Resources Tagged: Plant Information

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  1. Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Chinese taro

    Edible portion : Tubers, Root, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaf Stalk, Stem A herb up to 2 m tall. It has a short stem. At the top of the stem it produces large leaves. A corm is produced at the base of the plant. It produces about 10 cormels on the underground corm. These are about 15-25 cm long and...
    Roots and Tubers Vegetables Edible Leaves Roots Starchy Staples Plant Information FPI Malanga

  2. Dalbergia sissoo - Sissoo

    Edible portion:Seeds - oil A tree. It grows 10-30 m high. The trunk is 50 cm across. The crown is narrow. The leaves have 3-5 alternately arranged leaflets. The leaflets are broadly oval. They taper to a tip. The flowers are small and creamy-white. They turn yellow. The fruit are pods in...
    Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Oil Seeds Plant Information FPI Sisso

  3. Canavalia ensiformis - Jack Bean

    Legumes Edible parts -Seeds, Leaves, Young pods, Spice, Flowers, Vegetable A perennial climber, although short kinds do occur. Often it is a more bushy plant than the sword bean. Plants up to 1.5 m long.Stems can be hairy. Leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval and 5.7-20 cm long by...
    Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Indigenous Foods Plant Information Sword Bean Legumes as Food Jackbean FPI

  4. Eucalyptus deglupta - Rainbow Eucalyptus

    A tree. It grows 65-70 m tall. The trunk can be 240 cm across. The bark sheds in strips. It is a tropical plant. It grows from sea level to 1,800 m above sea level.
    Useful Tree Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Plant Information FPI Eucalyptus Tropical Trees

  5. Cananga odorata - Ylang-Ylang

    Edible portion:Flowers - oil, Fruit An evergreen tree. It grows to 25 m tall and spreads to 5 m wide. The stem is erect and the branches are weeping. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are 20 cm long and with wavy edges. They are oval and tapering. The flowers are bright green. They are...
    Fruit Tree Plant Information FPI Edible Flowers Ylang Ylang Useful Tree

  6. Annona sp. - Chirimoya del Monte

    Edible portion: Fruit A small tree. It grows 4 m high. The trunk is 15-20 cm across. The new branches have a rusty colour. The leaves are alternate. They are 13-15 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The flowers occur singly. They are near the ends of branches and are large. The fruit is compound. It is 8 cm...
    Annonas Plant Information Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants FPI Fruit Tree

  7. Colubrina arborescens - Wild Coffee

    Edible portion:Bark - drink A tree. It grows 20 m high. The trunks are 20-30 cm across. The leaves are alternate. They are narrowly oval and tapers to the tip. The leaves are 16 cm long by 8 cm wide. Africa, Antigua, Central America*, Cuba*, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Lesser...
    Plant Information FPI Useful Tree Edilble Wild Plants Coffee

  8. Cecropia peltata - Cecropia

    Edible portion:Leaves, Fruit, Flowers A medium sized evergreen tree. It can grow 15-20 m high. The trunk can be 50 cm across. The trunk and branches are hollow. The leaves are large and have 7-9 lobes arranged like fingers on a hand. The leaves have lobes which are shield shaped. The leaves are...
    Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Plant Information Edible Leaves Cecropia Edible Flowers FPI Fruit Tree

  9. Gliricidia sepium - Mother of Cacao

    Edible portion:Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable, Caution An evergreen shrub or tree. It grows to 10 m high and spreads to 3 m across. The crown is irregular. The bark is grey. The stem is erect and branching. The young branches are hairy. The leaves are compound with 8 to 14 leaflets. These are 7 cm...
    Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Plant Information Useful Tree Shrub Caution Vegetables Cacao Edible Flowers FPI

  10. Flemingia macrophylla - Longleaf Wurrus

    Edible portion:Leaves, Pods, Vegetable, Seeds - flavouring A small shrub or climber. It grows 1.2-3.5 m high. The stems have ridges and are softly hairy. The leaves have 3 leaflets. These are oval or sword shaped and 3-15 cm long by 1.3-8 cm wide. They taper towards the tip and are rounded at the...
    Seeds Edible Plants Edible Leaves Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Plant Information Wurrus Vegetables FPI Agroforestry Crops Flemingia