Resources Tagged: Indigenous Food Plants

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  1. Solanum quitoense - Naranjilla

    Edible portion : Fruit, Vegetable A small shrub up to 2 m high. It is hairy or thorny. The leaves are large (60 cm) and angular and hairy on both surfaces. They have thorns along the veins. Young leaves are purple. The flowers are pale violet and 2-4 cm across. The fruit are produced in clusters...
    Naranjilla Fruits FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Fruit Shrub Shrubs

  2. Clausena lansium - Wampi

    Edible portions : Fruit, Leaves A small evergreen tree. It grows up to 6-10 m high. The leaves are 10-30 cm long and with leaflets along the stalk. There are 7 -15 pairs of leaflets which are 7-10 cm long. The flowers are in open flower stalk arrangements on the ends of branches. The fruit is...
    Wampi Fruits Edible Leaves FPI Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants

  3. Terminalia catappa - Java almond, Coastal almond, Tropical almond, Sea almond, Indian almond

    Seeds Edible parts : Kernel, Nuts, Nuts-oil, Fruit A large tree up to 25-40 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The trunk can be straight or twisted. There can be buttresses up to 3 m tall. The branches lie horizontally and come out in layers. The leaves are long, smooth and shiny with...
    Coastal Almond FPI Nuts Oil Fruits Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information

  4. Schizostachyum caudatum - Hunched bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It has short rhizomes and erect stems that droop at the tips. They are 6-10 m tall and woody. The internodes are 12-20 cm long. The sheaths stay on the stem and have sharp brown hairs. The leaves are sword shaped with a smooth surfacebut rough edge. The flowers...
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information

  5. Adansonia digitata - Boabab

    Edible portion:Roots, Leaves, Fruit, Seeds, Bark, Sprouts, Flowers, Vegetable A large tree. It grows up to 25 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The branches are thick, angular and spread out wide. The trunk is short and stout and can be 10-14 m around. Often the trunk has deep grooves...
    Boabab Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... FPI Roots and Tubers Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Edible Flowers Plant Information

  6. Acrocarpus fraxinifolius - Shingle Tree

    Edible portion: Flowers, Vegetable A tree. It grows 30-60 m tall. The branches occur high up. The leaves are twice divided. They are bright red when young and hairy underneath. The leaves are 100 cm long. They have 3-5 pairs of pinnae and these have 4-9 pairs of leaflets each. These are 4-14 cm...
    Vegetables Edible Flowers FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information Shingle Tree Kenya Shade Tree

  7. Acacia tumida - Sicleleaf Wattle

    Edible portion: Seeds, Gum A medium sized shrub 3-8 m tall. It spreads 2-4 m across. The branches have white hairs. The bark can be silvery when young and turns red with age. The leaves (phyllodes) are large and light green. They are 10-15 (-23) cm long by 4-6 cm wide. They are thick and curved...
    Edible Seeds FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information

  8. Afzelia quanzensis - Lucky Bean

    Edible portion: Leaves, Vegetable, Bark - potash A large spreading tree. It is deciduous. It grows 12-15 m high but can reach 35 m high. The bark is greyish-brown and flakes off in round woody scales. This leaves pale patches. The leaves are alternate and compound. There are 4-6 pairs of almost...
    Eible Leaves Vegetables Pod Mahogany FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  9. Acacia colei - Coles Wattle

    Edible portion: Seeds, Gum A small shrub which grows up to 5 m tall. The tips of the small branches are very angular. The leaves (phyllodes) are densely hairy. They are silvery. The flowers are a light golden colour. The pods are clustered together and curved or coiled. The pods are constricted...
    Edible Australian ... Edible Seeds FPI Shurbs Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information

  10. Pouteria sapota - Sapote, Mamey sapote

    Fruit Edible parts -Fruit, Kernel, Seeds, Nuts A large tree. It grows 20-45 m tall. The trunk can be 1 m across. There can be buttresses. The branches are thick. There is adense covering of leaves. The leaves are oval or sword shaped. They are towards the ends of the branches. They are arrangedin...
    Mamey sapote Fruits Fruit Tree FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Edible Seeds Nuts