Resources Tagged: Plant Information

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  1. Baccaurea ramiflora - Burmese-Grape

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves, Flowers An evergreen tree. It grows 10-15 m tall. The trunk is 20-30 cm across. The branches have velvety hairs pressed against them.The leaves are broadly sword shaped and taper to a very short tip. The leaves are oval and 10-20 cm long by 4-9 cm wide. Theleaf...
    Burmese Grape Fruits Fruit Trees Edible Leaves Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information

  2. Mirabilis jalapa - Four O'Clock Plant

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Seeds - Spice, Flowers - Colouring, Vegetable, Root - Tea A bushy herb. It can grow as an annual plant but it can keep growing from year to year from the thick tuberous root. It grows to60-200 cm high and spreads to 60 cm wide. The stem is short, thick and branching. The...
    Four O'Clock Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Spices Vegetables Roots FPI Plant Information

  3. Mammea americana - Mamey, Mammea

    Edible Portion: Fruit A medium sized evergreen tree. It grows 20-25 m tall. The leaves are glossy and oval. They are 10-20 cm long by 5-10 cmwide. The leaves are thick and have many parallel veins. Trees may have male and female flowers or they can be on separatetrees. The flowers are showy and...
    Fruits Mamey Mammea FPI Plant Information Fruit Tree

  4. Dovyalis caffra - Key Apple

    Edible Portion: Fruit A spiny shrub. It grows up to 6-9 m tall. It has long straight spines on the trunk and branches. They are about 3 cm long. Thebark is white when young. The leaves are simple and carried one after another along the stem. The edges of the leaves rollback slightly. The leaves...
    Fruits Key Apple FPI Plant Information Fruit Shrub Shrubs

  5. Citrus japonica cv crassifolia - Large Round Kumquat

    Edible Portion: Fruit A shrub or small tree. It often lacks thorns. The leaves are thick and rigid and often folded lengthwise. They have many darkgreen oil glands. The leaves are small. The leaf stalks have narrow wings. The fruit are oval or almost round. The fruit is small,orange and sweet....
    Kumquat Large Round Kumquat Fruits Small Trees Shrubs Fruit Shrubs FPI Plant Information

  6. Litchi chinensis - Litchi, Lychee

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Aril A medium sized evergreen tree. It grows up to 15 m tall but can be 35 m tall. It has a dense round crown. The trunk is smoothand grey with brittle trunk and branches. The trunk can be 1 m across. Leaves are shiny and light green. The leaves arereddish when young. They...
    Litchi chinensis Fruits Litchi Lychee Fruit Tree Aril FPI Plant Information

  7. Garcinia livingstonei - African Mangosteen

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves, Gum A slow growing evergreen shrub. It can grow to 5-10 m high and spread to 5 m wide. It has a twisted trunk. Most branchescome out at right angles to the stem. The leaves are tough and leathery. They are 10-15 cm long and with white veins. Theyare glossy and dark...
    African Mangosteen Mangosteen Fruits Fruit Tree FPI Plant Information Edible Leaves

  8. Garcinia gummi-gutta

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds-Fat, Skin Rind-Spice A tree. It grows 14 m high. The leaves are sword shaped and 13 cm long. Male and female flowers are separate. Male flowersare yellow and in groups of 3-4 in the axils of leaves. The female flowers are larger and in the axils of leaves near...
    Garcinia gummi-gutta Fruits Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Spices Malabar Tamarind Tamarind FPI Plant Information

  9. Eugenia brasiliensis - Grumichama, Brazil-Cherry

    Edible Portion:Fruit A tree up to 15 m tall. It is a small compact tree. It is smaller in cooler areas (6m). The bark is grey. It has glossy leaves. Theyare opposite and oval to oblong. The leaves are 8-10 cm long and 3-5 cm wide. New leaves are a wine red colour. The leafstalks are 3-4 mm long....
    Fruits Brazil-Cherry Grumichama FPI Cherry Plant Information

  10. Dovyalis abyssinica x Dovyalis hebecarpa - Florida Gooseberry, Tropical Apricot, Florida

    Edible Portion: Fruit A natural hybrid between Diospyros abyssinica x Dovyalis hebecarpa. A large spreading shrub. It grows 7 m high. Thebranches are long and drooping. It has few thorns. The leaves are deep green and densely grouped together. They are 7.5-10cm long. The flowers are...
    Fruits Fruit Shrub Florida Florida Gooseberry Tropical Apricot FPI Plant Information