Resources Tagged: Roots

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  1. Maranta arundinacea - West Indian Arrowroot

    Edible portion : Rhizome, Root, Vegetable A perennial plant up to 2 m high with large fleshy underground rhizomes. The stem is erect. There are 4-8 leaves near the base. There are 1-8 leaves on the stem. It has large leaves on long stalks near the base. These stalks can be 3.5-20 cm long. The...
    Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Vegeables Roots Roots and Tubers Rhizobium FPI West Indian Arrowroot

  2. Psidium guajava - Guava

    Edible portion : Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, - Seeds-oil, Flowers, Roots A small tree or shrub 8-10 m high. It is evergreen. It has smooth bark which is mottled. The bark peels off in smooth flakes. The plant branches close to the ground. The branches are four angled. Trees are shallow rooted. The...
    Food Plants Edible Leaves Edible Flowers Seed Oil Edible Seeds Roots and Tubers Roots FPI Fruit Shrub Fruit Tree Guava

  3. Calathea allouia - Guinea Arrowroot

    Edible portions : Tubers, Root, Flowers, Leaves - flavour, Vegetable POW update to Goeppertia from Calathea A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1.5 m high. It has an underground rhizome or stem. There are several large leaves. The leaf is oblong and 20-60 cm long by 5-20 cm wide....
    FPI Arrowroot Vegetables Edible Flowers Eible Leaves Roots and Tubers Roots

  4. Chrysopogon zizanioides - Vetiver Grass

    Edible portion:Root - oil for flavouring A tropical grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It has stout roots. It grows 2 m high. It grows in dense tufts. The leaf blades are 90 cm long by 4-10 mm wide. The flower panicle is oblong and 13-30 cm long. It is a tropical plant. It grows in areas...
    Plant Information Grasses FPI Roots and Tubers Roots Useful Plants Vetiver Grass

  5. Yucca gloriosa - Candle Yucca

    Edible portion:Flowers, Fruit, Root, Stem A shrub. It grows 1.8-2.5 m high and spreads 1.2-1.8 m wide. The trunk is woody. The leaves form a ring at the ends of branches and are blue-green to dark green. The leaves are 60 cm long. They have spines at the tips. The flowers form a spike of...
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  6. Musa balbisiana - Lotus banana

    Edible portion : Stem, Flowers, Fruit, Buds, Seeds, Roots A large herb. It grows 3-10 m tall. It keeps growing from year to year by re-growing new stalks from the underground root stock. The leaves are green and 3 m long. The flowers are purple. The fruit are pale yellow. They are 3 sided and 8...
    Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Plant Information Roots Edible Seeds Edible Flowers FPI Banana Lotus Banana

  7. Polygonatum falcatum - Deer bamboo

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Root, Shoots A small plant that keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 1 m long. They have a red tint. The leaves are long andnarrow. The flowers are small and are carried singly.
    Deer Bamboo Plant Information FPI Roots Bamboo Sprout Bamboo

  8. Dendrocalamus strictus - Male Bamboo, Calcutta stricta

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Shoots, Cereal, Manna, Rhizaome, Root
    Calcutta stricta Male Bamboo Plant Information Manna Roots Cereal Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Bamboo FPI

  9. Arundo donax - Biblical Reed, Giant Reed

    Edible Portion: Shoots, Roots A large grass. It grows 3.7-4.5 m tall and 1.2-1.8 m wide. It forms clumps. It has rhizomes. The stems are like bamboo. They can be 6 m tall. The leaves are drooping and grey-green. They are 60 cm long. They have thick joints and slender stems. The flower plumes are...
    Plant Information FPI Roots Giant Reed Biblical Reed Bamboo Sprout Bamboo

  10. Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Chinese taro

    Edible portion : Tubers, Root, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaf Stalk, Stem A herb up to 2 m tall. It has a short stem. At the top of the stem it produces large leaves. A corm is produced at the base of the plant. It produces about 10 cormels on the underground corm. These are about 15-25 cm long and...
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