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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...
    Sausage Tree Edible Seeds Fruits Edible Flowers FPI Vegetables Plant Information

  2. Swietenia humilis - Mexican Mahogany

    Edible Portion: No information noted at this time. A tree. It is a tropical plant.
    Tropical plants FPI Plant Information Mexican Mahogany Mahogany

  3. Nashia inaguensis

    Edible : Leaves - tea A small shrub. The leaves are small and shiny. The leaves have a lemon scent. Flowers are very small. The fruit are very small and red or orange. A tropical plant. At ECHO. Common names :Moujean tea, Pineapple verbena, Synonym : Lippia inaguensis (Millsp.) Urb.;

  4. Achyranthes aspera

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers, Seeds, Vegetable A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters at the...

  5. Trifolium pratense

    Edible :Leaves, Flowers, Seeds, Nectar, Tea, A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows up to 40 cm high. The stems are hairy. It has a single taproot. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are smooth and oval. They have a pale V shaped mark. The flowers are purplish-mauve of pink....

  6. Artocarpus lacucha

    Edible :Seeds, Fruit, Flowers, Bark, Leaves, Vegetable, A large tree which loses its leaves during the year. The tree grows to 10-50 m high. The trunk is short and erect but is can be bent. The crown is rounded and spreading. The bark is reddish-brown and rough and scaly in old trees. The young...

  7. Albizia procera

    Edible:Leaves, Pods, Vegetable, Bark An erect medium sized tree. They are 10 to 25 m high. The twigs sometimes have hairs. The leaves are about 40 cm long and the pinnae are 6 to 10 in number and 15 to 20 cm long. The leaflets are 12 to 20 cm long. The flower is yellowish white in round heads at...

  8. Andrographis paniculata

    Edible:Leaves, Vegetable, Stem A herb. It grows 50 cm tall. It grows each year from seed. The stems are 4 angled and much branched. The leaves are oval and 2-7 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. They are pale green underneath. The flowers are at the top of the plant. They are tube shaped. They are white and...

  9. Azadirachta indica

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Flowers, Sap, Caution, Vegetable, Seeds, Seeds - oil A medium sized tree. It grows to 5-18 m high. It has deep roots and normally keeps its leaves except when there is strong drought. The tree has a straight trunk and a rounded spreading crown. The bark is thick and grey. It...

  10. Trigonella foenum-graecum

    Edible :Seeds, Leaves, Herb, Spice, Young pods, Vegetable, A small herb. It grows up to 30-60 cm tall. It spreads 20-30 cm wide. It grows each year from seed. The leaves have 3 leaflets like clover. The leaflets are oval and do not have stalks. They are 1.3-2.7 cm long by 0.5-1.7 cm wide. They...

  11. Bauhinia malabarica

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Flowers A small to large tree. It grows 3-5 m high but can be up to 17 m high. The trunk branches near the base. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are alternate and smooth. The base is slightly heart shaped. The tip is notched. The leaves are 1-20 cm long. The...

  12. Bauhinia purpurea

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves, Seeds, Fruit, Gum An evergreen shrub or small tree. It grows to 4-10 m high and spreads to 2 m across. The stem is erect and slender. The branches are crooked. The leaves are green and have 2 lobes which divide the leaves for half their length. They are rounded and 7-16 cm...

  13. Berchemia floribunda

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Root, Leaves - tea A large twining shrub. The twigs are cylinder shape and tapering. The leaves are 5-12 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. They are narrowly oval. They are more pale underneath. The flowers are in tufts of 3-6. They are in large groups 12-15 cm long at the ends of...

  14. Bidens pilosa

    Edible:Leaves, Leaves - tea, Seeds, Flowers - tea, Vegetable A small annual upright herb with small black seeds in heads. It is an erect branched herb 0.2 to 1.5 m tall. The branches or stems have parallel lines or ridges. The stems are four angled. The leaves are up to 15 cm long with the upper...

  15. Telmatoblechnum indicum

    Edible:Rhizome, Root, Fronds, Leaves A medium sized fern. It grows 0.2-1 m high. It has a long, creeping, branched rhizome. It forms extensive spreading patches. The fronds can be 2 m high in shady places. The fronds are held stiffly erect. They are crowded and shiny green. The segments are...

  16. 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...
    FPI Edible Flowers Cacao Vegetables Caution Shrub Useful Tree Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  17. 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.
    Tropical Trees Eucalyptus FPI Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Useful Tree

  18. Calamus viminalis - Bitter Rattan

    Edible portion:Fruit, Shoots, Vegetable A vigorous climbing palm. It has fairly stout, prickly stems. The stems climb with the aid of flagella. The leaf sheaths are woolly white. The leaves are spreading and pale green. They are about 1 m long. They are divided into many narrow leaflets. These...
    Rattan Edible Plants Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... FPI Fruit

  19. Peltophorum pterocarpum - Copperpod

    Edible portion:Leaves, Bark A tree that loses its leaves. It grows 15-25 m tall. The trunk is 1 m across. The leaves are 30-60 cm long and twice divided. There are 16-20 pinnae and each on has 20-40 oval leaflets. These are 5-25 mm long and 4-10 mm wide. The flowers are yellow and 3-4 cm across....
    Copperpod Yellow Poinciana FPI Plant Information Edible Leaves

  20. Desmanthus virgatus - Wild Tantan

    A shrub. It grows 2 m tall. It has long slender branches. The twigs are green and ribbed. The leaves are alternate and twice divided. There is a large gland at the base of the leaf stalk. The leaves have 2-5 pairs of pinnae and these have 12-18 pairs of leaflets. These are 3-4 mm long. It is a...
    FPI Plant Information Tantan Shrubs Tropical plants Edible Leaves

  21. 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...
    Useful Tree Ylang Ylang Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information Fruit Tree

  22. 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...
    Coffee Edilble Wild Plants Useful Tree FPI Plant Information

  23. 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...
    Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... FPI White Thorn Edible Seeds Edible Leaves

  24. Acrostichum aureum

    Edible:Shoots, Roots, Fronds, Leaves, Vegetable A fern with a short to medium creeping rhizome. The rhizome is up to 3 cm thick. It has large fleshy roots. The fronds are erect and up to 4 m long. The leaflets are large, thick and leathery. They are only divided once. They have blunt tips. They...

  25. Acrostichum speciosum

    Edible:Root, Rhizome - starch, Fronds, Leaves A coarse clumpy fern. It grows 1.5 m tall and has a creeping underground stem (rhizome) forming clumps. The stem is 5 cm across and 10 cm high. It is covered with brown scales. The leaves are erect fronds. The leaflets are on either side of the leaf...

  26. Anethum graveolens

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Fruit, Herb, Spice, Vegetable A fine leafy herb up to about 1 m tall. It can spread 50 cm across. It is an annual plant regrowing each year from seeds. The root is long and wiry. The stems of the plant are smooth, dark green and with pale stripes. They are finely grooved and...

  27. Vicia faba

    Edible :Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Vegetable, Flowers, An upright plant up to 1 m tall. Plants vary in height from 30 cm to 180 cm. It has a well developed taproot. It has square stems which are hollow. They have wings at the angles. There can be 1-7 branches from near the base of the plant. The leaves...

  28. Acacia colei - Coles Wattle

    Edible portion: Seeds, Gum A small shrub which grows up to 5 m tall. The tips of the small branches are very angular. The leaves (phyllodes) are densely hairy. They are silvery. The flowers are a light golden colour. The pods are clustered together and curved or coiled. The pods are constricted...
    Edible Australian ... Edible Seeds FPI Shurbs Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl... Plant Information

  29. Acorus calamus

    Edible:Roots, Rhizome, Leaves, Stems, Herb, Spice A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters...

  30. Zingiber zerumbet

    Edible :Rhizomes, Root, Leaves, Flowers, An upright clumpy ginger family herb up to 0.4-1 m high. The rhizome is thick and yellow. The stems are stout. The leaves do not have a leaf stalk. Leaves are broadly sword shaped. The base is narrowed. They taper to the tip. The leaves are shorter and...

  31. Zingiber officinale

    Edible :Rhizome, Root, Leaves, Herb, Spice, Vegetable, Flowering stalk, Flowers, A perennial herb with swollen underground stems. It can grow 30-100 cm tall. The underground stem or rhizome branches and is horizontal near the soil surface. It is about 1.5-2.5 cm thick. Inside the rhizome is...

  32. Vitex negundo

    Edible :Seeds, Roots - tea, Leaves - tea, Fruit, Leaves, A small bush. It loses its leaves during the year. It can grow 5-10 m high. The leaves are compound and with 3-5 leaflets. These are sword shaped and have stalks. They are 4-12 cm long. They are dark green on the upper surface and have...

  33. Ageratum conyzoides

    Edible:Leaves - oil, Flowers - oil, Seeds - oil, Leaves, Vegetable, Salt, Leaves - tea A small annual under shrub. It grows to 0.6 m tall and spreads to 1 m across. The stem is erect and branching. The leaves are oval and opposite. They are 6 cm long by 4 cm wide. They taper towards the tip and...

  34. Arctium lappa

    Edible:Seeds, Roots, Leaves, Flower stalk, Vegetable A tall growing herb or shrub which takes two years from planting to flower and seed production. Plants can be 2 m tall. The plant forms a clump of very large, grey-green wavy-edged leaves. The leaves can be 50 cm long. The leaves and stems are...

  35. Butia capitata - Jelly Palm, Pindo Palm

    Key Resource Edible Portion:Fruit, Seeds - Oil, Stem A small palm. It grows up to 5 m tall. It has 40-50 leaves. The trunk has a pattern from the old leaf stubs. The trunk is stout andwoody. The leaves hang over and are blue-green. They are 1.3-2 m long and the leaflets form a V shape. Along the edge of the...
    Palm Varieties Fruits Jelly Palm Pindo Palm Edible Seeds Seed Oil

  36. Jatropha multifida

    Edible :Leaves, Roots, Fruit, Oil, Caution A tree like shrub. It is succulent and keeps growing from year to year. It grows to 7 m high and spread to 4 m across. The stem is simple and has few branches. The stem is stocky and 3-6 cm thick. The leaves are rounded and with 7-15 lobes. This means...

  37. Tectona grandis - Teak

    Edible portion:Leaves - Colouring, Fruit A large tree. It grows 25-50 m tall. The trunk is 1 m across. It can have slight buttresses. It is open with many branches. It loses some leaves during the year. The leaves are oval and have a rough surface. They can be 60 cm long. The flowers are in large...
    Teak Edible Leaves FPI Fruits Plant Information Useful Tree Food Plants

  38. Tecoma stans - Yellow Trumpet Flower

    Edible portion: Probably not edible. Used in medicine A tree. It grows 7 m all. It does not have spines. The bark flakes into vertical strips. It is pale brown. The leaves ahve sharp teeth. They are compound. The flowers are in large branched clusters. The flower tube is yellow with red lines in...
    Medicinal Plants Useful Tree FPI Plant Information

  39. Washingtonia robusta - Desert Fan Palm

    Edible portion:Fruit, Seeds, Palm heart, Cabbage A fan palm. It can be 40 m tall. The trunk is thinner than Washingtonia filifera. It is flared widely at the base. The trunk can be covered with dead leaves. The leaves are large and fan shaped. They are green on both surfaces. There are brown...
    Palms Fruits Edible Seeds FPI Plant Information Edible Plants

  40. Vachellia xanthophloea - Fever Tree

    Edible portion: Gum A tree. It grows 25 m tall. The trunk can be 60 cm across. The bark is smooth and powdery. The throns are straight and white in pairs and 10 cm long. The leaves have spines. The flowers are yellow and in round heads. The fruit are yellow brown pods. They are 13 cm long and...
    Fever Tree Gum FPI Useful Tree Plant Information

  41. Myroxylon balsamum - Balsam of Tolu, Balsam Tree

    Edible Portion: Bark - Flavouring, Sap - Flavouring A tall tree. It can be evergreen or deciduous. It grows 35 m tall. It is stiffly erect. Large trees can have small buttresses. Theleaves are mid green and have leaflets along the stalk. There are 3-13 leaflets. These are oval and 9 cm long. They...
    Sap Balsam of Tolu Balsam Tree FPI Plant Information

  42. Adansonia grandidieri

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Fruit, Vegetable A large deciduous tree. It grows 30 m tall. It has a very large pole like trunk. It has only a few, short, stubby branches. It is bare of leaves for most of the year. It develops leaves during times of rain. The leaves have 5 small leaflets which are wavy at...

  43. Viola odorata

    Edible :Flowers, Leaves, Herb, Spice, Leaves - tea, A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 10-15 cm high and spreads 30-60 cm wide. It has rooted runners. The leaves are heart shaped. They cluster around the base of the plant. The flowers are violet blue. They have a sweet smell....

  44. Allium fistulosum

    Edible:Leaves, Plant, Herb, Flowers, Vegetable, Bulb, Spice An onion family plant. A bulb plant but the bulb is indistinct. It grows to 60 cm high and 20 cm wide. The roots are side roots and fibrous. They grow in large clumps. The leaves are rounded in cross section and hollow. They grow to...

  45. Alstonia scholaris

    Edible:Leaves, Bark - spice, Latex, Sap, Fruit A tall tree. It grows 40 m tall. It has buttresses. The bark is brown and cracked. The leaves are spaced along the branches and are in rings. The leaves are entire and oval. They are dark green and blue-green underneath. The flowers are in the axils...

  46. Vigna unguiculata

    Edible :Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Tuberous root, Vegetable, Tuber, A creeping bean type plant with straight firm pods. Both cover crop types (leafy) and grain types occur. There is a deep tap root and many branches occur from it in the surface of the soil. The root nodules are large and round. They...

  47. Phoenix dactylifera - Date Palm

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Cabbage, Sap, Palm Heart, Flowers, Nuts-Oil A tall unbranched evergreen palm. It grows to 30 m high. The trunk can be 30-40 cm across. The trunk is covered with fibresand has the bases of old leaves along it. It produces suckers on the trunk and at the base. The fronds are...
    Phoenix dactylifera Fruits Cabbage Palm Heart Nuts Edible Nuts Date Palm Palm Varieties FPI Plant Information Sap

  48. Aegiceras corniculatum

    Edible:Leaves, Salt, Fruit, Vegetable A small tree or shrub. It grows up to 1.5-7 m tall. It often has several stems. The young branches are reddish brown. The bark is smooth and grey to brown. The leaf stalk is 5-10 mm long. The leaves are oval. They are 2.5-8.5 cm long by 0.9-3.6 cm wide. They...

  49. Wolffia globosa

    Edible :Plant, Leaves, Stem, Flowers, A very small herb. It floats on water. The fronds are free floating. They are green on the upper surface and transparent green underneath. The plant body is 0.6 mm long. It is one of the smallest flowering plants of the world. A tropical and subtropical...

  50. Viola inconspicua

    Edible :Leaves, Leaves - tea, A herb without a stem. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 6-10 cm high. The rootstock are buried deeply in the soil. Leaves and flowers emerge in the spring. The leaves come from the base from the roots. The leaves are oval or triangle shaped. They vary in...

  51. Alocasia odora

    Edible:Corms, Root, Leaves, Stems, Vegetable, Flowers, Leaf stalks A stout herb. It has spreading roots covered with long fleshy fibres. The stem is straight and thick. It has circular leaf scars along it. The leaves are arrow shaped. The base has two lobes and these are rounded. They are wavy....

  52. Antidesma ghaesembilla

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves as condiment, Spice, Leaves A stout and erect tree. It grows 3-8 m tall and spreads 2-4 m across. The trunk is covered with chalky yellowish brown bark. It is rough and mottled. The timber is light coloured and hard. The young branches and new leaves have woolly hairs. The...

  53. Vigna umbellata

    Edible :Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Sprouted Seeds, Vegetable, A herb. It is a climbing bean plant with a slender hairy vine. It is twining and an annual plant. It grows from seed each year. It grows to 1.5-3 m long. Stems are hairy. Leaves have 3 leaflets which can vary in shape. They are mostly oval...

  54. Vigna marina

    Edible :Root, Leaves, Pods, Seeds - drink, Vegetable, A climbing or scrambling herb. It can grow to several metres long. The stems can be hairy. The leaflets are rounded. They are 3.5-9.5 cm long by 2.5-7.5 cm wide. The leaf stalks are 2-11 cm long. The flowering stems are erect. They can be 4-10...

  55. Aeschynomene indica

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves An erect annual or perennial plant. It grows in water. It is 1.5-2 m tall. The leaves have an even number of leaflets along the stalk. There are 20 or more pairs. They do not have leaf stalks. They are 3-8 mm long by 1-3 mm wide. The flowers are yellow streaked with orange,...

  56. Alisma plantago-aquatica

    Edible:Leaves, Roots, Rhizome, Seeds A perennial plant. It emerges from water. It forms tussocks or clumps. It grows up to 90-150 cm high and 45 cm across. Leaves form from the base. The leaf blades are 10-25 cm long and 7-10 cm wide. There are 7 veins which run along the leaf. The leaf stalk is...

  57. Asparagus officinalis

    Edible:Leaves, Shoots, Vegetable, Roots, Seeds - coffee, Vegetable A herb. A perennial plant with leaves like a feather and an underground root stock. It grows to 1.5 m high and spreads to 1 m across. The stems are erect but often hang over at the tips. The branches are soft. The leaves are...

  58. Asystasia gangetica

    Edible:Leaves, Stems, Flowers, Vegetable An erect herb. It can clamber over other objects. It can keep growing from year to year. It can also be grown each year from seed. It grows 60-100 cm high. The leaves are oval or heart shaped. They are 3-6 cm long. The flowers are bell shaped. They have...

  59. Typha domingensis

    Edible :Leaves, Shoots, Rhizome, Root, Pollen, Pith, Vegetable, Flowers, A tall reed-like plant. It grows in water and keeps growing from year to year. They grow up to 4.5 m high. They form dense thickets around swamps. The leaves are long and blade-like and enclosed in a sheath. They are...

  60. Bacopa monnieri

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable, Tea A herb which grows in rice fields and lies along the ground. It grows 30 cm high. The stems are much branched. They form roots at the nodes. It can grow each year from seed or keep growing from year to year. The leaves are opposite and about 1.5 cm long by 1...

  61. Barringtonia acutangula

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers, Fruit A small tree. It grows 4-15 m tall. The trunk can be 40-80 cm across. It can have several stems. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are broad and sword shaped. They taper to the base. They are bright green. The edges sometimes have small teeth. They are...

  62. Bauhinia monandra

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers A deciduous tree. It grows to 7 m tall and spreads to 4 m across. The stem is slender and erect. It often forms several stems. It has widely spreading branches. The leaves have 2 lobes and are yellowish-green. The flowers are pale pink with red dots and have 5 petals and...

  63. Bauhinia variegata

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves, Buds, Fruit, Pods, Seeds, Gum A tree. It loses its leaves during the dry season of the year. It grows to a height of 8-12 m tall and spreads to 5 m across. The stem is erect and straight. The leaves are entire to the midpoint, then divided into 2 lobes. The leaves are...

  64. Beta vulgaris

    Edible:Roots, Leaves, Vegetable A dark green leafed plant. The plant is upright and about 20 cm tall. It can be grown as an annual plant. Normally it gives a thickened root in the first year then flowers in the second year. The leaves vary in shape and colour. They can be oval with an irregular...

  65. Daemonorops jenkinsiana - Major Jenkins' Rattan Palm

    Edible Portion: Shoots, Palm Heart, Cabbage, Fruit A rattan or vine. It forms dense clumps. It can be climbing and 25 m long. The stems can be 6 cm across. The leaf sheaths areyellowish green with brown to red hairs. The leafy stalks are 3 m long. There are 55-100 narrow leaflets on each side....
    FPI Plant Information Major Jenkin's Rat... Rattan Rattan Palms Palm Varieties Palm Heart Fruits

  66. Delonix regia

    Edible : Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Fruit A tree which loses its leaves during the year in places with a long dry season. It grows to 12 m tall and spreads to 6 m wide. The trunk is stout and has knots. The bark is thick and greyish brown. The leaves are twice divided and are feathery. The leaves...

  67. Canella winterana

    Edible : Bark-spice, Leaves-spice, Caution A small tree. It grows 15 m tall. The crown is dense. The leaves are oval or spoon shaped. They are simple and dark green. They are 10 cm long by 4 cm wide and are glossy. They have an aroma. The flowers are in tight clusters at the ends of branches. The...

  68. Hibiscus tiliaceus

    Edible : Roots, Flowers, Leaves, Bark, Sap, Fruit A tree which keeps its leaves throughout the year. It is small and spreading. It grows to 5-9 m tall and spreads to 3-6 m across. The stem is erect and short. The bark is grey and smooth. The branches spread widely. The crown has an open texture....

  69. Acacia karroo

    Edible :Seeds - coffee, Gum, Bark, Roots, Seeds, Leaves - coffee, An evergreen shrub or small tree. It grows to 5 m tall and 3 m wide. It can be 15 m tall. The stem is erect. It has spines. The spines are silvery white with a black tip. The spines or thorns can be 7 cm long. The bark is rough and...

  70. Stachyphrynium placentarium

    Edible Portion : Leaves (flavor), Flower buds, Rhizome A herb. It grows 0.5-1 m tall. There are 1 or 2 leaves near the base. The leaf sheath is 3-50 cm long. There is one leaf on the stem. This leaf sheath is 3-5 cm long. The leaf stalk is 7.5-60 cm long. The leaf blade is oval and 25-55 cm long...

  71. Jasminum sambac

    Edible : Flowers (flavoring), Spice A shrub. It grows 1-3 m high. It climbs. The leaves are opposite. They are oval and 3-12 cm long by 2-7.5 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 5-10 mm long. The leaves are papery. There are 4-6 veins on either side of the main vein. The flower group is at the end of...

  72. Acacia polyacantha

    Edible:Gum, Seeds, Spice A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters at the ends of branches....

  73. Lycium chinense

    Edible : Leaves as condiment, Spice, Tea, Fruit, Seeds - coffee, Vegetable, Seeds-oil A spiny deciduous shrub. It grows 4.5 m high. The branches are stiff, straight and unbranched. The branches have long thorns. These are where the leaves sprout from the stem. There are only a few leaves. The...

  74. Aganosma marginata

    Edible :Leaves, Stems, Flowers, Fruit, A woody climbing vine 8 m long. It has milky sap. The leaves are glossy and oval. The flowers are white tubes with lobes. They can be in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. They have a scent. A tropical plant. It grows in limestone areas. It can...

  75. Alocasia cucullata

    Edible:Corms, Tubers, Leaves, Roots, Vegetable A herb. It is a plant with a tuber and it keeps growing from year to year. It can grow for only one year. It grows to 1.5 m high. The stem can be 50 cm long and 5 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 1 m long. The leaf stalk joins the leaf blade at the edge....

  76. Allium cepa var. aggregatum

    Edible:Leaves, Bulbs, Vegetable, Flowers These onion like plants produce a cluster of bulbs. They are narrowly oval. It grows to 1.2 m high. The leaves are round and hollow. This is a genuinely perennial form of Allium cepa, the bulb grows deeper in the soil and divides to produce a number of...

  77. Alpinia officinarum

    Edible:Leaves, Roots, Spice, Rhizome, Vegetable A herb. The false stem 1-1.5 m tall. The rhizome is elongated. The leaves do not have stalks. The leaf blade in narrow and 20-30 cm long by 1.2-2.5 cm wide. The flower stalk is erect and 6-10 cm long. The flowers are borne singly. They are white...

  78. Alternanthera sessilis

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers, Shoots, Vegetable A low lying and spreading herb which has many branches. It continues to grow from year to year. It has a strong taproot. The stem and branches are up to 60-100 cm long and near the ends there are 2 lines of hairs along the stem. The leaves are smooth and...

  79. Amaranthus spinosus

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable, Flowers, Leaves - tea An annual plant 60 -100 cm high. It can be erect or lie over. The stems can be nearly round or they can be angular. The plant branches from the base upwards. Leaves are fairly smooth or hairless but can be tinged purple. The leaf stalk can be...

  80. Amomum villosum

    Edible:Shoots, fruit, Spice A ginger family herb. It grows 1.5-3 m tall. The rhizomes are above ground and covered with a scale like sheath. The leaves do not have leaf stalks. The leaves are 25-35 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. The capsule is purple, green or brown. They are 1.5-2 cm long and 1.2-2 cm...

  81. Vigna mungo

    Edible :Leaves, Seeds, Pods, Vegetable, A small annual bean with hairy pods. It is an erect herb 20-80 cm tall. Sometimes the stems are twining. The stems have dense yellow or rusty hairs. Leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval and 3-10 cm long by 1-5.5 cm wide. The leaf stalks are long...

  82. Samanea saman

    Edible : Pod pulp, Leaves, Fruit, Seeds-Spice A large tree with a widely spreading crown. It grows up to 25 m tall. It can grow to 60 m high. It has a short thick trunk. The branches spread out horizontally and can be 30 m long. The bark is a distinctive yellow. It loses its leaves during the...

  83. Combretum indicum - Rangoon Creeper, Chinese Honeysuckle

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Stems A scrambling shrub or vine. The stem is strong and woody. It branches freely. It can climb to 20 m high. The plant is erect andshrub like when young. The twigs have soft brown hairs when young. The leaves are opposite and oblong. They have heartshaped...
    Fruits Rangoon Creeper Chinese Honeysuckle Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Vines Shrubs FPI Plant Information

  84. Myriopteron extensum

    Edible : Stem A vigorous twining climber. It grows 10 m long. The branches are pale grey. The sap is white. The leaves are oval and 9-18 cm long by 4-11 cm wide. The flowers are white. Distribution: A tropical plant. It grows in thickets and open woods between 600-1,600 m above sea level. In XTBG...

  85. Antidesma bunius

    Edible : Fruit, Leaves, Spice. A small bushy tree. It is often 3-6 m tall. It can be up to 15-30 metres high. The leaves tend to be long and narrow and shiny. They are dark green. They are pointed at the tip and more rounded at the base. The leaves are 10-15 cm long by 5-7 cm wide. The male and...

  86. Diphysa americana

    Edible : Flowers, Leaves A small tree. It grows 4-15 m tall. The leaves are 8-14 cm long. They have 11-21 leaflets. These are 1.5-3.5 cm long by 0.5-1 cm wide. There are 6-7 flowers in a group. The pods are 5-8 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. Other names : Amarillo, Camaroncillo, Chipilcoi, Chipilcoite,...

  87. Chrysobalanus icaco - Cocoplum, Icaco

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Kernel, Seeds, Oil, Nuts A shrub or small evergreen tree. It grows 1-6 m tall. The branches are long, flexible and whip-like. The leaves are evenlyspaced and leathery. They are rounded and stiffly erect. They are simple and rich green. The flowers are small and...
    Edible Seeds Seed Oil Nuts Cocoplum Icaco FPI Plant Information

  88. Lawsonia inermis

    Edible : Food coloring, Leaves - flavoring, Medicinal, Caution. A shrub. It has a sweet smell. It grows 3-7 m tall. The bark is greyish-brown. The small branches have spines near their tip. The leaves are simple and opposite. The leaves vary and can be oval and 8-44 mm long by 2-20 mm wide. The...

  89. Vanilla planifolia

    Edible :Pods, Fruit, Seeds, Herb, Spice, A climbing orchid. The vine is fleshy and climbs by means of roots. It can climb to 10-15 m high. It is 1-2 cm across and flexible but easily broken. There are 5-15 cm between nodes. It is often trained to a lower height to allow easier pollination and...

  90. Zanthoxylum nitidum

    Edible :Spice, Fruit, Leaves - flavouring, A shrub or scrambling vine. There are hooked thorns on the stems. Plants are separately male and female. The leaves are compound and alternate. Leaves are spiny underneath and also have small hairs. There are 5-9 leaflets and they are 5-10 cm long by 2-5...

  91. Alocasia macrorrhizos

    Edible:Rhizome, Root, Leaves, Leaf stalk, Corm, Vegetable A very large herb. A taro family plant. It has a stout erect trunk up to 4 m tall. This has upright leaves which are arrow shaped. Leaves have round lobes at the bottom. The leaves are leathery and are often wavy around the edge. The...

  92. Allium sativum

    Edible:Leaves, Bulb, Seeds, Herb, Spice, Stem, Vegetable, Flowers An onion family plant. It is an erect herb. It grows one year, then flowers the next. It grows about 40 cm high. This onion family plant has a number of tightly packed bulbs (cloves) wrapped in papery scale leaves. The true leaves...

  93. Alternanthera pungens

    Edible:Leaves, Stems, Vegetable A herb. It can grow as an annual or continue growing from year to year. It lies along the ground. It grows from 1-10 cm high. It can form mats. The flowers are white. A tropical plant. It grows on a range of soils. It can be near creek banks and roadsides. It can...

  94. Asplenium nidus

    Edible:Leaves, Fronds An evergreen fern. It grows to 1.5 m high and spreads 3 m across. It can grow by feeding on other plants. It forms nest like bowls on the upper side of branches. The underground thickened horizontal stem is dark brown and short. It is covered with blackish scales. The roots...

  95. Ulmus parvifolia

    Edible :Fruit, Inner bark, Leaves, An elm tree. It grows 15 m tall. It is spreading and loses many of its leaves during the year. The branches tend to hang down. The trunk has smooth bark which flakes off showing orange brown patches. It has small leaves. The leaves are narrowly oval and 6 cm...

  96. Toona sinensis

    Edible :Fruit, Leaves, Buds, Leaves - tea, Vegetable, A deciduous tree. It grows 20-30 m tall. The trunk is 60-100 cm across. The trunk is straight with few branches. The leaves are 60 cm long. There are 10-24 leaflets along the stalks. The leaves have teeth along the edge. The leaflets are...

  97. Bambusa oliveriana

    Edible:Shoots A bamboo. It is a subtropical plant. It grows at high altitudes. In Cairns BG. Common Names:Khokwa, Khuak, Rokhu, Sinmi-du, Talan, Wapyu-gale, Wapyu-san Synonyms: Bambusa mizorameana H. B. Naithani;

  98. Bauhinia acuminata

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves, Fruit An evergreen shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The leaves have 2 lobes. They are downy and rounded. The leaves are 15 cm long. The flowers are white to pale yellow. There are only a few flowers on a stalk. The flowers are 5 cm wide. The fruit are flattened pods. A tropical...

  99. Piper interruptum

    Edible : Stem A slender vine. The stem is 2 cm across. The leaves are 8-12 cm long by 4-7 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 1-1.5 cm long. The flowers are opposite the leaves. The flowering shoots are 7-9 cm long. Distribution It is a tropical plant. In north Australia it grows from sea level to 750 m...

  100. Roystonea regia - Cuban Royal Palm, Florida Royal Palm

    Edible Portion: Cabbage, Fruit, Palm Heart, Vegetable An single stemmed, evergreen palm. It grows to 30 m high and spreads 5-10 m wide. The stem is erect and smooth. It is white.It is stout and unbranched. The trunk is usually thickened near the base and in the middle before thinning towards the...
    Palm Varieties Cuban Royal Palm Florida Royal Palm Cabbage Fruits Palm Heart Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  101. Carissa macrocarpa - Natal Plum, Large Num-Num, Carissa

    EdiblePortion:Fruit A small evergreen shrub. It grows up to 5 m tall. It branches densely and has many forked spines. They are usually in pairs atthe top of shoots. The branches are smooth and light brown. branches exude milky latex when cut. The leaves are producedopposite one another. They are...
    Natal Plum Large Num-Num Carissa Fruits Fruit Shrubs FPI Plant Information

  102. Licania platypus

    Edible : Fruit, Bark A large tree. It grows 30-50 m tall. It has a rounded crown. The bark is brown with white dots. It can have buttresses. It loses it leaves during the year. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped. They are 10-30 cm long and 3-9 cm wide. Young leaves are red. The flowers are in...

  103. Vitis vinifera

    Edible :Flowers, Fruit, Leaves, Oil, Herb, Flavouring, Sap, A woody vine which keeps growing from year to year. It is often pruned to reduce its size. It climbs by coiled tendrils which attach to objects. It has large leaves which are roughly heart shaped. They can be entire or be deeply divided...

  104. Acalypha siamensis

    Edible:Leaves - tea A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters at the ends of branches. The...

  105. Wrightia tinctoria

    Edible :Flowers, Leaves, Stems, Seeds, Pods, Fruit, A small deciduous tree. It grows 8 m tall. The bark is grey or pale brown and becomes cracked with age. The leaves are in pairs opposite each other. They are pointy at the tip. They can be 15 cm long. The are softly hairy. The leaf stalk is very...

  106. Alcea rosea

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves, Roots, Stem A short lived perennial plant. It grows for about 2 years. It grows 1.5-2.5 m high and spreading to 60 cm wide. The stem is erect, leafy and flowering. The leaf stalks are 5-15 cm long. The leaf blade is nearly round and 6-16 cm across. There are 5-7 lobes...

  107. Alpinia zerumbet

    Edible:Rhizomes, Root, Flowers, Stem pith, Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable A herb. The false stems are 2-3 m high. The leaf stalk is 1-1.5 cm long. The leaf blade is sword shaped and 30-60 cm long by 5-10 cm wide. They are hairy at the edge. They taper to the tip with a spiral point. The flowers droop....

  108. Anisocampium niponicum

    Edible:Leaves, Fronds A fern. The rhizome is creeping. It grows 30-45 cm high and spreads 50-60 cm wide. The fronds arise individually from this rhizome. It is 30 cm high. The fronds are coarsely divided and green. Their stems are yellow. It is hardy in cool climates. It needs a well drained soil...

  109. Atriplex hortensis

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable An annual herb. It grows up to 2 m tall and spreads 40-50 cm wide. The leaves are triangular. They are greyish green. They can be red or yellow. They are 10-15 cm long and have small teeth along the edge. The flowers are in clusters at the ends of the plant. These...

  110. Blechnum orientale

    Edible:Rhizome, Root, Fronds, Leaves, Vegetable A medium to tall fern. It grows 0.3-1.2 m tall. It forms round clumps. The stem is short and has brown scales with very small teeth. The fronds can be 1 m high. The fronds are spreading or erect, forming a rosette. They often droop at the tips. The...

  111. Blumea balsamifera

    Edible:Leaves, Leaves - seasoning A small herb. It grows to 3 m tall. It is short lived. The bark is yellow-brown. The branches and leaves have a silky covering. The leaves are about 7-25 cm long by 3-10 cm wide. The flowers are in small heads. The flowers are yellow. The fruit are ribbed. A...

  112. Brucea javanica

    Edible:CAUTION An evergreen shrub. It grows to a height of 3-7 m and spreads to 3 m across. The stem is erect and branching. It is hairy when young. The leaves are compound leaves and produced alternately. They are 30-50 cm long and have 5 to 11 leaflets. These are oval but tapering to the tip...

  113. Camellia japonica

    Edible:Leaves - tea, Seeds - oil, Flowers, Leaves A shrub or small tree. It grows 1.8-7.5 m tall. It spreads 1.8-6 m wide. The leaves are glossy on the top surface and dull and spotted underneath. They are broadly oval and pointed. The flowers are large and red. The fruit vary in size. Many named...

  114. Cardamine hirsuta

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers, Stem A cabbage family herb. It is an annual or perennial plant. It forms a rosette or ring of leaves. It grows to a height of 50 cm and spreads to 30 cm. The stem is erect and the leaves are green and sword shaped. They usually have 3-7 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are...

  115. Blumea lacera

    Edible:Leaves A herb which keeps growing each year. It can grow each year from seeds. It can be 20 cm to 2.5 m. The stems are hairy. They are erect and stiff and brittle. They have a woody rootstock and often grows to 1 m tall. There are many branches. The leaves are produced one after the other...

  116. Boehmeria nivea

    Edible:Root, Leaves, Seeds - oil, Flowers, Stem An erect shrub which grows from year to year. It is 1-3 m tall. The underground roots are thick storage roots. The leaves occur one after another along opposite sides of the stem. The leaves have long leaf stalks and are oval but broad. They have...

  117. Camellia sinensis

    Edible:Leaves - tea, Flowers, Seeds - oil An evergreen tree. It grows to a height of 10-15 m and spreads 4 m across. Trees are normally pruned into bushes. The stem is slender. The bark is yellowish grey. It has a strong taproot and side roots just under the soil. The leaves are dark green and...

  118. Boesenbergia rotunda

    Edible:Rhizome, Root, Tubers, Leaves, Spice A part of the ginger family. The plant continues to grow from year to year. The plant is 30-50 cm high. The roots are like a long orange brown group of fingers. These rhizomes are the size of fingers. They are 6-10 cm long and 1 cm wide. Inside the...

  119. Brassica nigra

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Herb, Spice, Flowers, Vegetable, Oil A cabbage family herb. It is an annual plant. It grows about 1-3 m high. The leaves are stalked and clasp the stem. The upper leaves are sword shaped. Leaves are 10-20 cm long. Flowers are yellow. The fruit is a pod. It is erect, smooth...

  120. Calathea lutea

    Edible:Leaves - spice A large herb. It can be 5 m high. It grows in clumps. The leaves are large and paddle shaped. They are green. The flowers are yellow. It is a tropical plant. It can grow in partly flooded or well drained sites. Brisbane Botanical gardens. In Townsville palmetum. Common...

  121. Callicarpa rubella

    Edible:Leaves, ? edible or wrapping?, Bark - masticatory, Root A compact semi-deciduous shrub. The stems are 2.7 m long. They arch over. The leaves are pale yellowish-green. They are 12 cm long. The flowers are small and pink. The fruit are deep purple berries. They remain on the plant for a long...

  122. Camellia sasanqua

    Edible:Seeds, Spice, Leaves - tea, Seeds - oil A shrub. It grows 3-6 m tall and spreads 3-4.5 m wide. The leaves are small. They are very shiny. The flowers are small and have a sweet scent. The flowers are white but coloured varieties with large flowers have been bred. It is a subtropical plant....

  123. Bombax ceiba

    Edible:Roots, Leaves, Flowers, Fruit, Seeds, Seeds - oil, Gum A large tree. It loses its leaves in the dry season. It grows to 20-25 m tall and spreads to 8-15 m wide. The stem is erect. It has buttresses when mature. The trunk and branches are covered with large pyramid shaped spines. The crown...

  124. Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis

    Edible:Leaves, Stem, Flowers, Vegetable A leafy cabbage grown as an annual. It grows 40-60 cm high. The taproot is not fleshy. The stem is short. The leaves are arranged in spirals. They are simple and broadly oval. They can be 30 cm long by 10 cm wide. The leaves form a rosette. They do not form...

  125. Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves, Vegetable, Seeds sprouts A herb. It is a cabbage family plant which develops a thick white edible flower in the centre. These can be yellow or purple. It has broad leaves around a thick stalk. The leaves clasp the stem. The leaves are oval and fleshy. The flowers are...

  126. Brassica rapa

    Edible:Roots, Leaves, Seeds, Flowers A cabbage family herb. It is an erect annual plant. It has a round white fleshed taproot. It is often tinged purple. The leaves are divided and have hairs. Where the leaves join the root it is not raised into a "neck". There are Asian or more tropical...

  127. Bruguiera gymnorrhiza

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Roots A large evergreen tree up to 36 m high with stilt and knee-like roots. The trunk can be 80 cm across and is mostly straight. The bark is rough and grey on the outside and red inside. The leaves are mostly clustered near the ends of the many branches. The leaves are...

  128. Butea monosperma

    Edible:Roots, Flowers, Gum, Leaves, Pods A strongly branched tree. It has an irregular trunk. It becomes twisted with age. It grows 8 to 15 m high and spreads to 3-5 m wide. The cut bark yields a red gum. The leaves are leathery but with a silky back. They consist of 3 diamond shaped leaflets....

  129. Calamus siamensis

    Edible:Shoots A rattan. It is a tropical plant. It grows in scrub forest between sea level and 300 m altitude. Common Names:Wai khom, Wai nam, Krae-batu, Wai bun Synonyms: Calamus siamensis Becc. var. malaianus Furtado;

  130. Camellia kissi

    Edible:Fruit, Seeds - oil, Leaves - tea A shrub 2m to 12 m high. The leaves have short stalks. The leaves are 3-10 cm long by 1.5-4.5 cm wide. The leaves are oval and have teeth along the edge. The flowers are single and in the axils of leaves. They are white and fragrant. The fruit is a capsule....

  131. Canavalia gladiata

    Edible:Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Spice, Vegetable A climbing or sometimes bushy and upright bean plant. Mostly it is a climber. It can be 4 m long. The leaves have 3 large leaflets. The leaflets are oval and 7.5-20 cm long by 5-12 cm wide. The top of the leaf can narrow abruptly to a tip while the...

  132. Capsella bursa-pastoris

    Edible:Leaves, Tea, Seeds, Vegetable, Caution, Pods, Flowers, Root A cabbage family herb. It is an annual plant or it can take 2 years to complete its life cycle. The stem is erect. It grows to 60 cm high. It has a rosette of leaves near the base. The leaves vary in shape and are toothed along...

  133. Celosia argentea

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds - oil, Vegetable, Flowers, Tea An erect short lived annual herb up to 1 m tall. The leaves are alternate and light green. They are 2 cm wide and 6 cm long. They are dark green and longer on flowering shoots. The flower spike grows on the end of the main stem and is red or...

  134. Centella asiatica

    Edible:Leaves, Vegetable, Leaves - tea A slender perennial plant with creeping stems which root at the nodes. It grows to 10 cm high and spreads to 50 cm across. The stems are creeping and form roots at the nodes. Groups of leaves develop in clumps at the nodes. Leaves are round or heart shaped...

  135. Ceratophyllum demersum

    Edible:Leaves A plant which grows in water and under the water. It forms tangled colonies. The stems are brittle and do not have roots. They are branched. They can be 2 m long. The leaves are 1.5-4 cm long and slender. They are dark green and forked. There are 7-12 leaves in a ring. The flowers...

  136. Ceratopteris thalictroides

    Edible:Leaves, Fronds, Vegetable A fern which grows in water. It is an annual plant. It grows 10-35 cm tall. It has soft upright stalks with light green soft fronds. The rhizome is short and sticks up. There are thin, clear, scales on the rhizome. The leaves vary from simple leaves, to leaves...

  137. Cerbera manghas

    Edible:Leaves, CAUTION, Seeds VERY POISONOUS An evergreen tree up to 8 m tall. It can reach 20 m high. It spreads to 2-5 m across. The stem is erect and branching. It has milky sap. The bark is grey brown. The branches come out in whorls, and they are marked with leaf scars. The leaves are bright...

  138. Chaetocarpus castanocarpus

    Edible: Leaves A shrub 1-5 m tall or a tree 45 m tall. The leaves are alternate and simple. The leaf blades are 4-18 cm long by 2-8 cm wide. The flowers are greenish-yellow. They are 3 mm across. The fruit are 1-2 cm across. They are yellow but turn reddish-brown as they ripen. The seeds are...

  139. Chenopodium ficifolium

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds It is a herb. It grows 20-50 cm tall. The stems are green and have ridges along them. The leaf blade is oval and 3-5 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. They usually have 3 lobes. The flowers are in round groups spreading along the ends of the branches. The seeds are black and 1 mm...

  140. Choerospondias axillaris

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit A tree that loses its leaves. It is 15-30 m high and has a trunk 40-50 cm across. The young branches are stout. They are 5 mm across. The small branches are purple brown in colour. The leaves are alternate. They are compound made up of pairs of leaflets with one leaflet at...

  141. Cibotium barometz

    Edible:Root, Leaves, Fronds A tree fern. It lies along the ground or can be erect. It has long yellow hairs over the tips. The fronds are twice divided and have hairs at their base. It is a tropical and subtropical plant. In southern China it grows between 200-600 m above sea level but can be at...

  142. Cicer arietinum

    Edible:Seeds, Leaves, Roots - coffee, Vegetable An annual legume herb. Plants are 40-60 cm high and all parts are hairy. It is erect with many branches. Plants are often bluish green in colour. Plants have a strong taproot. The root carries many nodules. The leaves are 5 cm long. It has leaves...

  143. Spathodea campanulata

    Edible :Seeds, Flowers, A tree. It grows 25-30 m high. The bark is light grey. It forms buttresses. Leaves are opposite. The branches are rather short. In moist climates it may keep its leaves and in dry climates it may shed its leaves for a short time. The leaves are compound and divided into an...

  144. Cinnamomum burmannii

    Edible:Bark, Leaves, Spice A tree. It grows 4-11 m tall. The trunk can be 30 cm across. The bark is smooth and dark grey. It is red and cassia scented inside. The small branches are slender and green. The leaves are alternate and oval or sword shaped. They are 5.5-10.5 cm long by 2-5 cm wide....

  145. Cinnamomum camphora

    Edible:Leaves, Bark, Root A tree. It grows to 36 m high. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. It has a rounded crown 15 m wide. The trunk is short with scaly, grey bark. The trunk can be 3 m across. The whole plant has a strong camphor smell. The bark is yellow brown with cracks along it. The...

  146. Cinnamomum iners

    Edible:Bark, Spice, Fruit, Leaves A large tree. It grows to 20 m high. The trunk can be 20 cm across. The leaves are opposite, smooth and leathery. The leaf blades are 12-35 cm long by 5.5-8.5 cm wide. New flushes of leaves follow rain and are reddish pink. They are rounded at the base and taper...

  147. Cissampelos pareira

    Edible:Tubers, Root, Caution, Stems, Leaves, Fruit A woody vine or climber. The branches are slender. They are usually densely hairy. The leaves are simple and 5-12 cm long by 5-12 cm wide. The leaf stalk joins the leaf blade away from the edge. The leaf blade is papery. Plants are separately...

  148. Cissus quadrangularis

    Edible:Leaves, Stems, Fruit, Seeds - oil A climber with a fleshy four angled stem. It grows to 3 m long. It can be 10 m long. Leaves only occur on young shoots and the rest of the plant is leafless. The plant has tendrils by which it attaches to objects. These are opposite the leaves. The inner...

  149. Clausena anisata

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Root, Spice A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-5 m high. It can reach 10 m. The trunk is 20 cm across. The trunk is straight and branches early. The crown is dense and round. The bark is greyish-brown and mottled. The leaves are alternate and compound. There are 10-17 pairs...

  150. Clerodendrum glandulosum

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers An evergreen shrub. It grows 3 m high and spreads 2 m wide. The stem is slender and erect. The crown is round. The leaves are broadly oval. They are heart shaped at the base. The flowers occur in dense heads. They are white and star shaped. They have long stamens. The fruit...

  151. Clerodendrum japonicum

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves A shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows about 2 m high. The leaves are opposite. They are 5-17 cm long by 3.5-18 cm wide. They are broadly oval. The base is heart shaped and taper towards the point. It has small rounded teeth around the edge. The flowers are...

  152. Clerodendrum paniculatum

    Edible:Leaves A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1-2 m tall. The branches can be angular and hollow. The leaves are 4-15 cm long by 7-20 cm wide or larger. They are broadly oval and can have 3-7 lobes. The base is heart shaped. There can be teeth along the edge. The flowering...

  153. Clinacanthus nutans

    Edible:Leaves, Leaves - tea A herb or shrub. It grows 1 m tall. The leaves are oval or sword shaped and 7-12 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. They are hairy when young. There can be teeth along the edge. The flowers are near the top of the plant. They are dull red with a green base. They are tube shaped...

  154. Clitoria ternatea

    Edible:Leaves, Pods, Flowers - tea, Flowers A perennial herb plant. It grows to 3-4.5 m tall and spreads to 4 m wide. The stem is slender and twines. The leaves are green and divided. They are 6-12 cm long. The 5-9 leaflets are oval. The flowers are bright purple. They are pea like and 3-5 cm...

  155. Colocasia gigantea

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Spice, Petioles, Leaf stalk, Flowers An erect herb. It is fleshy and produces latex. It grows 2 m tall. It has a tuberous underground stem. The leaves are flattened with the leaf stalk attached to the middle of the lower surface. The leaves have 2 lobes at the base. The leaf...

  156. Coriandrum sativum

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Herb, Spice, Roots, Vegetable, Flowers An annual herb up to 70 cm high. It spreads to 50 cm across. It has a fleshy taproot. The stem is erect and finely grooved. The leaves are compound, and divided along their length. The lower leaves have lobes, while the upper leaves are...

  157. Crassocephalum crepidioides

    Edible:Leaves, Tubers, Root, Vegetable, Flowers A herb. An upright, annual plant about 1 m tall. The stem is thick and soft. The leaves are alternate and 16-18 cm long. The leaves have lobes, and have teeth around the edge. Sometimes the young leaves have a purple edge. The leaves often droop. A...

  158. Crateva religiosa

    Edible:Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Fruit An evergreen or deciduous tree. It grows up to 7-15 m tall and 45 cm across the trunk. The tree spreads to 2-4 m across. The stem is erect and the bark is smooth, with branches low down. The leaves have long petioles, 2-9 cm long. The leaves are divided into 3...

  159. Crinum asiaticum

    Edible:Leaves, Caution A bulb plant. It grows 1.2 m tall. The leaves are dark green and strap like. They are 1 m long and 10 cm wide. The flowers are tube shaped and white. They are in clusters on thick succulent stems. The stamens are purple. It is a tropical plant. It suits light sandy soils....

  160. Crotalaria juncea

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers, Pods, Seeds An evergreen shrub. It grows to 2.5 m high and spreads to 2 m across. The stem is erect, with silky hairs on the branches. The plant has a strong taproot. The roots have root nodules which have branches and lobes, and are 25 mm across. The leaves are narrow,...

  161. Cyclosorus interruptus

    Edible:Heart, Fronds, Leaves, Roots A medium sized fern. It grows 0.5-1.6 m high. It forms extensive spreading patches. The rootstock is creeping and has many branches. The fronds are erect, leathery and dark green. They can be 1 m long. The segments of the fronds are lobed and sword shaped. They...

  162. Cynometra ramiflora

    Edible:Leaves A tree. It grows to 26 m high. The leaves are compound and alternate. The leaf stalks are 3-20 mm long. There are 2-4 leaflets and these are 1.2-20 cm long by 2.5-7.5 cm wide. The fruit is a brown pod. It is 3.5-4.5 mm long and 2.2-2.5 cm wide. It is warty and has one seed. A...

  163. Cyrtosperma merkusii

    Edible:Corms, Root, Leaves, Vegetable A large perennial taro family plant up to 2-3 m high, with the pointy ends to the leaf lobes. The leaves are very large, upright and with points on the bottom lobes. The leaf stalks are up to 2.5 m long and 10 cm across. The leaves are 1.5 m long. Other...

  164. Dalbergia hupeana

    Edible:Leaves, Shoots A tree. It grows up to 20 m tall. The trunk is 50 cm across. The young shoots are pale green. The leaves are 15-25 cm long. There are 7-11 leaflets. These are 4-6 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The flower panicles are 15-20 cm long by 10-20 cm wide. The flowers are 6-7 mm across....

  165. Desmodium velutinum

    Edible:Leaves A woody shrub. It grows from 0.5-2 m high. The stems are densely covered with pale hairs when young. The leaves normally have one leaflet but occasionally 3. The leaflet is 2.5-19 cm long by 1.1-13 cm wide. It is bluntly rounded at the tip. There a hairs which are more rough on top...

  166. Dracontomelon dao

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Flowers A large tree up to 50 m tall and with an umbrella shaped crown of leaves. It often has buttresses at the base. The leaves are hairy and compound with both the leaflets and leaves carried alternately. The leaves come one after the other on opposite sides and...

  167. Aglaomorpha quercifolia

    Edible:Rhizome, Root, Young fronds, Leaves A large fern which grows attached to other plants. It climbs on trees. It can be 1 m high. It forms large spreading clumps. The rootstock is thick and fleshy. There are two kinds of fronds. One forms the "nest" and these do not have a stem and the others...

  168. Duchesnea indica

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Leaves - tea A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 10 cm high and spreads 1.8 m wide. It is silky and has soft hairs. It has a rootstock that lasts from year to year and puts up slender runners. It has runners which root at the nodes and the tips forming new...

  169. Eleutherococcus trifoliatus

    Edible:Leaves, Vegetable, Roots, Leaves - tea A shrub that lies over. It can be 2-4 m tall. There are a few prickles on the branches. The leaves are compound. The leaflets spread out like fingers on a hand. There are 3 leaflets that are broadly oval and 4-10 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. There are fine...

  170. Erythrina variegata

    Edible:Seeds, Leaves, Vegetable, Pods, Flowers A deciduous tree. It grows up to 15-20 m tall and loses its leaves for part of the year. The trunk has blunt spines. The branches are spreading, crooked and armed with sharp black prickles. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are broadly oval...

  171. Euonymus japonicus

    Edible:Leaves, Caution A spreading evergreen shrub. It grows 3-3.5 m high. The leaves are dark shiny green. The flowers are pale greenish. The fruit are pink capsules opening to reveal orange seeds. It is a temperate and subtropical plant. It is grown at high altitudes in the tropics. It suits...

  172. Eurya japonica

    Edible:Leaves - tea, Leaves A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-6 m high. It spreads 2.4-6 m wide. The leaves are broadly oval. They are leathery and 3-5 cm long. They taper at both ends. There are teeth along the edges. The flowers are white or cream with pink tints. They are of one sex. The fruit...

  173. Fagopyrum dibotrys

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable, Root A erect herb. It is hairy. It grows about 1 m high. The main root is big and red and has many branch roots. The leaves are 5-11 cm long by 4.5-13 cm wide. They are triangular, or arrowhead shaped and taper to the tip. The base is heart shaped and there are...

  174. Fagopyrum esculentum

    Edible:Seeds, Leaves, Flowers An upright annual herb up to 1 m high. It spreads to 1 m across. It has angular hollow stems. These are erect and branching. Leaves are heart shaped or triangular and small. It has groups of white or pink flowers. These have a smell. They occur in clusters at the...

  175. Fragaria chiloensis

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves - tea A small herb that keeps growing from year to year. The rootstocks are stout, thick and scaly. It grows 15 cm high and spreads 50 cm across. The fruit can be red, white or yellow. The leaves are short and thick and hairy underneath. The flowers are on long slender...

  176. Ficus auriculata

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Flowers A fig. It is a small tree. It grows 5-10 m high. The trunk is 30-50 cm across but often less. The crown is broadly spreading. The trunk is usually not straight. The bark is warty and grey. Young shoots are hollow. The young shoots are reddish brown. They are 1-1.5 cm...

  177. Ficus rumphii

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable, Flowers A fig. It is a tree. It grows about 15 m tall. Usually it lives growing on and attached to other trees. The bark is grey and wrinkled when dry. The leafy growth at the base of the leaf is oval and 1.2-2.5 cm long. It leaves a scar which is easy to see. The...

  178. Ficus variegata

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Sap A fig. It is a medium sized buttressed tree up to 7-18 m high. The trunk varies in length and can be 20-30 cm across. Trees can be larger. The bark is characteristically brown and smooth. It is thick with an abundance of latex. The young shoots are pale green. The leaves...

  179. Foeniculum vulgare

    Edible:Seeds, Leaves, Bulb, Herb, Spice, Vegetable, Oil, Roots, Flowers, Tea A green leafy perennial herb. It can be 2 m high and 45 cm wide. The leaves are very fine. They have a feathery appearance. The stems are ribbed and at the bottom of the stalks there is a broad green section. When the...

  180. Ficus sycomorus

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable, Bark, Gum A fig. It is a deciduous tree. It grows to 13-25 m high and spreads to 14 m across. It has a rounded crown. The stem is erect. Sometimes the stem has buttresses. The base of the tree commonly spreads over the ground. The bark is yellowish. The leaves are...

  181. Garcinia cowa

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Spice, Seeds A tree. It grows 8-12 m tall. The trunk can be 30-50 cm across. The trunk is straight but usually with many knots. The crown is oval and the leaves are dark green. The small branches are often 4 sided. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 7-12 cm long by 3-5...

  182. Gigantochloa balui

    Edible:Shoots A bamboo. It forms dense tufts. The stems bend slightly outwards. They are 12 m long and 3-8 cm across. The internodes are 40 cm long. It is a tropical plant. It is best in rich alluvial soils. Common Names:Buluh balui, Balui, Bambu taris, Buluh abe, Phai ba lui

  183. Glebionis coronaria

    Edible:Leaves, Stems, Flowers, Seeds, Vegetable An annual herb eaten at the seedling stage when it is not more than 20 cm high. It has many branches and grows 2 m tall. Leaves are succulent with a light silvery tinge and broadly serrated edges. There are a range of variations in leaf size and...

  184. Glinus lotoides

    Edible:Shoots, Leaves, Vegetable A herb. It lays along the ground. The stem are hairy. They are 10-40 cm long. There are many branches. The leaves at the base are in a ring. These dry off. The higher leaves are 6-24 mm long by 5-15 mm wide. Several flowers occur in a group. The fruit are capsules...

  185. Glinus oppositifolius

    Edible:Leaves, Shoots, Vegetable, Flowers An annual herb. This is a small thin spreading plant. It grows 10-60 cm tall. It is smooth skinned and branched and grows each year from seed. The leaves are opposite each other and 1 to 3 cm long. Sometimes the leaves are in circles. It flowers...

  186. Gnetum gnemon

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Seeds, Nuts, Vegetable A shrub or small tree about 10 m high. It can grow to 20 m high. It normally has a cone shaped crown. The bark is greyish brown. The small branches are slender and like a vine. The leaves are produced in pairs opposite each other. They are...

  187. Gossypium barbadense

    Edible:Seeds, Leaves, Oil A shrub which keeps growing from year to year. Often it is grown as an annual. It is 1-3 m high. The stems are purplish. The leaves have 3-5 lobes. The flowers are at the ends of branches. They are yellow but change to reddish purple. They are surrounded by a bract which...

  188. Graptophyllum pictum

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers - tea An evergreen shrub 2-3 m high. The leaves are up to 15 cm long and 6 cm wide and coloured. They can be green, silver, yellow or red. The leaves have markings like writing on them. The leaves occur opposite one another. The edges of the leaves can be irregular and...

  189. Helminthostachys zeylanica

    Edible:Fronds, Leaves, Stalks, Vegetable A fern. It is erect and grows in soil. It grows 15-90 cm tall. It has a deep creeping rhizome of underground stem. There are 1-2 leaves. The leaf stalk is thick. It is 10-60 cm long. The sterile part of the leaf is divided 3 times and these each have 2-5...

  190. Hemerocallis fulva

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves, Root, Bulb, Shoots, Vegetable A herb. It grows 40-150 cm tall. Plants usually lose their leaves during the winter. The roots are fleshy with swollen tubers near the tip. There can be stolons or runners up to 30 cm long. The leaves are narrow and 50-90 cm long by 1-2.8 cm...

  191. Heteropanax fragrans

    Edible:Leaves A tree. It grows 30 m tall. The leaves have 3 to 5 leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are 50-100 cm long and the leaflets are opposite. The leaflets are narrowly oval and 6-13 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. It is a tropical plant. It grows near sea level and up to 1,000 m above sea...

  192. Hibiscus mutabilis

    Edible:Leaves, Root, Flowers, Leaves - tea A shrub which loses its leaves during the year. It grows to 3 m high and spreads to 2m across. The stem is erect and branching. The stem is covered with soft, star shaped hairs. The leaves are large and oval and divided like fingers on a hand and have...

  193. Hibiscus sabdariffa

    Edible:Calyces, Leaves, Seeds, Flowers - tea, Vegetable, Fruit A branched shrub up to 2 m high. It has reddish stems, leaves and fruit. Different types vary in their height, shape and leafiness. The leaves are 7-10 cm across and lobed. The upper leaves often have more lobes than the lower leaves....

  194. Hibiscus syriacus

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers, Leaves - tea, Seeds - oil, Flowers - tea A shrub 3-4 m high. It spreads 1.2-1.8 m wide. It loses its leaves in cooler climates. The leaves are oval with teeth around the edge. They are small and hairless. The flowers are purple with crimson centres. The flowers are bell...

  195. Homalomena occulta

    Edible:Root, Stem, Leaves A herb. It has creeping rhizomes. The end of the stem is erect and 30-50 cm tall. The leaf stalk is 25-40 cm long. The leaves are sword shaped to heart shaped and 15-30 cm long by 15-28 cm wide. There are 1-3 flowering shoots together. A tropical plant. It grows in dense...

  196. Houttuynia cordata

    Edible:Leaves, Rhizomes, Fruit, Vegetable, Roots, Plant - tea, Flowers A herb 10-30 cm tall. It climbs slightly. It has stolons and continues to grow from year to year. The leaves are alternate and oval. They narrow to the tip and are heart shaped at the base. They are 10 cm long by 6 cm wide....

  197. Hydrilla verticillata

    Edible:Leaves A plant which grows under water. The stem is much branched. It is 15-30 cm long. The leaves are carried in rings. They are light green and sword shaped. They are 1-2 cm long by 0.2-0.5 cm wide. The leaves have fine teeth along the edge. These teeth allow light through. The leaves...

  198. Hyptianthera stricta

    Edible:Leaves A shrub or small tree. It grows 2-8 m tall. The branches are flattened and angled. The leaves are oblong and 5-15 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. The flowers are small and white. The fruit are yellowish-green berries. They are 8-9 mm longb by 5-6 mm wide. It is a tropical plant. It grows in...

  199. Hyptis suaveolens

    Edible:Leaves - tea, Seeds, Leaves, Spice, Vegetable A herb which keeps growing from year to year. It grows 70 cm high. It can grow as an annual and can be 3 m high. The stems are rounded in the lower sections and 4-angled higher up. They are hollow. They are hairy. The leaves are produced...

  200. Intsia bijuga

    Edible:Seeds, Leaves A tree which grows along the foreshore. It is 30-50 m tall. The trunk can be 15 m long. It has small buttresses. The trunk can be 60-90 cm across. The bark peels off in circular flakes. The crown is spreading and leaves often fall off. The leaves are divided along the stalk....

  201. Iresine herbstii

    Edible:Leaves, Leaves - colouring, Spice, Plant - tea A perennial herb up to 1-2 m high and spreads 1.5 m across. The stem is erect and branching. It is usually dark red and has bowl shaped leaves. The leaves can be green, red, yellow or orange and with patterns of colours. The leaves are 2.5-5...

  202. Justicia gendarussa

    Edible:Leaves, Leaves - tea A shrub. It grows 1-4 m tall. It is often used as a hedge. It has purple and green smooth twigs. The leaves are sword shaped. They are 6-10 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. They are pointed at the end. The flowers are small and in 4-12 cm long spikes. The flowers occur in erect...

  203. Kaempferia galanga

    Edible:Rhizome, Root, Leaves as condiment, Spice A slow growing perennial herb. It grows 15 cm high. The rhizome has tuberous roots. They are fleshy. The rhizome is much branched crowded, tuberous and aromatic. The rhizomes are pale green or greenish white inside. The leaves have a mild smell...

  204. Kaempferia rotunda

    Edible:Leaves as condiment, Roots, Tubers, Spice A herb. It has rhizomes with tubers. There are 2-4 leaves. They are erect. The leaf stalk is 1-2 cm long. It has a channel. The leaf blade usually has a pattern of dark and light green. Underneath it is tinged with purple. The leaf blade is oblong...

  205. Kleinhovia hospita

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers, Stems, Vegetable A medium sized tree with a round dense crown and the trunk often has buttresses and suckers at the base. It can grow 3-15 m high. The young twigs are velvety. The leaves are simple, oval and alternate. They are thin and paler beneath. They are hairless but...

  206. Lablab purpureus

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Pods, Seeds, Root, Flowers, Vegetable A climbing bean which can have vines 1-5 m long. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems can be smooth or hairy. Leaves are made up of 3 almost triangular leaflets. The leaflets are 5-15 cm long and 3-14 cm wide. The side leaflets...

  207. Lactuca sativa

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable A leafy vegetable which forms a heart or clump of tightly wrapped leaves under cool temperature conditions. The leaves are often pale green. Plants are about 20 cm high. In the tropics a leafy annual grown for its succulent crisp radical leaves. The lowland species...

  208. Lagerstroemia cochinchinensis

    Edible:Leaves A tree. It grows about 20 m tall. The branches are slender. The bark is pale brown. The young shoots and small leaves are hairy. The leaves are narrowly oval and taper to the tip. The base is rounded. They are 4-11 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. The flowering panicles are near the ends of...

  209. Lagerstroemia macrocarpa

    Edible:Leaves A deciduous tree. It grows 10-13 m tall. The bark is light grey and scaly. It is deeply furrowed. The leaves are oblong and 8-15 cm long. They are leathery. The flower petals are crinkled and clawed. They are pink. The flowers are 8-10 cm wide. They are in dense short clusters. The...

  210. Lagerstroemia speciosa

    Edible:Leaves - tea, Dried fruit - tea A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk is short and twisted. The crown is dense and rounded. The brown is cream grey and peels in thin flakes. The leaves are 8-18 cm long by 5-8 cm wide. Leaves are smooth. Old leaves become orange-red. The flowers are 5-8 cm...

  211. Lantana camara

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Leaves - tea, Root - tea An evergreen shrub. It grows to 3 m high and spreads to 3 m across but under some conditions can be much more spreading and pose problems. The stem is erect and woody at the base. The stem has 4 angles and prickles which curve backwards. The leaves...

  212. Laportea interrupta

    Edible:Leaves A small herb up to 60 cm high but it can grow to 2m. It has stinging hairs. The stems are woody at the base. The leaves are alternate. They are produced on 3-7 cm long leaf stalks. The leaves are toothed at the edge. The leaves are 8-13 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. They have a papery...

  213. Lasia spinosa

    Edible:Leaves, Roots, Fruit, Flowers, Leaf stalk, Rhizome A big leafy herb. It often has a creeping rhizome. It grows to 40-120 cm high. The stems are thorny. Leaves grow out of the ground. They are sword shaped or with lobes extending three-quarters of the way to the midrib. The leaves are...

  214. Leea indica

    Edible:Leaves, Roots, Fruit, Seeds, Stems, Vegetable A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large...

  215. Lespedeza cuneata

    Edible:Leaves A small shrub up to 1 m tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. These are narrow. They are 10-25 mm long by 2-4 mm wide. There are hairs on the lower side of the leaf. There are 2-4 flowers in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are whitish-yellow with violet stripes near the base. The...

  216. Limnophila indica

    Edible:Leaves A herb which keeps growing from year to year. It grows in water. The stems can be branched. They are slender and 15-30 (-90) cm long. They can be erect or lie over. The top rises out of the water. These aerial stems have glands while the under water stems are smooth. The leaves...

  217. Liquidamber formosana

    Edible:Leaves A deciduous tree. It grows 18 m high and spreads 9 m wide. It can grow 40 m tall. The trunk is straight. The tree is broadly cone shaped. The bark is grey-white and becomes darker and cracked with age. The leaves usually have 3 lobes. The leaves are 13 cm long by 15 cm wide. The...

  218. Ludwigia adscendens

    Edible:Shoots, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaves - tea A floating herb. It floats by means of white, air filled outgrowths. It grows 0.1-1 m tall. The stems are long, creeping and fleshy. They can lie along the ground or curve upwards. The stems can be 4 m long. They are rooted in the mud and they form...

  219. Luffa acutangula

    Edible:Leaves, Fruits, Vegetable, Seeds, Seeds - oil, Flowers A herb. It is a pumpkin family plant. It is an annual climber with square stems. They have 4 to 7 branched tendrils which attach to objects helping the plant to have a climbing habit. Leaves are pale green, hairy and shallowly five...

  220. Lumnitzera racemosa

    Edible:Leaves A shrub or small tree. It grows to 4-8 m tall and spreads to 1-2 m wide Young plant parts have small hairs. The bark is rough and dark grey and has slight cracks along it. The leaves are often clustered near the ends of branches. They are arranged in spirals. The leaves are oval and...

  221. Lycopersicon esculentum

    Edible:Fruit, Spice, Vegetable, Leaves A short lived perennial plant. It is upright but with weak stems. It can grow to 2 m tall with support for the stems. The stems have long hairs. It is bad smelling. The leaves are deeply lobed with an odd number of leaflets. They have irregular teeth around...

  222. Lygodium microphyllum

    Edible:Leaves, Fronds, Shoots, Rhizomes, Root, Vegetable A climbing fern which keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1-3 m long and spreads 30-90 cm wide. It has slender twining stems. The leaf is the climbing part. The stalk branches and produces 6-10 small fronds. The leaves are smooth...

  223. Lysimachia clethroides

    Edible:Flowers, Fruit, Leaves A herb. It grows to 75-90 cm high and is 45-60 cm wide. The leaves are large and broadly sword shaped. They are 8-15 cm long. The flowers are small and white. They are in a tapering spike. It is a temperate plant. It grows in wet ravines and grassy mountain slopes...

  224. Maesa perlaria

    Edible:Leaves - tea A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-12 m tall. It is densely hairy. The leaf stalk is 10 mm long. The leaf blade is oval and 7-11 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge towards the tip. The leaf tapers to the tip. There are 7-9 side veins each side of the main...

  225. Marsilea minuta

    Edible:Fronds, Leaves, Vegetable A small fern. It grows in water or damp locations. It has creeping rhizomes. The fronds float. It has four leaflets. These are rounded or delta shaped and 1-2.5 cm long and wide. They are at the top of a slender leaf stalk. It only forms spore bodies in water. A...

  226. Marsilea quadrifolia

    Edible:Fronds, Leaves, Seeds, Leaves - tea A long crawling fern. It can float on water. It has slender creeping rhizomes. It forms roots at the nodes. The young leaves are downy but become smooth. There are 4 triangle shaped leaflets. Each one is 1-2 cm across. The stalks are slender and 15 cm...

  227. Melaleuca argentea

    Edible:Leaves - flavouring A tall spreading tree. It grows 10-20 m high. It spreads to 10-25 m wide. The branches are slender and hang downwards. The leaves are silvery-green. The bark is papery and light grey. It is soft and layered. The leaves are produced alternately. They are silvery and...

  228. Melaleuca leucadendra

    Edible:Nectar, Leaves - tea, Fruit - tea, Leaves - flavouring An evergreen tree. It grows to a height of 10-40 m and with a spread of 5-8 m. The trunk is upright and the branches hang over. The bark is pale, thick, soft and spongy. This papery bark is a distinctive feature of the tree. The leaves...

  229. Melastoma malabathricum

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Roots An evergreen shrub. It grows about 2 m high. The branches are nearly four angled. They are densely covered with scales. The leaves have stalks. The leaves are 3.5-10 cm long by 1.4-3 cm wide. They are broadly sword shaped. They have hairs on the upper surface...

  230. Melochia umbellata

    Edible:Leaves A small tree. It grows 10 m high. The leaves are 22 cm long. The leaves are hairy underneath. The flowers are pink. A tropical plant. It grows in hot places. It grows along the edges of lowland evergreen forests. Common Names:Al-abada, Betenook, Boosi, Chapak, Endilau binchil,...

  231. Mentha aquatica

    Edible:Leaves, Flavouring, Leaves - tea, Flowers - spice A small herb. It grows 90 cm high. It has a thin rhizome. It can be smooth or hairy. The leaves are 2.5-5 cm long. They have teeth around the edge. The leaves are oval or sword shaped. The flowers are at the top of the shoots. They are...

  232. Mentha canadensis

    Edible:Oil, Leaves - flavouring, Leaves, Leaves - tea A herb which keeps growing from year to year. It has rhizomes or underground stems. The above ground stems are erect and 30-60 cm high. They are hairy. There are many branches. The leaf stalk is 2-10 mm long. The leaf blade is oval to sword...

  233. Mentha piperita

    Edible:Leaves, Herb, Leaves - tea, Spice A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It can grow to 1.2 m high. The stems are slightly hairy. They are 4 sided and purple. The leaves are almost oval and 2-4 cm long. They are opposite. There are teeth towards the tip. The stalks are 3-12 mm long....

  234. Mentha rotundifolia

    Edible:Leaves - flavouring, Leaves - drink A small herb. The leaves are crinkled and can be variegated. They are like common mint except for a soft fuzzy appearance to the leaf surface. A hybrid between Mentha suaveolens and Mentha longifolia. Details and locations may be confused with Mentha...

  235. Mentha spicata

    Edible:Leaves, Herb, Vegetable, Spice, Leaves - tea A creeping leafy herb with numerous long runners. It has underground stems. It grows to 50 cm high. The leaves have a strong smell. The plant tends to be stiff and upright with long narrow pointed leaves. The leaves have short stalks. The leaves...

  236. Microlepia speluncae

    Edible:Leaves, Shoots, Vegetable, Caution A large fern. It has creeping rhizomes. These are fleshy. It grows 0.7-2 m high. It forms spreading clumps. The fronds are erect and pale green. They are 0.7-2 m long and the stalks are 30-70 cm long. They are pale brown and hairy. The frond blade is...

  237. Microsorum punctatum

    Edible:Leaves, Fronds, A leafy fern. It has a slender creeping rhizome. It is fleshy. It is covered with a dense mass of black roots. The fern grows 0.3-1.2 m high. It can grow in soil or on rocks. The fronds are narrow and pale green. They are 30-120 cm long by 4-10 cm wide. They are leathery...

  238. Trigastrotheca pentaphylla

    Edible:Leaves, Vegetable, Flowers A small annual herb. It lies along the ground or curves upwards. It is 10-20 cm high. The stems are 4 angled and branch from near the base. The leaves are wedge shaped and thick and fleshy. They can be arranged alternately, oppositely or in rings or whorls. The...

  239. Monochoria vaginalis

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers, Tubers, Vegetable, Stem, Rhizome, Root A plant which grows in water attached to the mud. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 5 cm long. The plant can grow to 35 cm tall. The lower leaf is 2.5-11 cm long by 0.4-7.5 cm wide. The leaves are sword shaped to...

  240. Nelumbo nucifera

    Edible:Seeds, Root, Tuber, Leaves, Stamens, Rhizomes, Seeds - coffee, Vegetable, Fruit, Flowers, Tea A herb which grows in water and continues growing for several years. The rootstock is under water and creeping. The leaf stalk grows 1-2 m high. The leaves can be 20-90 cm across. It has large...

  241. Nephrolepis biserrata

    Edible:Roots, Fronds, Rhizome, Vegetable, Leaves A tufted fern with slender runners. The rhizomes have scales. The fronds can be up to 2.5 m long, erect and bright green. They are divided once. It is a coarse woody fern that grows in tangled colonies. These small plants grow from the branched...

  242. Nephrolepis cordifolia

    Edible:Roots, Tubers, Fronds, Leaves, Tea A fern. It can grow in the soil or attached to other plants. It keeps growing from year to year and forms large colonies. It grows about 30-120 cm high. The roots often bear tubers. These can be 1 cm long. The stalk of the fern frond is stiff and brown...

  243. Nephrolepis hirsutula

    Edible:Shoots A coarse fern with creeping rootstocks. It keeps growing from year to year and forms dense colonies. The stem is erect producing a tuft of fronds. The stalks are 10-40 cm long and pale brown. The fronds are narrow with leaflets. The fronds are 0.3 to 1.2 m long and 8 to 15 cm wide....

  244. Neptunia oleracea

    Edible:Leaves, Pods, Leaf stalk, Stem, Vegetable A plant which grows in water. It has stalks which lie along the ground and also ones which stick upwards. The stems are up to 1.5 m long. The floating parts have spongy white balls around each internode. These only develop when plants grow in...

  245. Ocimum tenuiflorum

    Edible:Leaves for tea, Herb, Seeds, Spice, Flowers A small herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows to 70-100 cm high. It has a sprawling suckering habit. There are many branches and they are soft and pithy. It is branched. The base is woody. The leaf stalk is 1-2.5 cm long. The leaf...

  246. Oenanthe javanica

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Spice, Vegetable, Roots A herb. This plant is a hollow stemmed creeping green leafy vegetable. The stem is often up to 100 cm long and normally lies along the ground and turns up near the tip. The leaves are finely divided like carrot tops but the size, shape and colour of...

  247. Oroxylum indicum

    Edible:Seeds, Leaves, Fruit, Pod, Flowers, Stem A small non hairy slightly branched tree. It grows 5-20 m high. The trunk is straight and rough. It loses its leaves during the year. The bark is soft light brown. The leaves are opposite and 3 to 4 series of leaflets. The leaves are large and 1-2 m...

  248. Osmunda cinnamomea

    Edible:Fronds, Leaves, Vegetable A fern. The fronds grow 40-100 cm high and are 15-25 cm wide. The fronds are twice divided. The fertile and the sterile fronds are separate. The fertile fronds are erect and stout and have light brown spore bearing bodies. It is a temperate plant. It grows in wet...

  249. Pandanus odorifer

    Edible:Leaves, Spice, Fruit, Shoot, Seeds, Flower buds A screwpine or erect branched shrub 3 to 5 m high. The trunk has several prop roots. The leaves are spirally crowded towards the ends of branches and covered with waxy powder. They are up to 1.5 m long and 3 to 5 cm wide. The edge of the leaf...

  250. Pandanus tectorius

    Edible:Nuts, Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Spice An erect branched shrub 3 to 5 m high. It can be 14 m tall. The trunk has several prop roots. The stems are prickly. The leaves are spirally crowded towards the ends of branches and covered with waxy powder. They are up to 1.5 m long and 3 to 5 cm wide....

  251. Parabaena sagittata

    Edible:Leaves, Stems A vine. The stems and branches have lines along them. The leaves are broadly oval and 8-16 cm long by 6-9 cm wide. The underside of the leaves has a hairy coating. Male and female flowers are separate. The fruit is fleshy and flattened. It is 8 mm long. It is a tropical...

  252. Peperomia pellucida

    Edible:Leaves, Leaves - tea, Spice, Vegetable A herb. It grows 10-30 cm tall. It grows from seed each year. The stems are thick and rounded. They are pale green and fleshy. The leaves have stalks. These are 1-2 cm long. The leaf blades are 0.8-3.5 cm long by 0.6-2.8 cm wide. They are oval and...

  253. Persicaria chinensis

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Leaves - tea, Flowers, Fruit A herb. It is a straggling perennial weed often woody near the base and up to 2-3 m tall. It can be a climber. Branches are ridged and grooved. Leaves are alternate and have stalks. The leaves are 2.5-14 cm long by 1.3-8 cm wide. They are oblong...

  254. Persicaria hydropiper

    Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Leaves - spice, Leaves - tea An annual herb. The stems are erect and curve upwards. It can be 80-100 cm tall. The stem has many branches. It forms roots at the nodes. The nodes are enlarged and they have a red ring at the base. The leaves are alternate and narrowly sword...

  255. Petroselinum crispum

    Edible:Leaves, Herb, Spice, Vegetable, Seeds A short lived perennial plant. Often it grows and flowers over two years. It forms clumps and is a hairless plant. It has stems up to 50 cm long which are upright and with grooves. They branch. Several stems come from the top of the fattened taproot....

  256. Phaseolus coccineus

    Edible:Seeds, Pods, Leaves, Roots, Vegetable, Flowers A climbing bean. It is a robust plant and keeps growing from year to year by re-growing from the fattened root. The stems are often hairy. It grows 1.8-2.4 m high. It can spread 1.8-2.4 m wide. It twines around a trellis. The leaves are...

  257. Phaseolus lunatus

    Edible:Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Vegetable, Flowers A perennial climbing bean. It is often a tall vigorously climbing plant which can keep growing for some years. The leaves are slightly rounded at the base and pointed at the tip. The flower is white or yellow. The keel of the flower is twisted which...

  258. Phyllanthus urinaria

    Edible:Leaves, Leaves - tea A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 10-30 cm high. The leaves are simple and alternate. They are 6-12 mm long by 4-6 mm wide The male flowers are in clusters in the axils of leaves. The female flowers occur singly in the lower axils. The flowers are...

  259. Piper longum

    Edible:Fruit, Herb, Spice, Leaves A twining herb. It can be several metres long. It is creeping or climbing and forms roots below. The leaves often have small hairs. The branches are smooth. The leaves have stalks. The leaf blade is 3-12 cm long by 2-12 cm wide. They are broadly oval to heart...

  260. Pisonia umbellifera

    Edible:Leaves A shrub or small tree. It grows 5-15 m high. The trunk is 30 cm across. It is branched near the base. The leaves are alternate or opposite and in clusters. The leaf blade is oval and 6-20 cm long and 4-10 cm wide. They are soft. The leaf stalk is 2-5 cm long. The flowers are small...

  261. Pistia stratiotes

    Edible:Leaves, Vegetable, Salt A floating herb. This plant looks something like a lettuce and grows on water. The water needs to be stagnant or slow moving. The leaves are produced in a rosette. They are light green. The leaves are hairy and have 7-15 ridges. The plant sends out runners. These...

  262. Plantago asiatica

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Leaves - tea A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a large root. The plant is 20-60 cm tall. The leaves are near the base. Leaves are oval and 11-12 cm long by 4-9 cm wide. The leaves are entire but curled along the edges. The leaf stalk is as long as the leaf...

  263. Plantago major

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Leaves - tea, Roots, Vegetable A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a short, stout rootstock. It has a ring of leaves near the ground. The leaves are ribbed. They are soft and oval shaped. The leaves narrow into the stalks. The leaf stalks are fairly long and...

  264. Plectranthus amboinicus

    Edible:Leaves, Spice, Herb A small hairy rather succulent herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It is erect. It grows up to about 50 cm high. The base of the stem becomes woody when old. The fleshy leaves are in opposite pairs. They are egg shaped with teeth around the edge. The leaves are...

  265. Pluchea indica

    Edible:Leaves as condiment, Spice, Flowers, Vegetable A small shrub. It grows 1-3 m high. It has many branches from the base. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are 1-2.5 cm long by 6-8 mm wide. The flowers occur in a panicle of heads at the ends of branches. The flower heads are 3 mm...

  266. Plumbago zeylanica

    Edible:Caution - poisonous, Roots - drink, Leaves A herb. It grows as a shrub to 1-3 m tall. It can spread to 2 m wide. The branches are spreading. The stems are ribbed. The base of the leaf stalk can be ear shaped. The leaf blade is oval. It is 5-8 cm long by 2.5-4 cm wide. They can be larger or...
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  267. Polygonum aviculare

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Leaves - tea A small herb which lays along the ground. It has a long and slender but very fibrous taproot. There are many branches coming from this taproot. The branches can be upright but often lie along the ground. They can be 90-120 cm long. On young plants the lower...

  268. Polyscias fruticosa

    Edible:Leaves, Roots A tall shrub. It grows 3-5 m high and spreads 2-3 m wide. The branches are spreading. The leaves are clustered near the tips. The leaves are divided 3 times. They are 75 cm long. They sheath the stem at the base. The leaflet stalks are 25 cm long and the leaflets are 1-12 cm...

  269. Portulaca oleracea

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Herb, Spice, Vegetable, Flowers, Stems A spreading branched herb. It lies flat on the ground. It grows each year from seed. The plants spread 10 to 50 cm wide. The stems are purplish. The leaves are fleshy, flat and shaped like a wedge at the base. They are 1.5 to 2.5 cm...

  270. Prunella vulgaris

    Edible:Leaves, Leaves - tea, Flowers A creeping herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has short underground stems or rhizomes which then produce upright stems. It can be slightly hairy. The stems can be 50 cm long. They are square or flattened in cross section and purple in colour. The...

  271. Pteris ensiformis

    Edible:Leaves, Fronds A compact fern. It grows 20-30 cm high and spreads 20-30 cm wide. It has a short creeping rhizome. The fronds are triangle shaped. They are of different lengths. They can be 15-30 cm long. The leaflets at the end are compound with 4-5 pairs of side leaflets cut into 2-6 oval...

  272. Pyracantha crenulata

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves - tea An evergreen shrub. It grows to about 3 m high. It has spines. The leaves have stalks. They are crowded on short side branches. The leaves are 1.5-5.5 cm long by 0.8-1.8 cm wide. They are oblong or oval. They narrow towards the base. They are rounded teeth. The flowers...

  273. Raphanus sativus

    Edible:Roots, Leaves, Herb, Fruit, Vegetable, Flowers A cabbage family herb. It is a small quick growing plant with a thickened edible root. The leaves are divided along the middle nerve and are hairy. The end lobe is largest. The flowers are white or lilac with purple veins. The fruit is a pod....

  274. Raphanus sativus var longipinnatus

    Edible:Roots, Leaves, Vegetable A cabbage family plant like a large radish. It has a large fleshy root and deeply divided leaves. The taproot is long and white. It takes one or two years to complete its life cycle. The stems can be 20-100 cm high. The leaves near the base are long. They are...

  275. Euryale ferox

    EdibleSeeds, Roots, Rhizomes, Leaves, Flower buds, Vegetable A herb. It is a large waterlily. It re-grows each year or can last for a few years. It grows in water. The rhizomes or underground stems are erect and unbranched. The leaves which are under the water are not prickly. The leaf blade is...

  276. Vanilla pompona

    Edible : Fruit, Flavoring An orchid. It is like vanilla but has larger leaves and flowers and shorter, thicker pods. The vine has aerial roots to climb. It can be 5 m long. The leaves are fleshy and 10-30 cm long by 6-10 cm wide. The flowers are greenish-white. They are in groups in the axils of...

  277. Markhamia lutea

    Medicinal A shrub or small tree. It grows about 5-10 m tall. The trunk is 50 cm across. The young branches are finely scaly. The leaves are 20-30 cm long. The flowers are yellow with purple marks. They are 5 cm long. They are in clusters at the ends of branches. The fruit are long and narrow....
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  278. Parkia biglobosa

    Edible :Seeds, Roots, Fruit, Pods, Bark - flavouring, Vegetable, A large tree. It grows to 20 m tall. The trunk is 1 m across. The crown is spreading. The bark is scaly. The leaves are dark green and twice divided. There are 50-70 pairs of leaflets along 14-30 pairs of leaflet stalks. The flower...

  279. Quararibea funebris

    Edible :Flowers, Spice, Fruits, Leaves, An evergreen tree. It grows 15-25 m tall. The trunk can be 25 cm across. It is smooth and slightly fluted. The branches are arranged in rings and come out horizontally from the trunk. The upper half droops. The leaves are alternate, simple and entire. The...

  280. Anaphalis margaritacea

    Edible:Leaves A perennial daisy family herb. It grows 80-100 cm high and spreads 40-60 cm wide. The leaves are grey-green above and have white hairs underneath. The leaves are 7-13 cm long by 2 cm wide. The edges are wavy. The flower heads are 11 mm across. The flowers are clustered. These are 15...

  281. Combretum indicum

    Edible : Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Stems A scrambling shrub or vine. The stem is strong and woody. It branches freely. It can climb to 20 m high. The plant is erect and shrub like when young. The twigs have soft brown hairs when young. The leaves are opposite and oblong. They have heart shaped bases....

  282. Acalypha wilkesiana

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable, Leaves - tea A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters at...

  283. Agastache rugosa

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Flowers, Leaves - tea, Spice A perennial plant which grows to 1 m tall and spreads to 60 cm wide. The stems are erect. They are finely hairy. The leaves are gradually reduced upward. The leaf stalk is 1.5-3.5 cm long The leaf blade is heart shaped to oblong. It is 4.5-11 cm...

  284. Coccothrinax argentea - Silver Palm

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Cabbage, Palm heart A fan palm. The trunk is slender. It is 7 m high and 12 cm across. The upper part of the trunk is covered with woven fibres. Thecrown is sparse. It is 2 m wide and 2.6 m high. The leaf stalks are 60 cm long. The leaves are 1 m wide. The leaves are...
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  285. Agave decipiens

    Edible : Sap - drink A large plant. It has rings of leaves. The trunk is 2.5 m long. The leaves are 120 cm long. They are prickly. It is a subtropical plant. Common

  286. Aglaia odorata

    Edible:Flowers - flavouring, Leaves,Vegetable A small tree. It grows 5-8 m tall. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. There are 3-7 leaflets opposite each other and these are 1-7 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. The flowers are golden yellow. They grow in clusters along the branches. They droop and...

  287. Artemisia vulgaris

    Edible :Plant, Herb, Spice, Leaves, A shrub which continues to grow year after year. It grows to a height of 1.2 m and spreads to 1.5 m across. The underground root like structure is branched and has a nodular appearance. There are many stems. They are angular with grooves. The stems are red. The...