible parts -Leaves, Herb, Spice, Vegetable, Seeds - oil A cabbage family herb. It is an annual plant about 60 cm high. It has narrowly lobed leaves. The leaves near the base havelong stalks and the leaves higher on the plant do not have stalks. The flowers are small and white. The fruit is a...
    Leafy Greens Edible Leaves Herbs Spices Vegetables Edible Seeds Seed Oil FPI Plant Information Garden Cress

  4. Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum - Leek

    Edible Portion: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Herb, Vegetable, Bulb, Sprouts An onion like plant without a bulb and with flat leaves. It grows one year, then flowers the next. There is one bulb. There can bebulblets. The covering is white. The leaves are flattened and vary from 40-100 cm long by 1.2-2.5...
    Leeks Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Herbs Roots Vegetables Sprouts FPI Plant Information

  5. Eleusine coracana - Finger Millet

    Edible Portion: Shoots, Seeds, Cereal, Vegetable A millet grass. It is an annual grass. It is robust and forms many tillers or young shoots from the base. It grows 40-120 cm tall.The stems are somewhat flattened. The leaves are narrow. The flower heads are made up of 2-7 finger like spikes. These...
    Finger Millet Millet Edible Seeds Cereals Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  6. Sesamum indicum - Sesame

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Spice, Seeds - Oil, Vegetable A small upright plant. It is an annual plant. It is erect and much branched. It grows 1-2 m tall. The stem is stout and 4 sided. Itis furrowed along its length. It is densely covered with glandular hairs. The leaves are fine and downy....
    Sesame Sesamum indicum Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Spices Seed Oil Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  7. Asparagus racemosus - Climbing Asparagus

    Edible Portion:Root, Tubers, Shoots, Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaves - Tea, Flower A creeping or climbing herb or shrub. It has woody stems. It grows 2 m high. It spreads 2 m wide. The stems are slender andtrailing. The leaves are light green and narrow. They are 5 cm long. The flowers are very...
    Roots Tubers Roots and Tubers Fruits Vegetables Edible Leaves Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information

  8. Arachis hypogea - Peanut

    Nuts/seeds/herbs Edible parts -Seeds, Leaves, Flavouring, Spice, Pods, Vegetable, Oil, Caution A spreading bushy plant up to about 40 cm high. Leaves are made up of 2 pairs of leaflets arranged opposite each other.Flowers are produced in the axils of leaves. Two main kinds occur. They are often...
    Peanut Arachis hypogaea Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Spices Edible Pods Vegetables Oil FPI Plant Information

  9. Tylosema fassoglensis - Climbing Marama Bean

    EdiblePortion: Pods, Fruit, Seeds, Tubers, Root, Stems - Gum, Vegetable A trailing or climbing plant. It is evergreen and shrubby. It can be 6 m long. It has a large tuberous root. This can be to a depthof 2.5 m. Young plant parts have rusty coloured hairs. The leaves are simple and almost round...
    Climbing Marama Bean Edible Pods Fruits Roots and Tubers Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  10. Canna indica - Indian Shot

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Root, Rhizome, Tubers, Vegetable, Flowers A broad leafed plant with purple leaf sheaths. It is about 1.5 to 2.5 m high. It grows as a perennial. The stems are in clusters.The leaves are large and smooth. They are dark green but can be reddish in some varieties. The leaf...
    Indian Shot Fruits Roots Tubers Roots and Tubers Rhizobium Vegetables Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information