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Edible portion : Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Vegetable A low growing shrub with small red flowers. It continues to grow from year to year. It grows 0.8-2 m tall. It can grow 6 m tall. It tends to grow upright then falls over due to its weight. It branches little. Compound leaves on the sides of the...
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Edible portions: Fruit, Leaves, Flowers - pistil A deciduous shrub or vine. It can be erect or spreading. It grows 3 m high. The branches are weak and arching. The side branches end in short leafless spines. It forms suckers freely. The leaves are oval and grey-green and taper to the tip. They...
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Edible portion:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds A medium sized tree. It is thorny. It loses many of its leaves during the year. It grows up to 10-12 m high. The bark is grey, brown or pale red. Branches and the under surface of the leaves are densely hairy when young. The thorns arise from the base of the...
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Edible portion : Shoots, Leaves, Fruit A large herb. It grows 4 m tall. The flowering shoots are erect and 45 cm long. The flowers are green, yellow or orange. They have red or orange bracts around them. It is a tropical plant. It grows in the moist lowlands. Cairns Botanical Gardens.
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Edible portion: Fruit A small tree up to 5 m tall. Branches are brittle and easily broken. The leaves are dark green and shiny. They are long and have small hairs. These hairs can irritate the skin. Flowers are on short stalks and are pink to white with five petals. Flowers are mostly on old...
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Fruit Edible parts -Fruit, Kernel, Seeds, Nuts A large tree. It grows 20-45 m tall. The trunk can be 1 m across. There can be buttresses. The branches are thick. There is adense covering of leaves. The leaves are oval or sword shaped. They are towards the ends of the branches. They are arrangedin...
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Edible portion: Fruit A tree up to 8 m high. It can be 30 m high. It is evergreen and has an open crown. The branches are mostly horizontal. The leaves are oval but taper towards both ends. They can be 6-25 cm long by 2.5-8 cm wide. They are shiny and bright green. The leaves are clustered near...
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01-01-1998 This publication contains articles on ornamentals, fruits, and vegetables. It is published in English and Spanish. 493 pages, tables
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Key Resource 25-01-2008 This book is the third in a series evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes 24 little-known indigenous African cultivated and wild fruits that have potential as food- and cash-crops but are typically overlooked...
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01-01-2022 ይህ መጽሐፍ የተነደፈው በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ለተለመዱት ፍራፍሬዎች፣ ለውዝ እና ዘሮች ቀላል መግቢያ ነው። ሰዎች በእነዚህ ተክሎች ላይ የበለጠ ኩራት እና ፍላጎት እንደሚኖራቸው እና በራስ መተማመን እና እንዴት እንደሚያድጉ እና እንደሚጠቀሙባቸው እንዲያውቁ ተስፋ ይደረጋል. በእያንዳንዱ ሀገር ውስጥ የሚከሰቱ ብዙ የሀገር ውስጥ የምግብ ተክሎች በጣም ጥሩ ጥራት ያላቸው ምግቦች ናቸው. እንደ አለመታደል ሆኖ ሰዎች ብዙውን ጊዜ ባህላዊ የምግብ እፅዋትን ውድቅ ያደርጋሉ እና ብዙ...