Resources Tagged: Indigenous Food Plants

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  1. 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

  2. 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...

  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. 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...

  5. Vitis aestivalis - Summer Grape

    Edible portion: Fruit A grape vine. The leaves may not have lobes or can have 3-5 lobes. They are green above and hairy underneath. They have shallow teeth. The flowers are in a dense panicle. The are 5-15 cm across. It is a temperate plant. In Canada it grows in dry woods.
    Grapes Fruits Vines FPI Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  6. Rubus x loganobaccus - Boysenberry

    Edible Portion: Fruit A vigorous trailing bramble. This is a cross between a raspberry and probably a dewberry. The vine looses its leaves during the year. Plants are self fertile. The fruit is a berry. It is long and red but matures to a purple-black. The berry is larger than a Youngberry and...
    Boysenberry Berries Fruits FPI Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  7. Garcinia intermedia - Lemon Drop Mangosteen

    Edible Portion: Fruit An erect tree. It grows 5-12 m tall. It can be 30 m tall. It has yellow latex. The leaves are simple and opposite and narrowly oval.. The leaf blades are 8-25 cm long by 3-9 cm wide. The flowers are clustered in the axils of the leaves. They are greenish white. The fruit are...
    Mangosteen Lemon Drop Mangosteen Fruit Trees Fruits FPI Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  8. Ziziphus jujuba - Chinese Jujube

    Edible portion:Fruit, Seeds - oil A small deciduous tree. It can grow to 13 m tall. It has drooping branches. There are thorns on the branches. The plant sends up thorny suckers often at a distance from the tree. These need to be cut off. They can be used for rootstock for grafting. The leaves...
    Jujube Fruits Edible Seeds FPI Fruit Tree Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  9. Pseudosasa japonica - Arrow Bamboo, Hardy bamboo

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Stem, Cereal, Shoots A bamboo. It can grow 3.5-4.5 m high. The canes are olive green. The leaves are large and ribbon shaped. They are glossybut rough and whitened underneath. They are 20-25 cm long and 2.5-5 cm wide. The stems have brownish sheaths attached.
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Cereal FPI Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  10. Sasa masamuneana - White striped dwarf bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo.
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...