Resources Tagged: Fpi

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  1. Eleusine coracana - Finger Millet

    Edible Portion: Shoots, Seeds, Cereal, Vegetable A millet grass. It is an annual grass. It is robust and forms many tillers or young shoots from the base. It grows 40-120 cm tall.The stems are somewhat flattened. The leaves are narrow. The flower heads are made up of 2-7 finger like spikes. These...
    Finger Millet Millet Edible Seeds Cereals Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  2. 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

  3. Vigna radiata

    Edible Portion: Root, Seeds, Pods, Leaves, Vegetable A herb. It is an upright hairy bean plant which can be 1 m tall. It has many branches. The leaves have 3 leaflets and are darkgreen. The leaves are on long leaf stalks. There are oval stipules at the base of the leaf. Flowers are pale yellow...
    Mung Bean Herbs Edible Seeds Edible Pods Edible Leaves Roots Nuts FPI Plant Information

  4. Sesamum indicum - Sesame

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Spice, Seeds - Oil, Vegetable A small upright plant. It is an annual plant. It is erect and much branched. It grows 1-2 m tall. The stem is stout and 4 sided. Itis furrowed along its length. It is densely covered with glandular hairs. The leaves are fine and downy....
    Sesame Sesamum indicum Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Spices Seed Oil Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  5. Morus australis - Korean Mulberry

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Flowers A shrub. It grows 3-6 m high. It loses its leaves during the year. The bark is greyish brown. The winter buds are large. Incultivation plants are 1-2 m high. The leaves have stalks. The stalks are 1-1.5 cm long. The leaves are oval to sword shaped.They taper to the...
    Korean Mulberry Mulberry Fruits Fruit Shrubs Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information

  6. Manilkara zapota - Sapodilla

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Sap, Latex, Leaves, Gum A medium sized evergreen tree up to 18 m tall. It can grow to 30 m in tropical regions. The leaves are 8-12 cm long by 2-4 cmwide. The leaves are green and shiny. The leaves tend to be clustered in spirals near the ends of twigs. The flowers are...
    Sapodilla Manilkara zapota Fruits FPI Plant Information Sap Edible Leaves

  7. Eragrostis tef - Teff

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Cereal A millet grass. It is an annual tufted grass. It grows 60-120 cm tall. It has a slender stem and long narrow smooth leaves. Theflowers occur in loose open panicles. These are 15-35 cm long. The branches are very thin and droop over. The seeds are verysmall. They are...
    Teff Eragrostis tef Starchy Staples FPI Edible Seeds Cereals Plant Information

  8. Cordeauxia edulis - Yeheb Nut

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves A small evergreen shrub. It has many stems. It grows to about 1.6 m tall but can grow to 2.5 m tall in good growing conditions.It has a long tap root. The leaves are 3-5 cm long. They are divided into 4 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are oval and leathery.They are...
    Starchy Staples Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Yeheb Nut Nuts FPI Plant Information

  9. Asparagus racemosus - Climbing Asparagus

    Edible Portion:Root, Tubers, Shoots, Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaves - Tea, Flower A creeping or climbing herb or shrub. It has woody stems. It grows 2 m high. It spreads 2 m wide. The stems are slender andtrailing. The leaves are light green and narrow. They are 5 cm long. The flowers are very...
    Roots Tubers Roots and Tubers Fruits Vegetables Edible Leaves Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information

  10. Arachis hypogea - Peanut

    Nuts/seeds/herbs Edible parts -Seeds, Leaves, Flavouring, Spice, Pods, Vegetable, Oil, Caution A spreading bushy plant up to about 40 cm high. Leaves are made up of 2 pairs of leaflets arranged opposite each other.Flowers are produced in the axils of leaves. Two main kinds occur. They are often...
    Peanut Arachis hypogaea Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Spices Edible Pods Vegetables Oil FPI Plant Information