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  1. Eryngium foetidum - Sawtooth Coriander

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Spice, Fruit A herb. It grows 15-50 cm high. It has one stem. The leaves are all near the base of the plant. The leaves are 7-15 cm long by1-2 cm wide. The leaves have teeth along the edge. The flower head is oval. It is 5-8 mm long by 3-4 mm wide. The flowersare...
    Sawtooth Coriander Edible Leaves Spices Fruits FPI Plant Information

  2. Geonoma interrupta - Chontilla

    Edible Portion: Young Flowers, Palm Hearts, Cabbage, Seed palm. It can have a single stem or up to 10 stems. They can be 0.1-7 m tall and 2-12 cm wide. They are light brown. Thereare 6-23 leaves and the blades are 2 m long. The leaflets may be regular or irregular. There are 3-41 curved leaflets...
    Edible Flowers Palm Heart Edible Seeds Chontilla Cabbage FPI Plant Information

  3. Jatropha curcas - Physic Nut

    Edible Portion:Leaves, Caution, Honey, Seeds A high shrub or small tree. It is deciduous and has a thin crown. It is up to 5-8 m high. It has milky sap. The leaves have 3-5lobes. They are 6 cm long by 15 cm wide. Flowers are separately male and female on the same plant. They are small and...
    Physic Nut Edible Leaves Honey Edible Seeds FPI Plant Information

  4. Lagenaria siceraria - Bottle Gourd

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable, Flowers A pumpkin family plant. It is an annual vine with large leaves. It can grow 3-9 m long and spread 3-6 m wide. The thick stemshave furrows along them. It can climb over logs by attaching the tendrils which grow out of the stem near the leaf....
    Bottle Gourd Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Fruits Vegetables Edible Flowers FPI Gourds Plant Information

  5. Limnocharis flava - Yellow Velvetleaf

    Edible Portion:Leaves, Flowers, Leaf stalks, Vegetable A herb which grows in water. The leaves form tufts. They are oval and 15-18 cm long by 12 cm wide. The leaf stalk is angularand 30 cm long. The flower head in at the end of the shoot and has a long flower stalk. There is a sheath like a...
    Plant Information Edible Leaves Edible Flowers Vegetables FPI Yellow Velvetleaf

  6. Lonicera caprifolium - Italian Honeysuckle

    Vegetables Edible parts -Fruit, Flowers, Shoots A deciduous climber. It grows 4.5-6 m long. It can be grown as a ground cover. The leaves are in fused pairs 5-10 cm long.The flowers are creamy-white to yellow. They can have pink tints. The flowers are 5 cm long. They are cupped by the bluegreen...
    FPI Plant Information Italian Honeysuckle Vegetables Fruits Edible Flowers

  7. Malva neglecta - Common Mallow

    Edible Portion:Leaves, Vegetable, Seeds, Fruit, Nectar, Flowers An annual herb about 0.5 m high. It is mostly low lying. The leaves are round or kidney shaped and 2-5 cm across. They haveshallow lobes and a wavy edge. There are fine teeth around the edge. The flowers are pale lilac with darker...
    Common Mallow Edible Leaves Vegetables Edible Seeds Fruits Nectar Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information

  8. 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

  9. Acca sellowiana - Pineapple Guava

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Flowers, Vegetable A small spreading tree. It can grow to 3-5 m tall and spread to 5 m wide. The bark is pale grey. The branches are swollen at thenodes. The stems are thin, flexible and with white felted shoots. The leaves are 5-8 cm long with shiny bluish green on the...
    Fruits Pineapple Guava Guava FPI Plant Information Vegetables Edible Flowers

  10. Acoelorrhaphe wrightii - Silver Saw Palmetto

    Edible Portion: Fruit An evergreen cluster palm tree. It grows 10 m high and spreads 4 m wide. The stems are erect and slender. They are coveredwith persistent sheaths and leaf stalks. The leaf stalks have thorns along the edge. The leaves are pale green and 90 cm long.The flowering shoots are...
    Fruits Silver Saw Palmetto FPI Plant Information