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Resources Tagged: Roots

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  1. Polygonatum falcatum - Deer bamboo

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Root, Shoots A small plant that keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 1 m long. They have a red tint. The leaves are long andnarrow. The flowers are small and are carried singly.
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Roots FPI Plant Information Deer Bamboo

  2. Musa balbisiana - Lotus banana

    Edible portion : Stem, Flowers, Fruit, Buds, Seeds, Roots A large herb. It grows 3-10 m tall. It keeps growing from year to year by re-growing new stalks from the underground root stock. The leaves are green and 3 m long. The flowers are purple. The fruit are pale yellow. They are 3 sided and 8...
    Lotus Banana Banana FPI Edible Flowers Edible Seeds Roots Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  3. Yucca gloriosa - Candle Yucca

    Edible portion:Flowers, Fruit, Root, Stem A shrub. It grows 1.8-2.5 m high and spreads 1.2-1.8 m wide. The trunk is woody. The leaves form a ring at the ends of branches and are blue-green to dark green. The leaves are 60 cm long. They have spines at the tips. The flowers form a spike of...
    Yucca FPI Candle Yucca Starchy Staples Roots Edible Flowers Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  4. Chrysopogon zizanioides - Vetiver Grass

    Edible portion:Root - oil for flavouring A tropical grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It has stout roots. It grows 2 m high. It grows in dense tufts. The leaf blades are 90 cm long by 4-10 mm wide. The flower panicle is oblong and 13-30 cm long. It is a tropical plant. It grows in areas...
    Vetiver Grass Useful Plants Roots Roots and Tubers FPI Grasses Plant Information

  5. Calathea allouia - Guinea Arrowroot

    Edible portions : Tubers, Root, Flowers, Leaves - flavour, Vegetable POW update to Goeppertia from Calathea A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1.5 m high. It has an underground rhizome or stem. There are several large leaves. The leaf is oblong and 20-60 cm long by 5-20 cm wide....
    Roots Roots and Tubers Eible Leaves Edible Flowers Vegetables Arrowroot FPI

  6. Allium tuberosum

    Edible portion : Flowers, Leaves, Root, Bulb, Herb, Vegetable An onion family plant. It is a herb which keeps growing year after year. It can be 40 cm high. It grows in clumps. These onions have rhizomes but no real bulbs. The leaves are long and grass like, and flat and solid. They are 15-30 cm...
    Garlic Chives Chinese Chives FPI Eible Leaves Edible Flowers Herbs Roots Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information

  7. Psidium guajava - Guava

    Edible portion : Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, - Seeds-oil, Flowers, Roots A small tree or shrub 8-10 m high. It is evergreen. It has smooth bark which is mottled. The bark peels off in smooth flakes. The plant branches close to the ground. The branches are four angled. Trees are shallow rooted. The...
    Guava Fruit Tree Fruit Shrub FPI Roots Roots and Tubers Edible Seeds Seed Oil Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Food Plants

  8. Alpinia galanga - Greater Galangal

    Edible portion : Rhizome, Roots, Leaves, Seeds, Herb, Spice, Flowers, Vegetable A herb which grows year after year. It grows to 1.6 m high and spreads to 1 m across. The rootstock creeps under the ground. This is round like a cylinder and branches. This thick rhizome can be 10-12 cm long by 3 cm...
    Galangal Roots Roots and Tubers Edible Seeds Eible Leaves Herbs Spices Herbs and Spices Edible Flowers Vegetables FPI Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information

  9. Maranta arundinacea - West Indian Arrowroot

    Edible portion : Rhizome, Root, Vegetable A perennial plant up to 2 m high with large fleshy underground rhizomes. The stem is erect. There are 4-8 leaves near the base. There are 1-8 leaves on the stem. It has large leaves on long stalks near the base. These stalks can be 3.5-20 cm long. The...
    West Indian Arrowroot FPI Rhizobium Roots and Tubers Roots Vegeables Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  10. Heliconia rostrata - Hanging Lobster Claw

    Edible portion : Root A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaf stalks can be 7 m long and look like banana leaves. The leaves are 1-2 m long. The flowers hang downward. The bracts are yellow with green tips. They are like a parrot's beak. It is a tropical plant. It grows in areas with...
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