Resources Tagged: Spices

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  1. Coffea canephora - Coffee (Robusta)

    Edible Portion: Seeds - Drink, Fruit, Spice A larger tree than Arabica coffee. It is an evergreen shrub. It grows to 10 m tall and has thicker, larger leaves. It is shallowrooted with most feeding in the top 12 cm of soil. In heavy shade, trees have a more developed trunk. The leaves are 15-30 cm...
    Plant Information FPI Spices Fruits Edible Seeds Coffea canephora Coffee

  2. Bixa orellana - Bixa

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Spice An evergreen tree. It grows to 10 m high and spreads to 3 m across. The stem is erect and it is intricately branched giving thetree a crown which is spreading and graceful. The leaf stalks are long. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are broadand heart shaped....
    Shrubs Achiote Plant Information FPI Spices Bixa Edible Seeds

  3. Citrus aurantifolia - Key Lime

    Edible portion:Fruit, Herb, Spice, Leaves - flavouring A small much branched evergreen tree. It grows up to 5-6 m tall with short sharp spines. It spreads to 3 m across. The leaves are small and dark green. There are narrow wings on the leaf stalk. The leaf blade is about 5 cm long by 3 cm wide...
    Spices Edible Leaves Herbs Plant Information FPI Fruits Tropical Fruit Tree Fruit Trees Citrus Trees Key Lime

  4. Tinospora crispa - Patawali

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Spice A woody climber. It grows 4-10 m long. It loses its leaves during the year. It can have long aerial roots. Old stems are fleshy.The leaf stalk is 5-15 cm long and the leaves are broadly oval to heart shaped and 6-13 cm long by 6-13 cm wide.
    Plant Information Spices Patawali Fruits FPI Tinospora crispa

  5. Piper sarmentosum - Lolot Pepper, Vegetable Pepper

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Fruit, Spice A creeper with an erect stem. It is 50 cm high. The creeper or vine can be 10 m long. There are very fine powdery hairs whenyoung. The leaves are finer and more tender than Piper betel. They are brighter green with distinct veins. The leaf stalk is 2-5cm long....
    Plant Information FPI Lolot Pepper Peppers Vegetable Pepper Spices Fruits Edible Leaves

  6. Murraya paniculata - Orange Jessamine, Satinwood Tree

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Flowers, Leaves, Spice A shrub or small evergreen tree. It grows to 5 m high and spreads to 3 m across. The branches are grey and slender. Theleaves are alternate and scattered. The leaves are compound with 2-8 leaflets. Leaves are 8 to 15 cm long and smooth. Theleaflets...
    Plant Information Spices Edible Leaves Edible Flowers Satinwood Tree Orange Jessamine Fruits FPI Murraya Paniculata

  7. Mirabilis jalapa - Four O'Clock Plant

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Seeds - Spice, Flowers - Colouring, Vegetable, Root - Tea A bushy herb. It can grow as an annual plant but it can keep growing from year to year from the thick tuberous root. It grows to60-200 cm high and spreads to 60 cm wide. The stem is short, thick and branching. The...
    Plant Information FPI Roots Vegetables Spices Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Four O'Clock

  8. Garcinia gummi-gutta

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds-Fat, Skin Rind-Spice A tree. It grows 14 m high. The leaves are sword shaped and 13 cm long. Male and female flowers are separate. Male flowersare yellow and in groups of 3-4 in the axils of leaves. The female flowers are larger and in the axils of leaves near...
    Plant Information FPI Tamarind Malabar Tamarind Spices Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Fruits Garcinia gummi-gutta

  9. Cordia alliodora - Ecuador Laurel, Spanish Elm

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Bark - Spice A tree. It grows 12 m high. The trunk is smooth and light coloured. There or four branches develop from a swelling on the stem.The leaf stalks are 1-3 cm long. The leaf blades are oblong and 10-20 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. The flowers are in a looselybranched...
    Fruit Trees Plant Information FPI Spices Fruits Spanish Elm Ecuador Laurel

  10. Citrus swinglei - Malayan Kumquat, Hedge Lime

    Key Resource Edible Portion:Fruit, Spice The plant grows 1-5 m high. It can be grown in a pot as a small plant. The plants have thorns and the leaves are long andnarrow and do not have a citrus smell. The flowers are white and have a smell. They appear in clusters of 1-5. The fruit areround and 2.5 cm across....
    Spices Plant Information FPI Fruits Hedge Lime Malayan Kumquat Kumquat