Resources Tagged: Roots And Tubers

43 items found (Showing 31 - 40) |

  1. Helianthus tuberosus - Jerusalem Artichoke

    Edible Portion: Rhizome, Tubers, Root, Vegetable, Flowers An upright perennial plant up to 1-2 m high and a spread of 1 m. The stem is erect and unbranched. The leaves are dull greenand sword shaped. The flowers are yellow and daisy like. It produces fleshy underground stem tubers of irregular...
    Vegetables Roots and Tubers Edible Flowers Plant Information FPI Jerusalem Artichoke

  2. Equisetum arvense - Field Horsetail

    Edible Portion: Root, Tuber, Stem, Flower Bud, Vegetable A rush like plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 40-60 cm high and spreads 30-45 cm wide. The stems are inrings which are tightly packed. They are 60 cm tall. They are slightly rough and have furrows along them. There are...
    Plant Information FPI Vegetables Edible Flowers Roots and Tubers Tubers Roots Field Horsetail

  3. Dioscorea trifida - Sweet Yam

    Edible Portion: Tubers, Vegetable, Root A yam vine. The stem is square in cross section and does not have spines. The leaves are 25 cm long. They are opposite. Theleaf is divided like fingers on a hand into 3 or more segments. The male flower is on a long stalk and the female flower stalk is...
    Plant Information FPI Vegetables Tubers Roots Roots and Tubers Yams as Food Yams Sweet Yam Dioscorea trifida

  4. Dioscorea alata - Greater Yam

    Edible Portion:Tubers, Root, Vegetable, Bulbils A yam with a long angular vine. It can climb 15 m high. The stems are square and twine to the right around support sticks. Thestem does not have spines. It is often coloured green or purple. The leaves are heart shaped and borne in pairs along the...
    Plant Information FPI Roots Roots and Tubers Tubers Vegetables Starchy Staples Yams as Food Yams Greater Yam Dioscorea alata

  5. Asparagus racemosus - Climbing Asparagus

    Edible Portion:Root, Tubers, Shoots, Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaves - Tea, Flower A creeping or climbing herb or shrub. It has woody stems. It grows 2 m high. It spreads 2 m wide. The stems are slender andtrailing. The leaves are light green and narrow. They are 5 cm long. The flowers are very...
    Plant Information FPI Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Vegetables Fruits Roots and Tubers Tubers Roots

  6. Tylosema fassoglensis - Climbing Marama Bean

    EdiblePortion: Pods, Fruit, Seeds, Tubers, Root, Stems - Gum, Vegetable A trailing or climbing plant. It is evergreen and shrubby. It can be 6 m long. It has a large tuberous root. This can be to a depthof 2.5 m. Young plant parts have rusty coloured hairs. The leaves are simple and almost round...
    Plant Information FPI Vegetables Roots and Tubers Fruits Edible Pods Climbing Marama Bean

  7. Canna indica - Indian Shot

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Root, Rhizome, Tubers, Vegetable, Flowers A broad leafed plant with purple leaf sheaths. It is about 1.5 to 2.5 m high. It grows as a perennial. The stems are in clusters.The leaves are large and smooth. They are dark green but can be reddish in some varieties. The leaf...
    Plant Information FPI Edible Flowers Vegetables Rhizobium Roots and Tubers Tubers Roots Fruits Indian Shot

  8. Sphenostylis stenocarpa - African Yam Bean

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Tubers, Root, Pods, Vegetable A vigorous climbing vine. It is a herb that grows 1.5-2 m high. The leaves have 3 leaflets. They are 14 cm long and 5 cm wide. The flowers are pink, purple or greenish-white. They are 2.5 cm long. They are on stout stalks in the axils...
    Plant Information FPI Vegetables Edible Pods Roots Roots and Tubers Tubers Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Legumes as Food Legumes African Yam Bean

  9. Ipomoea batatas - Sweet Potato

    Edible Portion: Tuber, Root, Leaves, Vegetable This is a root crop which produces long creeping vines. The leaves are carried singly along the vine. Leaves can vary considerably from divided like fingers on a hand to being entire and rounded or heart shaped. At the end of the vine, trumpet shaped...
    Plant Information FPI Tubers Roots and Tubers Roots Starchy Staples Sweet Potato Vegetables Edible Leaves

  10. C- Sweet Potato Tuber Agronomy Production – Sibusisiwe Pinkson Dube

    Topics included in this presentation include: Botany Climate Requirements Soil Requirements land Preparation Land Preparation Planting Disease Control Harvesting
    Downloads Agronomy Soil Fertility Climate Factors Botany Roots and Tubers Sweet Potato