Resources Tagged: Plant Information

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  1. Helianthus tuberosus - Jerusalem Artichoke

    Edible Portion: Rhizome, Tubers, Root, Vegetable, Flowers An upright perennial plant up to 1-2 m high and a spread of 1 m. The stem is erect and unbranched. The leaves are dull greenand sword shaped. The flowers are yellow and daisy like. It produces fleshy underground stem tubers of irregular...
    Jerusalem Artichoke FPI Plant Information Edible Flowers Roots and Tubers Vegetables

  2. Medicago sativa - Alfalfa, Lucerne

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Sprouts, Leaves, Vegetable A herb. It is an erect or spreading legume. It grows to 80 cm high and spreads to 30-80 cm wide. It forms deep roots. It keepsgrowing from year to year. The stems are slender and hairy. The leaves are bluish green. The leaves have 3 leaflets like...
    Alfalfa Lucerne FPI Vegetables Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Plant Information

  3. Pennisetum purpureum - Elephant Grass, Napier Grass

    Edible Portion: Flowers, Shoots, Vegetable A grass which keeps growing from year to year. It forms large clumps. It can grow 2-4 m tall. The leaf blades are 4 cm wide.The edges become very sharp. The flowers are dense and spike like. They are yellow, brown and purple.
    Pennisetum purpureum Elephant Grass Napier FPI Plant Information Edible Flowers

  4. Pterocarpus indicus - Burmese Rosewood

    Edible Portion:Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable A medium sized evergreen tree. It grows to 27-30 m high and spreads to 4 m across. The stem is erect and stout. It branches.The trunk is 60-80 cm across. The leaves are compound with an odd number of leaflets. These are oval. The leaves are 20-45cm long....
    FPI Vegetables Burmese Burmese Rosewood Plant Information

  5. Sesbania grandiflora - Sesbania, Corkwood Tree

    Edible Portion:Flowers, Leaves, Young pods, Bark, Vegetable A shrub or small tree up to 5-10 m tall. The trunk has rough bark and the branches often droop. The trunk is thick. The branchesare hairy when young. The leaves are made up of 41 to 61 leaflets. These are narrow and oblong. They are...
    Sesbania Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  6. Bambusa lako - Timor Black Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. The stems can be 21 m tall. They can be 10 cm across. They are green when young and then mature to black. Theleaves are long and hang down. They can be 25 cm long.
    Timor Black Bamboo Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Plant Information FPI Starchy Staples

  7. Albizia lebbeck - East Indian Walnut

    Edible portion:Seeds, Leaves, Shoots, Flowers, A tree. It grows 18-30 m tall. The trunk can be 1 m across. The leaves are twice divided. They are 8-15 cm long with 4 pairs of pinnae and each one has 6-18 leaflets. The flowers are white. The flowers have several long stamens 3-4 cm long and they...
    Women's Tongue Tree East Indian Walnut Walnut FPI Plant Information Edible Leaves Edible Flowers

  8. Canarium indicum - Galip Nut

    Edible parts : Nuts, Seeds - oil It is a large tree often up to 40m high. The stems are often twisted or rough and 1 m across the trunk and there are usually buttresses at the base of the tree. The buttresses are tall but thin. The small branches are more or less powdery. The vascular strands are...
    Kenari Kanari Lawela Canarium Ngali Hinuei FPI Nuts Plant Information Galip Nut Edible Seeds Seed Oil

  9. Arundo donax - Biblical Reed, Giant Reed

    Edible Portion: Shoots, Roots A large grass. It grows 3.7-4.5 m tall and 1.2-1.8 m wide. It forms clumps. It has rhizomes. The stems are like bamboo. They can be 6 m tall. The leaves are drooping and grey-green. They are 60 cm long. They have thick joints and slender stems. The flower plumes are...
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Biblical Reed Giant Reed Roots FPI Plant Information

  10. Flacourtia indica - Governor’s plum

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Vegetable, Tea A shrub or small tree. It grows 5-15 m high. The trunk is crooked and low branched and armed with scattered slender spines. The leaves are alternate, pointed at the base and rounded at the tip. The edges of the leaves toothed with rounded lobes. Leaves are...
    Governor's Plum Plum Fruits Fruit Tree FPI Plant Information