Resources Tagged: Food Plants

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  1. Traditional Food Plants of Kenya

    1999-01-01 This book lists and illustrates many traditional food plants of Kenya. Available Online
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  2. Indigenous Food Plants

    In any location, there will be some indigenous food plants. These are edible plants native to and characteristic of a region or country. Closely related are traditional foods, defined in an article in Ground Up magazine as “plants that formed the pre-colonial diet.” In Africa, such plants include...
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  3. Cornucopia: A Source Book of Edible Plants

    Key Resource 1990-01-01 Complete reference and source book of edible plants of the world, invaluable to gardeners, cooks, economic botantists and those in the specialty and gourmet foods business. Inclued 3,000 species and 7,000 varieties of food plants. More that 1300 catalog sources for seeds, plants and food products...
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  4. Food Plants of Solomon Islands / A compendium

    2010-01-01 Food Plants of the Solomon Islands is a compendium of agrobiodiversity of the wild and cultivated food plants of the Solomon Islands. It contains detailed information and colored pictures of the wild variety of edible foods in the Solomon Islands. The main focus is on the vast number of...
    Food Plants Solomon Islands Food Crops

  5. Food Plants of the South Sea Islands

    This book includes the stable food plants and supplemental food plants of the South Sea Islands.
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  6. Clausena lansium - Wampi

    Edible portions : Fruit, Leaves A small evergreen tree. It grows up to 6-10 m high. The leaves are 10-30 cm long and with leaflets along the stalk. There are 7 -15 pairs of leaflets which are 7-10 cm long. The flowers are in open flower stalk arrangements on the ends of branches. The fruit is...
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  7. Averrhoa bilimbi - Bilimbi

    Edible portion : Fruit, Flowers, Spice A small evergreen tree up to 7-10 m high. It can spread 3 m across. The stem is erect and short. Leaves are large. Leaves have from 5 to 17 or 34 pairs of leaflets. Leaves are pale green. The leaves are often clustered near the branch tips. Flowers are...
    Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Spices Edible Flowers Fruits FPI Bilimbi

  8. Terminalia catappa - Java almond, Coastal almond, Tropical almond, Sea almond, Indian almond

    Seeds Edible parts : Kernel, Nuts, Nuts-oil, Fruit A large tree up to 25-40 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The trunk can be straight or twisted. There can be buttresses up to 3 m tall. The branches lie horizontally and come out in layers. The leaves are long, smooth and shiny with...
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  9. Brief Guide for Togo

    2022-01-01 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants for healthy diets in Togo. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every...
    Food Plants West Africa Togo

  10. 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...
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