Resources Tagged: Edible Seeds

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  1. Faidherbia albida - White-Thorn

    Edible portion: Seeds, Leaves, Young pods, Gum, Caution A very large spreading tree. It grows up to 20-31 m tall. The trunk can be 1 m across. The trunk is light grey. The leaves are fine and drooping. The leaves can be light green or blue-green. The twigs are white and smooth. It has thorns...
    Edible Leaves Edible Seeds White Thorn FPI Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants

  2. Carya illinoinensis - Pecan

    Edible portion:Nuts, Flavouring, Leaves - tea, Seeds - oil A large tree up to 55 m high. Trees lose their leaves during the year. Branches extend upwards giving the tree an open, rounded crown and the tree can be 8 m wide. The stem is stout and erect. The bark is grey and furrowed with an...
    Edible Seeds Seed Oil Edible Leaves FPI Pecan Pecan nut Tree Nuts

  3. Moringa peregrina - Moringa

    Edible portion:Fruit, Leaves, Roots, Seeds-oil, Stems, Flowers An erect shrub. Seedling trees develop an exposed tuber. From this 3-5 broad leaflets emerge. Then the plant branches and produces longer leaves with many widely spaced leaflets. These leaves fall. The flowers are pink and occur in...
    Seed Oil Edible Seeds Plant Information FPI Moringa peregrina Moringa

  4. Canarium indicum - Galip Nut

    Edible parts : Nuts, Seeds - oil It is a large tree often up to 40m high. The stems are often twisted or rough and 1 m across the trunk and there are usually buttresses at the base of the tree. The buttresses are tall but thin. The small branches are more or less powdery. The vascular strands are...
    Seed Oil Edible Seeds Galip Nut Plant Information Nuts FPI Hinuei Ngali Canarium Lawela Kanari Kenari

  5. Spondias mombin - Mombin

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves A medium sized tree. It grows 20-30 m high. The trunk can be 0.5-2 m across. Branches start after 10-15 m. They arewidespread and sparse. The leaves are compound. They have leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are in pairs with a leaflet atthe end. There are...
    Plant Information FPI Edible Seeds Fruit Trees Mombin Varieties Mombin Edible Leaves Seeds Fruits

  6. Abelmoschus esculentus - Okra

    Edible Portion: Pods, Flowers, Seeds, Leaves, Vegetable A tropical annual herb. It grows erect, often with hairy stems. It mostly grows about 1 m tall but can be 3.5 m tall. It becomeswoody at the base. The leaves have long stalks up to 30 cm long. Leaves vary in shape but are roughly heart...
    Plant Information FPI Vegetables Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Edible Flowers Edible Pods Abelmoschus escule... Okra

  7. Garcinia gummi-gutta

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds-Fat, Skin Rind-Spice A tree. It grows 14 m high. The leaves are sword shaped and 13 cm long. Male and female flowers are separate. Male flowersare yellow and in groups of 3-4 in the axils of leaves. The female flowers are larger and in the axils of leaves near...
    Plant Information FPI Tamarind Malabar Tamarind Spices Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Fruits Garcinia gummi-gutta

  8. Pachira glabra - Saba Nut

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Nuts, Vegetable, Leaves A small tree. It grows 17 m high. The trunk is bright green. The leaves have 5-7 leaflets. The leaves have long leaf stalks. The flowers come out at night. They have light green strap-like petals. The stamen are white and curved. The fruit is a green...
    Vegetable Edible Nuts Nuts FPI Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Guinea Chesnut Guinea Nut Saba Nut Glabrous pachira