Resources Tagged: Edible Seeds

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  1. Kigelia africana - Sausage Tree

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Fruit, Bark, Flowers It is a tree which loses many leaves during the year. It grows 9-18 m high. The crown is rounded. The trunk is short and straightand about 80 cm across. It often branches from the base. The branches spread out and the secondary branches hang down.The...
    Plant Information Vegetables FPI Edible Flowers Fruits Edible Seeds Sausage Tree

  2. Adenanthera pavonina - Bread Tree

    Edible portion: Seeds, Nut, Leaves, Vegetable A deciduous tree up to 7-20 m high. It spreads to 4 m across. It loses many of its leaves during the hot dry season of the year. The stem is erect and slender. The bark is smooth and light brown. The leaves are green and divided twice into leaflets....
    Plant Information Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Nuts Edible Nuts FPI Legumes Legumes as Food Sandlewood Tree

  3. Gmelina arborea - Comb Tree, Snapdragon Tree, Tall Beachberry

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Fruit, Flowers - Flavouring, Leaves A tree which loses its leaves. It grows to 10-25 m high. The trunk is erect and the branches are horizontal. The bark is greyishbrown. The bark peels off in thin flakes. Young parts are covered with silky hairs. The leaves have stalks. The...
    Plant Information FPI Edible Leaves Edible Flowers Fruits Edible Seeds Tall Beachberry Snapdragon Tree Comb Tree

  4. 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...
    Plant Information FPI Seed Oil Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Nuts Pecan

  5. Erythrina berteroana - Coral Bean

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Shoots, Buds, Flowers, Seeds A tree. It grows 6-10 m high. The crown is open. The leaves have 3 leaflets. These are 15 cm long and broadly diamondshaped. The flower clusters are erect and 15-30 cm long with bright red flowers along them. The fruit are woody twisted pods....
    Plant Information FPI Coral Bean Edible Seeds Edible Flowers Edible Leaves

  6. Corozo oleifera - American Oil Palm, Noli Palm

    Edible Portion: Seeds - Oil A palm.
    Plant Information FPI Seed Oil Edible Seeds Noli Palm American Oil Palm Palm Varieties

  7. Cola acuminata - Cola Nut

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Herb, Flavouring, Fruit, Leaves A medium sized tree. It grows 13-20 m tall. In cultivation it is usually 6-9 m high. It commonly has low branches. The bark isdark green or grey. The small branches are smooth. The leaves are near the tip of the branches. They are 7-22 cm...
    Plant Information FPI Cola Nut Edible Leaves Herbs Edible Seeds Fruits

  8. Coffea canephora - Coffee (Robusta)

    Edible Portion: Seeds - Drink, Fruit, Spice A larger tree than Arabica coffee. It is an evergreen shrub. It grows to 10 m tall and has thicker, larger leaves. It is shallowrooted with most feeding in the top 12 cm of soil. In heavy shade, trees have a more developed trunk. The leaves are 15-30 cm...
    Plant Information FPI Spices Fruits Edible Seeds Coffea canephora Coffee

  9. 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...
    Plant Information FPI Sap Palm Varieties Palm Heart Starchy Staples Cabbage Fishtail Palm Lesser Fishtail Palm Edible Seeds Caryota mitis

  10. Ceiba speciosa - Silk Floss Tree

    Edible Portion: Seeds - Oil A tree. The trunk is bottle shaped. It has thick cone shaped prickles. The young trees have a green trunk. It loses its leavesduring the year. The leaves are made up of 5-7 long leaflets. The flowers are creamy white and pink towards the tip of thepetals. There are 5...
    Silk Floss Tree Plant Information FPI Seed Oil Edible Seeds