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  1. Dioscorea trifida - Sweet Yam

    Edible Portion: Tubers, Vegetable, Root A yam vine. The stem is square in cross section and does not have spines. The leaves are 25 cm long. They are opposite. Theleaf is divided like fingers on a hand into 3 or more segments. The male flower is on a long stalk and the female flower stalk is...
    Dioscorea trifida Sweet Yam Yams Yams as Food Roots and Tubers Roots Tubers Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  2. Drymaria cordata - West Indian Chickweed

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Vegetable, Root An annual herb. It climbs or creeps along the ground. It has branches that divide in two. It often forms a dense ground cover.The stems form roots at the nodes. The leaves are small, opposite and heart shaped. The leaves are 0.8-2 cm long by 0.5-2 cmwide....
    Edible Leaves Vegetables Roots West Indian Chickweed FPI Plant Information

  3. Equisetum arvense - Field Horsetail

    Edible Portion: Root, Tuber, Stem, Flower Bud, Vegetable A rush like plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 40-60 cm high and spreads 30-45 cm wide. The stems are inrings which are tightly packed. They are 60 cm tall. They are slightly rough and have furrows along them. There are...
    Field Horsetail Roots Tubers Roots and Tubers Edible Flowers Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  4. Mirabilis jalapa - Four O'Clock Plant

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Seeds - Spice, Flowers - Colouring, Vegetable, Root - Tea A bushy herb. It can grow as an annual plant but it can keep growing from year to year from the thick tuberous root. It grows to60-200 cm high and spreads to 60 cm wide. The stem is short, thick and branching. The...
    Four O'Clock Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Spices Vegetables Roots FPI Plant Information

  5. Spondias purpurea - Purple Mombin

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Nuts, Root A medium sized tree. It grows 4-10 m high. It has an irregular trunk and broad crown. Often it is low and sprawling. It loses itsleaves during the year. The leaves are made up of 5-12 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are 2-4 cm long and they fall...
    Fruits Purple Mombin Mombin Varieties Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Nuts Edible Nuts Roots FPI Plant Information

  6. Bambusa tulda - Bengal Bamboo, Spineless Indian Bamboo

    Edible Portion:Shoots, Rhizomes, Root A thick walled tufted bamboo. It grows to about 20 m tall. It is almost un-branched near the base but branches higher up. Thenodes are slightly thickened. The internodes are 40-65 cm long and 5-10 cm wide. They have a white ring around the node.They are...
    FPI Plant Information Starchy Staples Bengal Bamboo Spineless Indian B... Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Roots

  7. Abelmoschus manihot - Aibika, Edible Hibiscus

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Flower buds, Vegetable, Root, Fruit, Pods A branched shrub up to 2 m or more high. It has rounded twigs which are green and smooth. The leaves are simple, smoothand with 3 to 5 lobes. The leaves are large and can vary in shape. Normally the leaves are very dark green, but...
    Abelmoschus manihot Aibika Edible Hibiscus Hibiscus Edible Flowers Fruits Edible Leaves Roots FPI Plant Information

  8. Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Chinese taro

    Edible portion : Tubers, Root, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaf Stalk, Stem A herb up to 2 m tall. It has a short stem. At the top of the stem it produces large leaves. A corm is produced at the base of the plant. It produces about 10 cormels on the underground corm. These are about 15-25 cm long and...
    Malanga FPI Plant Information Starchy Staples Roots Edible Leaves Vegetables Roots and Tubers

  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. Dendrocalamus strictus - Male Bamboo, Calcutta stricta

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Shoots, Cereal, Manna, Rhizaome, Root
    FPI Bamboo Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Cereal Roots Manna Plant Information Male Bamboo Calcutta stricta