Resources Tagged: Plant Information

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  1. Gigantochloa hasskarliana - Pingit Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A slender bamboo. It has many tillers. It grows 6-10 m tall. The stems are thin and green. The tops are drooping. The nodesare swollen and have a ring of hairs around them. The joints are 35-50 cm long. The stems are 3-5 cm across. The leaves arenarrowly sword shaped and...
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Plant Information Pingit Bamboo FPI

  2. Gigantochloa verticillata - Whorled Bamboo, Giant Stripy Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 20-40 m high. It forms many tillers. The stems can be 25 cm thick. They have drooping tops. They arelight green and have yellow stripes. The leaves are broadly sword shaped. They are 13-45 cm long by 2-7 cm wide.
    FPI Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Plant Information Whorled Bamboo Giant Stripy Bamboo

  3. Himalayacalamus hookerianus - Himalayan Blue Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Cereal, Shoots A bamboo. It grows 6 m tall. It grows in clumps and keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 5-9 m long and 2-4 cmwide. The internodes are 15-20 cm long. The culm sheaths are 30-40 cm long. The leaf blades are narrowly sword shaped and15-30 cm long by...
    Edible Seeds Cereal Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Himalayan Blue Bamboo FPI Plant Information

  4. Yushania maculata - Maculata Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 4-6 m tall. The stems are 1-1.5 cm across. The internodes are 30-40 cm long. The leaves are narrow orsword shaped and 9-15 cm long and 1 cm wide.
    FPI Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Maculata Bamboo Plant Information

  5. Melocalamus compactiflorus - Bangladesh Scrambling Bamboo, Climbing Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Shoots A bamboo or rattan. It forms clumps and is scrambling. It grows 10-15 m tall or longer. The stalks are slightly zigzag shapedand 1.5 cm across. The internodes are 20-30 cm long. The leaves are sword shaped. The flowering shoots are large. Theseeds are large and...
    FPI Bamboo Edible Seeds Bamboo Sprout Rattan Climbing Bamboo Bangladash Scrambl... Plant Information

  6. Lactuca sativa var. augustana - Celtuce, Asparagus Lettuce, Chinese Lettuce

    Edible Portion: Stalk, Leaves, Vegetable A lettuce plant with an edible stalk. It is an annual plant. It develops a stem 3-4 cm thick and 30 cm tall. The seed stalk is eatenlike celery or cooked. The leaves are curled. There are several cultivated varieties.
    Lactuca sativa Celtuce Asparagus Lettuce Chinese Lettuce Vegeables Leafy Greens FPI Plant Information Edible Leaves

  7. Dactyloctenium aegyptium - Comb Fringe Grass

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Cereal, Rhizome, Root An annual grass. The stems are slender. They can lie along the ground. These can form roots at the nodes. They can have runners and form mats. It is 15-60 cm high. The edges of the leaf sheaths have small hairs. The leaf blades are flat and 5-20 cm long...
    Starchy Staples FPI Plant Information Comb Fringe Grass Grasses Edible Seeds Cereals Rhizobium Roots Annuals

  8. Hordeum vulgare - Barley

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Cereal, Seeds - Tea An erect annual grass. It grows 80-120 cm tall. The nodes are solid and the internodes are hollow. The leaves are narrow.There are 5-10 leaves. They are produced alternately on opposite sides of the stem at the nodes. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped...
    Starchy Staples Barley Edible Seeds Cereals FPI Plant Information

  9. Ipomoea batatas - Sweet Potato

    Edible Portion: Tuber, Root, Leaves, Vegetable This is a root crop which produces long creeping vines. The leaves are carried singly along the vine. Leaves can vary considerably from divided like fingers on a hand to being entire and rounded or heart shaped. At the end of the vine, trumpet shaped...
    Edible Leaves Vegetables Sweet Potato Starchy Staples Roots Roots and Tubers Tubers FPI Plant Information

  10. Manihot esculenta - Cassava

    Edible Portion: Root, Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable A plant which can re-grow year after year from the thickened roots. It has several stems. The stems are woody and have some branches. Plants grow up to 2 or 3 metres high. Stalks have distinct scars where leaves have fallen. The leaves tend to be...
    Starchy Staples JCC Root Crops Roots FPI Plant Information Edible Leaves Edible Flowers Vegetabes Cassava