Resources Tagged: Edible Leaves

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  1. Cynara scolymus - Globe Artichoke

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable, Stems A thistle like perennial plant. It grows 1-2 m high and spreads to 1 m across. It forms a clump. It has deeply lobed leaves. Theleaves are 80 cm long. They are greyish green above. They have a woolly, white surface underneath. They do not have...
    Edible Leaves Globe Artichoke Edible Flowers Vegetables FPI Plant Information Perennials

  2. Cucurbita moschata - Pumpkin

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable, Flowers A pumpkin family plant. It is a creeping plant with long creeping stems and softly hairy but without prickly hairs. The stem arerounded or 5 angled and moderately hard. They can grow 15-20 m long. The leaves are large and shallowly lobed...
    Pumpkin Fruits Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Vegetables Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information

  3. Coccothrinax argentea - Silver Palm

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Cabbage, Palm heart A fan palm. The trunk is slender. It is 7 m high and 12 cm across. The upper part of the trunk is covered with woven fibres. Thecrown is sparse. It is 2 m wide and 2.6 m high. The leaf stalks are 60 cm long. The leaves are 1 m wide. The leaves are...
    Edible Leaves Cabbage Palm Heart FPI Plant Information Silver Palm Palm Varieties

  4. Capsicum baccatum - Peruvian Pepper

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Fruit, Spice, Vegetable A spreading shrubby plant. It grows 3 m high and spreads 1.5-2 m wide. The leaves are sword shaped and 1.5-3 cm long by 2-2.5 cm wide. The flowers are white or yellow and 1 cm across and in the axils of leaves. The fruit are small. The fruit is 8-10...
    Peruvian Pepper Peppers Edible Leaves Fruits Spices Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  5. Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra - Chinese Broccoli

    Edible Portion: Flowers, Leaves, Stems, Vegetable A cabbage plant with a single fleshy stem. Although it keeps growing from year to year it is normally grown as an annual. Itgrows 45 cm high and spreads 40 cm across. The leaves are dark green and rounded on long stems. Plants start to flowerwhen...
    Chinese Broccoli Broccoli Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  6. Aloysia triphylla - Lemon Verbena

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Herb, Flowers A shrub to 1.5-3 m high. It spreads to 3 m across. It keeps growing from year to year. It loses its leaves during the year. Theleaves are slender and green. They are 10 cm long. They smell strongly of lemon. Under the leaves there are oil glands whichgive a...
    FPI Lemon Verbena Edible Leaves Herbs Edible Flowers Plant Information

  7. Benincasa hispida - Wax Gourd

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable A climbing, pumpkin family plant. The vine can be 3 m long. The plant re-grows from seed each year. The vines are thick,furrowed and hairy. The leaves are heart shaped with 5 to 7 lobes. They are rough to touch. Flowers are yellow. The...
    Wax Gourd Gourds Fruits Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Edible Flowers Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  8. Aloe vera - Barbados Aloe

    Edible Portion: Leaf Bud, Seeds, Gel, Flowers A perennial succulent plant 80 cm high. It spreads to 1 m wide. It develops suckers. The leaves form a rosette or ring justabove the ground. They are fleshy and long. They are curved outwards or rounded underneath. They taper to a blunt point.They are...
    Aloe Vera Barbados Aloe Aloe Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information

  9. Allium schoenoprasum subsp. schoenoprasum - Siberian Chive

    Edible Portion: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Bulb An onion family plant. It is a herb. It grows 20-50 cm high. The leaves sheath the base. The bulb is oblong. The leaves arenearly round and hollow. The flowers are purple or pink and small. They are lily shaped and occur as several together is a tight...
    Chives Siberian Chives Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Roots FPI Plant Information

  10. Allium schoenoprasum - Chives

    Edible Portion: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Bulb, Herb, Spice, Vegetable An onion family plant. It is a herb which grows one year, then flowers the next. It is up to 30 cm tall. A narrow leafed onionwhich forms dense clumps. The leaves are hollow and narrow. They are 10-25 cm long by 0.1 cm in cross...
    Chives Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Roots Spices Herbs Vegetables FPI Plant Information