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  1. Borago officinalis - Borage

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Herb, Spice, Flowers, Vegetable An annual herb. It is a sprawling plant. It can be 45-75 cm high and spread 45 cm wide. The stout stems and leaves arecovered with stiff hairs. The lower leaves are on leaf stalks that have winged extensions near their base. The upper leaves...
    Edible Leaves Herbs and Spices Edible Flowers Vegetables FPI Plant Information Borage

  2. Brosimum alicastrum - Maya Breadnut

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Fruit, Sap A large evergreen tree. It grows to 25-30 m high. It has a dense wide crown of leaves. It has narrow buttresses. The bark isgrey. The leaves are simple and dark green. They are 17 cm long by 6 cm wide. There can be teeth along the edge and oftenthe edge...
    FPI Breadnut Maya Breadnut Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Sap Plant Information

  3. Adenanthera pavonina - Bread Tree

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

  4. Calendula officinalis - Pot Marigold, English Marigold

    Edible Portion: Flowers, Leaves, Herb, Spice An bushy annual herb. It grows 30-70 cm high and 30-45 cm wide. The leaves are spoon shaped or sword shaped. The flowerheads are daisy like. They can be 10 cm across. Flowers are yellow or orange. There are cultivated varieties.
    Pot Marigold Marigold Varieties English Marigold Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Herbs and Spices FPI Plant Information

  5. Carya illinoinensis - Pecan

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

  6. Caryota mitis - Lesser Fishtail Palm, Clustered Fishtail Palm

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Cabbage, Starch, Sago, Palm heart, Sap A small slender palm and the only representative of this genus in the Philippines which sends up shoots from the base of thetrunk, forming clumps. It forms a cluster of closely spaced stems. It can be 5 m high. The trunks are 5-15 cm...
    Caryota mitis Edible Seeds Lesser Fishtail Palm Fishtail Palm Cabbage Starchy Staples Palm Heart Palm Varieties Sap FPI Plant Information

  7. Ceiba pentandra - Kapok, White Silk Cotton Tree

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Calyces, Flowers, Vegetable, Fruit, Oil A very large tree with a straight trunk and height of 30-40 m. Trees can be 60 m high and the trunk 8 m around. It has largeprickly buttresses near the base. The branches come out horizontally and there is a ring of them...
    Kapok White Silk Cotton ... FPI Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Edible Flowers Vegetables Fruits Oil Plant Information

  8. Ceiba speciosa - Silk Floss Tree

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

  9. Cinnamomum verum - Cinnamon

    Edible Portion: Bark, Spice, Leaves A large tree. It grows 10-20 m high. It keeps its leaves during the year. The trunk can be 30-60 cm across. The bark is darkbrown. The young branches can be four sided. The leaves are usually opposite. The leaf blade is oval and 11-16 cm long by4.5-5.5 cm wide....
    Cinnamon Spices Edible Leaves FPI Plant Information

  10. Coffea canephora - Coffee (Robusta)

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