Resources Tagged: Plant Information

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  1. Theobroma cacao - Cacao

    Edible parts -Seeds, Seeds for chocolate, Herb, Flavouring, Spice, Pulp A small evergreen tree. It grows to 15 m tall. Often it is pruned to be only 6 m tall. The trunk is straight for about 90-159 cmabove the ground then a fan arrangement of branches develops. The leaves are large and simple....
    Theobroma cacao Cacao Spice Edible Seeds Chocolate FPI Plant Information

  2. Triadica sebifera - Candleberry-Tree, Chinese Tallowtree

    Edible Portion: Seeds - oil A tree which loses its leaves. It grows 6-9 m high and spreads 4.5-6 m wide. It has a rounded crown. The leaves are 5-10 cmlong. They are rounded or almost diamond shaped and dull green. The leaves turn orange or red in autumn. The flowers areyellow-green. The fruit...
    Edible Seeds Seed Oil Candleberry Tree Chinese Tallowtree FPI Plant Information

  3. Trichostigma octandrum - Basket Vine

    Edible Portion: Leaves A clambering shrub or creeper. It grows 5-10 m long or longer. The branches hang down. The stems are cylinder shaped and 5-15 cm across. The leaves are alternate and papery and narrowly oval. They are 4-9 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They are dulldark green on the upper surface...
    Edible Leaves Basket Vine FPI Plant Information

  4. Arenga pinnata - Black Sugar Palm

    Edible Portion: Juice - Flowers, Sap, Seeds, Cabbage, Sago, Starch, Palm Heart A large palm. It grows to 18 m high. It forms one trunk 30 cm across and covered with old leaf bases and black fibres. It hasspines 7.5 cm long. It has long leaves which reach upwards. They have leaflets along the...
    Black Sugar Plum Plum Palm Varieties Palms Edible Flowers Sap Edible Seeds Palm Heart FPI Plant Information

  5. Bambusa bambos - Giant Thorny Bamboo, Spiny Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots, Seeds, Cereal A densely tufted bamboo. The culm or stem is 30 m tall. It is 1`5-18 cm across. The wall is very thick. The internodes are 20-40cm long. The stem is bright green. The nodes are slightly swollen. The lower nodes can have aerial roots. There are branchesfrom...
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Starchy Staples Giant Thorny Bamboo Giant Bamboo Spiny Bamboo Edible Seeds FPI Plant Information Cereals

  6. Bambusa emeiensis - Ying Yang Yellow Strip Bamboo

    Edible Portion:Flowers A bamboo. It grows 5-10 m tall. The stems are 5-8 cm across. The tips hang down. The internodes are 15-30 cm long.Branches are higher up the stem.
    Edible Flowers Bamboo Starchy Staples Ying Yang Yellow S... FPI Plant Information

  7. Bambusa heterostachya - Malay Dwarf Green

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo.
    Malay Dwarf Green Dwarf Bamboo Bamboo Bamboo Sprout FPI Starchy Staples Plant Information

  8. Bambusa multiplex - Hedge Bamboo, Chinese Dwarf Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A hollow tufted bamboo. It forms clumps. It is 2-6 m tall. It has slender stalks. The stalks are 1-2.5 cm across. They arch overat the tips. The internodes are 30-50 cm long. The culm sheath is 12-15 cm long by 6-8 cm wide. It is light green when youngand turns...
    Hedge Bamboo Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Dwarf Bamboo Starchy Staples FPI Plant Information

  9. Bambusa nutans - Nodding Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 10-15 m tall. The stems are 8 cm across. They form loose clumps. The stems are smooth and green with awhite ring below the nodes. The nodes are slightly thickened and often hairy. The internodes are 25-45 cm long and the wallsare thick. The sheaths are...
    Bambusa nutans Nodding Bamboo FPI Plant Information Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Starchy Staples

  10. Bambusa textilis - Weaver's Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 8-10 m tall. The stems are 3-5 cm across. The tips are slightly drooping. The internodes are 40-70 cmlong. They are white and powdery when young. The leaf blades are 9-17 cm long
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout FPI Plant Information Starchy Staples Weaver's Bamboo