Resources Tagged: Starchy Staples

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  1. Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets

    Some 3 billion people in the world live outside the cash economy in the world’s poorest nations. Food security and regular supply are their daily concerns. Chronic malnutrition is a leading cause of death and disease for them. Young children are amongst the most affected. One child every 5-10...
    FPI FPS Technical Publicat... Plant Information Bamboo Vegetables Starchy Staples Legumes Legumes as Food Fruits Leafy Greens Nuts Seeds Herbs

  2. 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...
    Malanga FPI Plant Information Starchy Staples Roots Edible Leaves Vegetables Roots and Tubers

  3. 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...
    Yucca FPI Candle Yucca Starchy Staples Roots Edible Flowers Plant Information Food Plants Indigenous Food Pl...

  4. Bambusa lako - Timor Black Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. The stems can be 21 m tall. They can be 10 cm across. They are green when young and then mature to black. Theleaves are long and hang down. They can be 25 cm long.
    Timor Black Bamboo Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Plant Information FPI Starchy Staples

  5. Phyllostachys vivax - Elegant Bamboo, Vivax Bamboo, Smooth

    Edible Portion: Shoots A large bamboo. It grows 9-18 m high and spreads 6-18 m wide. The culms are 10 cm thick. They are thin walled. Theinternodes are 25-35 cm long. There are 2 or 3 leaves on the last branch. The leaf blades are 9-18 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.
    Bamboo Elegant Bamboo Sweet Bamboo Shoot Starchy Staples Vivax Bamboo Smooth FPI Plant Information

  6. Gigantochloa robusta - Mayong Bamboo

    Edible Portion:Shoots A bamboo. It grows 20-33 m high. The young shoots are brown-green and have dark brown hairs. The stems are 7-9 cmacross. There are aerial roots at the nodes. The internodes are 40 cm long. Branches
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Starchy Staples Mayong Bamboo FPI Plant Information

  7. Bambusa tuldoides - Punting Pole Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A densely tufted bamboo. The culm or stem is erect but nodding at the tip. They grow 6-10 m tall. The stems are 3-5 cm acrossat the base. The young stems are covered with white wax. The internodes are 30-36 cm long. The lowest 1 or 2 nodes have aring of grey silky hairs...
    FPI Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Punting Pole Bamboo Starchy Staples Plant Information

  8. Cephalostachyum pergracile - Tinwa Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots, Flavouring A tufted bamboo. It loses its leaves during the year. The culm or stem is erect and the tip hangs over. It grows 7-30 m high.The stem is 2.5-7.5 cm across. The wall is very thin. It is a greenish white with hairs below the nodes. The internodes are 25-40cm long....
    Cephalostachyum pe... Tinwa Bamboo Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Starchy Staples FPI Plant Information

  9. Phyllostachys nigra - Black Bamboo, Purple Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A large bamboo grass. It grows 1.5-3 m high and spreads 1.8-3 m wide. It can be 10-15 m tall and spread 6-15 m wide. It formsclumps. The canes arch over. The canes are green in the first year then turn mottled to almost black. The canes are hollow andcan be 3 cm thick. ...
    Phyllostachys nigra Black Bamboo Purple Bamboo Bamboo Starchy Staples Bamboo Sprout FPI Plant Information

  10. Phyllostachys aureosulcata - Yellow-Grove Bamboo

    Edible Poriton: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 7-9 m tall. The stems are 4 cm across. It is a running plant. The internodes are 40 cm long. There are 2 or3 leaves on the last branch.
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Starchy Staples Yellow-Grove Bamboo FPI Plant Information