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Some 3 billion people in the world live outside the cash economy in the world’s poorest nations. Food security and regular supply are their daily concerns. Chronic malnutrition is a leading cause of death and disease for them. Young children are amongst the most affected. One child every 5-10 seconds dies from undernutrition. Vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness for someone every minute. Most people in tropical and subtropical countries are iron deficient.

Our goal is to provide information that enables people to choose the right plant for their environment, to give them stable food production and a greater choice of plants to enrich their diets and improve their nutritional wellbeing.

The plant fact sheets listed in this collection are only a small portion of those available from FPI.   Please check your plant inquiries in the ECHO Search and reference the FPI plant database for further information.

Most of the plants selected to list here are further described in country-specific publications by Food Plant Solutions (FPS in the Search).

 

8000 Starchy Staples

7000 Legumes

6000 Leafy Greens

5000 Fruits

4000 Vegetables

3000 Nuts, Seeds, Herbs, and other foods

 

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Phyllostachys elegans - Flowered Bamboo, Chinese Elegant Bamboo

Edible Portion: Shoots

A bamboo. It grows 4-8 m tall. The stems are 3 cm across. The internodes are 12-15 cm long. There are 2 or 3 leaves on the last branch. The leaf blades are 5-12 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.

Phyllostachys flexuosa - Zig-zag Bamboo, Supple Bamboo, Chinese Crooked Bamboo

Edible Portion: Shoots

A bamboo. It grows 5-6 m tall. The stems are 2-4 cm across. The internodes are 30 cm long. There are 2 or 3 leaves on the last branch. The leaf blade is 8-12 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.

Phyllostachys glauca - Fen lu zhu, Yunzhu Bamboo

Edible Portion: Shoots

A bamboo. It grows 5-12 m tall. The stems are 2-5 cm across. The internodes are 40 cm long. There are 2 or 3 leaves on the last branch. The leaf blade is 7-16 cm long by 2-3 cm wide.

Phyllostachys heteroclada - Fishscale Bamboo

Edible Portion: Shoots

A bamboo. It grows 6 m tall. The culms are 3 cm across. The culms are 30 cm long.

Phyllostachys nidularia - Big Node Bamboo, Broom Bamboo

Edible Portion: Shoots

A bamboo. It is a creeping bamboo. It grows 10 m tall. The culm is 4 cm across. It bends over due to the weight of the leaves. The shoots are 22-24 cm long by 2-4 cm wide.

Phyllostachys nigra f. boryana - Unmon-chiku, Bory Bamboo, Snake-Skin Bamboo

Edible Portion: Shoots

A bamboo. The stems (culms) are mottled with green and black. It grows 15 m tall.

Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis - Henon Bamboo, Golden Bamboo

Edible Portion: Shoots

A bamboo. It grows 10-14 m high. The middle internodes are 34 cm long. They are green.

Phyllostachys nuda - Nude Sheath Bamboo

Edible Portion: Shoots, Vegetable

A running bamboo. It grows 12 m high. The stems are 4 cm wide. The internodes are 30 cm long. There are 2-4 leaves on the last branch. The leaf blade is 8-16 cm long.

Phyllostachys parvifolia - Anji Golden Bamboo

Edible Portion: Shoots

A running bamboo. It grows 7-12 m tall. The culms can be 10 cm across. They have a white ring under each node.