Resources Tagged: Food Plants

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  1. Rosenbergiodendron formosum - Blackberry Jam Fruit

    Edible portion: Fruit A shrub. It grows 4 m high. The fruit is a round berry 2-3 cm long by 1.6 cm wide. The fruit are green but turn yellow outside and black inside and are sweet. There are 2 rows of seeds It is a tropical plant. It suits the hot, wet tropical lowlands. It grows on sandy ridges...
    Blackberry Jam Fruit Fruit Shrub Shrubs FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information

  2. Vitis rotundifolia - Muscadine Grape

    Edible portion: Fruit, Leaves A vigorous deciduous vine. It can grow to 30 m long. They have a tight non shedding bark. The shoots are warty and the tendrils are unbranched. The leaves have slight lobes. The leaves are 6-12 cm long with toothed edges. The leaves are dark green on top and greenish...
    Grapes Muscadine FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Edible Leaves Plant Information

  3. Thyrostachys siamensis - Monastery Bamboo

    Edible portion: Shoots A bamboo. It forms tufts. The stems are erect or can bend over at the tip. They grow 8-14 m tall and are 2-8 cm across. They are smooth and greyish-green. It is 15-30 cm between the joints or nodes. The leaf blades are narrowly sword shaped and 7-14 cm long by 5-8 mm wide....
    Bamboo Plant Information FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  4. Ziziphus mauritiana - Jujube tree

    Edible portion:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds A medium sized tree. It is thorny. It loses many of its leaves during the year. It grows up to 10-12 m high. The bark is grey, brown or pale red. Branches and the under surface of the leaves are densely hairy when young. The thorns arise from the base of the...
    Indian Jujube Fruits Edible Leaves Edible Seeds FPI Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  5. Maranta arundinacea - West Indian Arrowroot

    Edible portion : Rhizome, Root, Vegetable A perennial plant up to 2 m high with large fleshy underground rhizomes. The stem is erect. There are 4-8 leaves near the base. There are 1-8 leaves on the stem. It has large leaves on long stalks near the base. These stalks can be 3.5-20 cm long. The...
    West Indian Arrowroot FPI Rhizobium Roots and Tubers Roots Vegeables Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  6. Psidium guajava - Guava

    Edible portion : Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, - Seeds-oil, Flowers, Roots A small tree or shrub 8-10 m high. It is evergreen. It has smooth bark which is mottled. The bark peels off in smooth flakes. The plant branches close to the ground. The branches are four angled. Trees are shallow rooted. The...
    Guava Fruit Tree Fruit Shrub FPI Roots Roots and Tubers Edible Seeds Seed Oil Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Food Plants

  7. Lycium barbarum - Goji Berry

    Edible portions: Fruit, Leaves, Flowers - pistil A deciduous shrub or vine. It can be erect or spreading. It grows 3 m high. The branches are weak and arching. The side branches end in short leafless spines. It forms suckers freely. The leaves are oval and grey-green and taper to the tip. They...
    Goji Berry Fruit Shrub FPI Fruits Edible Flowers Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  8. Eugenia involucrata - Cherry of the Rio Grande

    Edible portion : Fruit A small tree. It grows 5-8 m high. It grows 10-15 m high in forest. The crown is oval. The trunk is 30-40 cm across. The bark is thin and peels off. The leaves are simple and opposite. They have short leaf stalks. They are 5-9 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The flowers occur...
    Fruit Trees Cherry FPI Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  9. Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Chaya, Tree Spinach

    Edible portion: Leaves, Vegetable A shrub. It can grow 2 m tall. It can be a tree up to 7 m tall. It is a small densely shady, rounded tree. The central stem is about 10 cm across. The side branches are 2 cm thick and end abruptly. The cut stem exudes latex. Some varieties have stinging hairs on...
    Chaya Tree Spinach FPI Edible Leaves Vegetables Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  10. Sauropus androgynus - Sweet Leaf

    Edible portion : Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Vegetable A low growing shrub with small red flowers. It continues to grow from year to year. It grows 0.8-2 m tall. It can grow 6 m tall. It tends to grow upright then falls over due to its weight. It branches little. Compound leaves on the sides of the...
    Sweet Leaf FPI Edible Leaves Edible Flowers Vegetables Fruits Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...