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Resources Tagged: Starchy Staples

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  1. Gossypium herbaceum - Short-Stable Cotton

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Oil A shrub. It grows 2 m high. The leaf stalk is 2.5-8 cm long. The leaf blade is divided into 5 lobes like the fingers on a hand. Theleaves are 5-10 cm across. The lobes are broad and oval and half the length of the leaf. The flowers occur singly in the axils of...
    Starchy Staples FPI Plant Information Short-Stable Cotton Cotton Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Oils

  2. 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...
    Rice Edible Seeds Cereal Oil FPI Plant Information Starchy Staples

  3. Caryota mitis - Lesser Fishtail Palm, Clustered Fishtail Palm

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Cabbage, Starch, Sago, Palm heart, Sap A small slender palm and the only representative of this genus in the Philippines which sends up shoots from the base of thetrunk, forming clumps. It forms a cluster of closely spaced stems. It can be 5 m high. The trunks are 5-15 cm...
    Caryota mitis Edible Seeds Lesser Fishtail Palm Fishtail Palm Cabbage Starchy Staples Palm Heart Palm Varieties Sap FPI Plant Information

  4. Bambusa bambos - Giant Thorny Bamboo, Spiny Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots, Seeds, Cereal A densely tufted bamboo. The culm or stem is 30 m tall. It is 1`5-18 cm across. The wall is very thick. The internodes are 20-40cm long. The stem is bright green. The nodes are slightly swollen. The lower nodes can have aerial roots. There are branchesfrom...
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Starchy Staples Giant Thorny Bamboo Giant Bamboo Spiny Bamboo Edible Seeds FPI Plant Information Cereals

  5. Bambusa emeiensis - Ying Yang Yellow Strip Bamboo

    Edible Portion:Flowers A bamboo. It grows 5-10 m tall. The stems are 5-8 cm across. The tips hang down. The internodes are 15-30 cm long.Branches are higher up the stem.
    Edible Flowers Bamboo Starchy Staples Ying Yang Yellow S... FPI Plant Information

  6. Bambusa heterostachya - Malay Dwarf Green

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo.
    Malay Dwarf Green Dwarf Bamboo Bamboo Bamboo Sprout FPI Starchy Staples Plant Information

  7. Bambusa multiplex - Hedge Bamboo, Chinese Dwarf Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A hollow tufted bamboo. It forms clumps. It is 2-6 m tall. It has slender stalks. The stalks are 1-2.5 cm across. They arch overat the tips. The internodes are 30-50 cm long. The culm sheath is 12-15 cm long by 6-8 cm wide. It is light green when youngand turns...
    Hedge Bamboo Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Dwarf Bamboo Starchy Staples FPI Plant Information

  8. Bambusa nutans - Nodding Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 10-15 m tall. The stems are 8 cm across. They form loose clumps. The stems are smooth and green with awhite ring below the nodes. The nodes are slightly thickened and often hairy. The internodes are 25-45 cm long and the wallsare thick. The sheaths are...
    Bambusa nutans Nodding Bamboo FPI Plant Information Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Starchy Staples

  9. Bambusa textilis - Weaver's Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 8-10 m tall. The stems are 3-5 cm across. The tips are slightly drooping. The internodes are 40-70 cmlong. They are white and powdery when young. The leaf blades are 9-17 cm long
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout FPI Plant Information Starchy Staples Weaver's Bamboo

  10. 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