Resources Tagged: Edible Seeds

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  1. Butia capitata - Jelly Palm, Pindo Palm

    Key Resource Edible Portion:Fruit, Seeds - Oil, Stem A small palm. It grows up to 5 m tall. It has 40-50 leaves. The trunk has a pattern from the old leaf stubs. The trunk is stout andwoody. The leaves hang over and are blue-green. They are 1.3-2 m long and the leaflets form a V shape. Along the edge of the...
    Seed Oil Edible Seeds Pindo Palm Jelly Palm Fruits Palm Varieties

  2. Melicoccus bijugatus

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Kernel A large evergreen tree. It grows up to 20 m tall. The trunk is smooth and pale grey. The inner bark is orange-brown. The crownis dense, round and compact. Trees are separately male and female. Where bisexual flowers occur these normally do not setfruit unless...
    Plant Information FPI Spanish Lime Limes Fruits Herbs Edible Seeds Fruits

  3. Oryza sativa - Rice

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Cereal, Husks - Oil An annual grass with hollow stems. The stems can be 30 cm to 150 cm tall. (Floating varieties can be 5 m long.) The nodesare solid and swollen. The stem is protected by a skin layer which can often be high in silicon. A clump of shoots are producedas...
    Starchy Staples Plant Information FPI Oil Cereal Edible Seeds Rice

  4. Ceratonia siliqua - Carob

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Spice An evergreen tree. It grows 12-15 m tall. It spread to 4 m across. It has a dark green round crown of compound leaves. Thesealmost hide the trunk. The trunk is short, erect and thick. The leaves are leathery. The tree flowers in autumn. Male and female...
    Plant Information FPI Spices Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Fruits Carob

  5. Nephelium lappaceum - Rambutan

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds A medium sized tree up to 12-25 m high. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. Trees spread to 6 m wide. The leaves arealternate with leaflets opposite along the stalk. There are 5-7 pairs of leaflets. Each leaflet can be 20 cm long by 8 cm wide.The leaflet stalks...
    Plant Information FPI Fruits Edible Seeds Nephelium lappaceum Rambutan

  6. Sunflower Seed Protein in Human Foods

    1986-01-01 Compared to soybean meal, sunflower meal has a number of favorable characteristic including bland flavor, and lower content of sugars. Overall, sunflower proteins have much potential to make a significant contribution to world protein supplies.
    Edible Seeds Flower Seeds Sunflowers Proteins in Human ...

  7. Guizotia abyssinica - Niger Seed

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Leaves, Oil, Vegetable An erect branched herb. It grows 30-180 cm tall. The stems are soft and hairy. The leaves are usually carried opposite one another. The leaves do not have stalks and they clasp the stem. The leaves have teeth along the edge and the surface is a little...
    Plant Information FPI Niger Seed Vegetables Oil Edible Leaves Edible Seeds

  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...
    Plant Information FPI Cereals Edible Seeds Barley Starchy Staples

  9. Amaranthus caudatus - Grain Amaranth

    Edible parts -Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable An annual plant which can be 2 m high and 45 cm across. The stems are angular and it can have a single stem or be branched. It is often limp in the upper parts. Plants are hairy at first but become smooth. Often they are tinged purple. Leaves are 2-4 cm long...
    Plant Information FPI Amaranth Vegetables Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Grain Amaranth

  10. Psophocarpus tetragonolobus - Winged Bean

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Pods, Leaves, Flowers, Roots, Vegetable A climbing perennial bean up to 3 or 4 m tall. It can re-grow each year from the fattened roots. The stems twine around supportsor trail over the ground. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaf stalks are long. The leaflets are 8-15 cm...
    Legume Varieties Legumes Legumes as Food Plant Information FPI Vegetables Roots Edible Flowers Edible Pods Edible Seeds Psophocarpus tetra... Winged Bean