Resources Tagged: Fpi

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  1. Mangifera indica - Mango

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Nuts, Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable An erect, branched evergreen tree. It can grow to 10-40 m high and is long lived. (Trees grown by vegetative means are smallerand more compact.) Trees spread to 15 m across. It has strong deep roots. The trunk is thick. The bark is...
    Fruit Tree Tropical Fruit Tree FPI Mangifera Indica Mango Varieties Mango

  2. Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Chinese taro

    Edible portion : Tubers, Root, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaf Stalk, Stem A herb up to 2 m tall. It has a short stem. At the top of the stem it produces large leaves. A corm is produced at the base of the plant. It produces about 10 cormels on the underground corm. These are about 15-25 cm long and...
    Roots and Tubers Vegetables Edible Leaves Roots Starchy Staples Plant Information FPI Malanga

  3. Potentially Important Food Plants of Lesotho

    2014-08-20 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of Lesotho. 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...
    Indigenous Food Pl... FPI Lesotho

  4. Canavalia ensiformis - Jack Bean

    Legumes Edible parts -Seeds, Leaves, Young pods, Spice, Flowers, Vegetable A perennial climber, although short kinds do occur. Often it is a more bushy plant than the sword bean. Plants up to 1.5 m long.Stems can be hairy. Leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval and 5.7-20 cm long by...
    Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Indigenous Foods Plant Information Sword Bean Legumes as Food Jackbean FPI

  5. Manihot carthaginensis subsp. glaziovii - Tree Cassava

    Edible portion:Leaves, Roots, Tubers, Seeds, Stems, Vegetable A tree. It grows 10 m high. The stem is crooked and it has bushy branches. The bark is smooth and pale grey. The leaf stalks are 7-14 cm long. The leaf blades are 10-28 cm across. They are deeply divided with 3-5 lobes. They are dark...
    Indigenous Food Pl... FPI Edible Plants Cassava

  6. Dalbergia sissoo - Sissoo

    Edible portion:Seeds - oil A tree. It grows 10-30 m high. The trunk is 50 cm across. The crown is narrow. The leaves have 3-5 alternately arranged leaflets. The leaflets are broadly oval. They taper to a tip. The flowers are small and creamy-white. They turn yellow. The fruit are pods in...
    Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Oil Seeds Plant Information FPI Sisso

  7. Eucalyptus deglupta - Rainbow Eucalyptus

    A tree. It grows 65-70 m tall. The trunk can be 240 cm across. The bark sheds in strips. It is a tropical plant. It grows from sea level to 1,800 m above sea level.
    Useful Tree Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Plant Information FPI Eucalyptus Tropical Trees

  8. Cananga odorata - Ylang-Ylang

    Edible portion:Flowers - oil, Fruit An evergreen tree. It grows to 25 m tall and spreads to 5 m wide. The stem is erect and the branches are weeping. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are 20 cm long and with wavy edges. They are oval and tapering. The flowers are bright green. They are...
    Fruit Tree Plant Information FPI Edible Flowers Ylang Ylang Useful Tree

  9. Calamus viminalis - Bitter Rattan

    Edible portion:Fruit, Shoots, Vegetable A vigorous climbing palm. It has fairly stout, prickly stems. The stems climb with the aid of flagella. The leaf sheaths are woolly white. The leaves are spreading and pale green. They are about 1 m long. They are divided into many narrow leaflets. These...
    Fruit FPI Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Edible Plants Rattan

  10. Annona sp. - Chirimoya del Monte

    Edible portion: Fruit A small tree. It grows 4 m high. The trunk is 15-20 cm across. The new branches have a rusty colour. The leaves are alternate. They are 13-15 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The flowers occur singly. They are near the ends of branches and are large. The fruit is compound. It is 8 cm...
    Annonas Plant Information Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants FPI Fruit Tree