Resources Tagged: Starchy Staples

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  1. Eragrostis tef - Teff

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Cereal A millet grass. It is an annual tufted grass. It grows 60-120 cm tall. It has a slender stem and long narrow smooth leaves. Theflowers occur in loose open panicles. These are 15-35 cm long. The branches are very thin and droop over. The seeds are verysmall. They are...
    Plant Information Cereals Edible Seeds FPI Starchy Staples Eragrostis tef Teff

  2. Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Elephant Foot Yam

    Edible Portion: Tuber, Roots, Corm, Leaves, Leaf Stalks, Vegetable A taro family plant but with a very divided leaf. It grows to 0.75-1 m high. It is a herbaceous plant with rough and mottled leafstalks. It has a straight stem and the leaf is divided into leaflets. The leaves can be 1 m in width....
    Yams as Food Yams Plant Information FPI Vegetables Edible Leaves Roots Tubers Elephant Foot Yam Starchy Staples

  3. Cordeauxia edulis - Yeheb Nut

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves A small evergreen shrub. It has many stems. It grows to about 1.6 m tall but can grow to 2.5 m tall in good growing conditions.It has a long tap root. The leaves are 3-5 cm long. They are divided into 4 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are oval and leathery.They are...
    Plant Information FPI Nuts Yeheb Nut Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Starchy Staples

  4. Dendrocalamus membranaceus - White Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo which forms an open clump. The culm or stem is very straight. It grows 20-24 m high. It is 6-10 cm across. It has awhite powdery covering over it when young. It turns green on maturity. The internodes are 22-38 cm long. The lower node hasaerial roots. There are...
    Plant Information FPI Starchy Staples Bamboo Sprout Bamboo White Bamboo

  5. 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.
    Plant Information FPI Yellow-Grove Bamboo Starchy Staples Bamboo Sprout Bamboo

  6. Bambusa textilis - Weaver's Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 8-10 m tall. The stems are 3-5 cm across. The tips are slightly drooping. The internodes are 40-70 cmlong. They are white and powdery when young. The leaf blades are 9-17 cm long
    Weaver's Bamboo Starchy Staples Plant Information FPI Bamboo Sprout Bamboo

  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...
    Plant Information Starchy Staples Punting Pole Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Bamboo FPI

  8. Bambusa emeiensis - Ying Yang Yellow Strip Bamboo

    Edible Portion:Flowers A bamboo. It grows 5-10 m tall. The stems are 5-8 cm across. The tips hang down. The internodes are 15-30 cm long.Branches are higher up the stem.
    Plant Information FPI Ying Yang Yellow S... Starchy Staples Bamboo Edible Flowers

  9. 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....
    Plant Information FPI Starchy Staples Bamboo Sprout Bamboo Tinwa Bamboo Cephalostachyum pe...

  10. Bambusa heterostachya - Malay Dwarf Green

    Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo.
    Plant Information Starchy Staples FPI Bamboo Sprout Bamboo Dwarf Bamboo Malay Dwarf Green