Resources Tagged: Cereal

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  1. 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

  2. Digitaria exilis - Fonio

    Food Plants International Edible portion : Seeds, Cereal A millet grass. It is erect. It grows from seed every year. It grows about 50 cm high. It forms tillers or new shoots are the base of the stem. The leaves are narrow. They can be 15 cm long. It has 2 to 4 racemes per inflorescence. These...
    Plant Information Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants FPI Cereal Edible Seeds Fonio

  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...
    Plant Information FPI Himalayan Blue Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Bamboo Cereal Edible Seeds

  4. Chimonobambusa pachystachys - Ci Fang Zhu, Thorny Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots, Seeds, Cereal A bamboo. It grows 3-7 m tall. The stems are 1-3 cm across. The internodes are 15-22 cm long. They have brown hairs whenyoung. There are root thorns in a ring on the lower stems.
    Thorny Bamboo Ci Fang Zhu Cereal Plant Information FPI Edible Seeds Bamboo Sprout Bamboo

  5. Dendrocalamus strictus - Male Bamboo, Calcutta stricta

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

  6. Phyllostachys aurea - Fishpole Bamboo, Golden Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Stem, Cereal, Shoots, Vegetable A bamboo. It forms clumps. It has strong underground stems. It grows 3-10 m tall. The lower internodes are very short. Thestems are tough and erect. They are smooth and olive-green. They are more yellow in the sun. They are 25-40 mm wide. The...
    Plant Information FPI Golden Bamboo Fishpole Bamboo Vegetables Cereal Edible Seeds

  7. Melocanna baccifera - Berry Bamboo, Mali Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Cereal, Shoots An evergreen bamboo. The culms are single and spread 60 cm apart. They come from a long creeping rhizome. They arebright green and 8-15 m long by 4-6 cm wide. The internodes are 30-50 cm long. The walls are thin. They are about 6 mmthick. The culm...
    Cereal Fruit Plant Information Mali Bamboo Berry Bamboo FPI Bamboo Sprout Bamboo

  8. Oxytenanthera abyssinica - Lowland Bamboo, Savannah Bamboo, Wine Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Young Shoots, Cereal, Sap, Manna, Vegetable A bamboo or grass. It grows 10-15 m high. It grows in dense clumps. The stem is solid. It is 8-10 cm wide at the base. Itarches slightly at the tips. The sheaths are covered with short dark brown bristly hairs. These can be rubbed...
    FPI Plant Information Wine Bamboo Savannah Bamboo Sap Cereal Lowland Bamboo Vegetables Edible Seeds Bamboo Sprout Bamboo

  9. Pseudosasa japonica - Arrow Bamboo, Hardy bamboo

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Stem, Cereal, Shoots A bamboo. It can grow 3.5-4.5 m high. The canes are olive green. The leaves are large and ribbon shaped. They are glossybut rough and whitened underneath. They are 20-25 cm long and 2.5-5 cm wide. The stems have brownish sheaths attached.
    Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Plant Information FPI Cereal Bamboo Sprout Bamboo

  10. Avena nuda - Hull-Less Oat, Naked Oat, Sand Oat, Peelcorn

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Cereal A grass. There are several named cultivated varieties. It grows each year from seeds. It grows 45-90 cm tall. The leaves are20 cm long by 3-7 mm wide. The flower panicle is 25 cm long. The spikelets are 1-3 cm long. The grain is 6 mm long.
    Cereal Edible Seeds Peelcorn Sand Oat Naked Oat Hull-Less Oat Plant Information FPI