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FPI Fruits

Plant Fact Sheets about Fruits from Food Plants International.

  1. Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets

    Some 3 billion people in the world live outside the cash economy in the worldā€™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. Acrocomia aculeata - Gru-Gru Palm

    Edible Portion:Kernels, Sap, Fruit, Nuts, Seeds, Cabbage, Young Leaves, Palm Heart, Oil, A single stemmed palm. It is spiny on the trunk. It grows 12 m tall. The trunk is stout and grey. It is 30 cm across. The leaves are feather like. They are 1-2 m long. The fronds are dark green but paler...
    Acrocomia aculeata Gru-Gru Palm Palms Palm Varieties Sap Fruits Edible Seeds Nuts Edible Nuts Cabbage Edible Leaves Palm Heart Oil Plant Information FPI

  3. Abelmoschus manihot - Aibika, Edible Hibiscus

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Flower buds, Vegetable, Root, Fruit, Pods A branched shrub up to 2 m or more high. It has rounded twigs which are green and smooth. The leaves are simple, smoothand with 3 to 5 lobes. The leaves are large and can vary in shape. Normally the leaves are very dark green, but...
    Abelmoschus manihot Aibika Edible Hibiscus Hibiscus Edible Flowers Fruits Edible Leaves Roots FPI Plant Information

  4. Agave americana - Agave

    Edible Portion:Flower Stalk, Seeds, Shoots, Drink, Sap, Pith, Vegetable A perennial plant up to 7.5 m tall and 2.5 m wide. It does not have a trunk and has suckers. The plants have a very sharp and tough spine at the tip of each leaf. The leaves are grey-green and occur in rings at the base....
    Agave Edible Flowers Edible Seeds Sap Vegetables Perennials

  5. Argemone mexicana - Mexican Poppy

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Caution, Vegetable, Seed, Stem A spreading clump forming annual herb. It grows up to 1 m high and spreads to 30-40 cm across. The leaves do not have leafstalks. The leaves have a green and white pattern. The leaves have deep irregular teeth along the edge. The flower has a...
    Mexican Poppy Edible Leaves Caution Vegetables Edible Seeds FPI Plant Information

  6. Ananas comosus - Pineapple

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Shoots, Vegetable A perennial herb with a rosette of long, thick, spiky leaves up to 1 m high & spreading 1-1.5 m. The leaves are arranged inspirals. Some kinds have thorns along the edges of the leaves. The plant produces suckers both near the base of the stem andalso...
    Pineapple Ananas comosusĀ L Herbs Fruits Vegetables FPI Plant Information Perennial Herb

  7. Annona muricata - Soursop

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable It is a low bushy tree 8-10 m high. The leaves are long (14 cm) and narrow (4 cm). The leaves are thick and slightly shiny ontop. The flowers are large (2-3 cm), rounded and produced on short stems on the branches. They occur singly, or in groups ofthree....
    Annona muricata Soursop Annona Fruits Edible Leaves Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  8. Annona reticulata - Bullocks Heart

    Edible Portion:Fruit A small tree up to 7.5 m tall. It has several branches near the base. Trees loose their leaves at some times of the year. Newshoots have short brown hairs but older wood is smooth and shiny. The leaves are long and spear shaped with short leaf stalks.Around the edge of the...
    Bullock's Heart Annona Fruits Fruit Trees FPI Plant Information Custard Apple

  9. Annona squamosa - Sweetsop

    Edible Portion: Fruit A bushy deciduous tree up to 6 m high. It has irregular spreading branches. The leaves are oblong and narrow, often 12 cmlong by 4 cm wide. The leaves have fine hairs underneath. The leaves are dull green and smell when crushed. The flowersdroop or hang from branches either...
    Annona squamosa Sweetsop Sugar Apple Fruit Tree Atemoya FPI Plant Information

  10. Artocarpus altilis - Breadfruit

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable A large tree up to 20-26 m in height. The trunk can be 6 m tall before branching. The trunk can be up to 1 m across. It is an evergreen tree but can lose its leaves in dry weather. The leaves are large and vary in the amount the leaves are...
    Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit Bael Fruits Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Edible Flowers Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  11. Artocarpus heterophyllus

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable An evergreen tree up to 20 m tall and in the breadfruit family. Trees form many branches but have one or two main trunks. The bark is smooth and dark green. Leaves of young trees have 1 or 2 lobes but mature leaves are long (15 cm) and...
    Artocarpus heterop... Jackfruit Fruits Fruit Trees Edible Leaves Edible Flowers Vegetabes FPI Plant Information

  12. Attalea crassispatha - Carossier

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Fruit A tall palm. It grows 20 m high. The trunk can be 25-35 cm wide. The crown is nearly rounded. There are 15-19 leaves. Theleaves are 3.1-4 m long. There are regularly spaced leaflets. They grow in a single flat plane. The flowering stalk is borneamong the leaves. They...
    Fruits Carossier Edible Seeds Palms Palm Varieties FPI Plant Information

  13. Averrhoa carambola - Carambola

    Edible Porion: Fruit, Flowers, Leaves, Spice A small evergreen tree up to 6-12 m high. The trunk of the tree is short and crooked and has branches near the base. The barkis smooth and dark grey. A leaf is made up of 2 to 11 leaflets with a leaflet at the end. The leaves are darker and more shiny...
    Averrhoa carambola Carambola Fruits Fruit Trees Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Spices FPI Plant Information

  14. Bactris plumeriana - Coco Macaco

    Edible Portion: Fruit A palm which forms clusters. The trunks are 8-10 m high and 12 cm across. The stems are dark. There are dark rings of longblack spines. There are 7-12 leaves. The leaves are 2.6 m long. They are covered with black spines. The spines on the leafstalk are in 3 rows. There are...
    Fruits Fruit Trees Palms Palm Varieties Coco Macaco FPI Plant Information

  15. Blighia sapida - Akee

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Aril, Flowers - flavour, Caution, Leaves A small evergreen tree up to 9-13-20 m tall. It spreads to 3 m across. The stem is erect and branching. It has a spreading,open-textured crown. The leaves are dark green with 6, 8 or 10 curved leaflets. The flowers are greenish white...
    Fruits Fruit Trees Akee Aril Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Caution FPI Plant Information

  16. Brassica napus - Canola

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Oil, Seeds, Flowers A cabbage family herb. It is an annual plant. It grows 1.5 m tall. It usually has a strong taproot. The stem is erect. The leaveshave blue-green colour. The lower leaves have leaf stalks. The leaf blade is 5-20 cm long. The veins have some bristles. The...
    Brassica Canola Oil Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information Annuals

  17. Calyptronoma plumeriana - Manaca

    Edible Poriton: Male flowers A solitary palm. It grows 4-10 m high. The trunks are 10-20 cm across. There are 12-16 leaves. The leaves have leaflets alongthe stalk. These are regularly arranged and spread in the same plane. Both male and female flowers occur on the one plant.The flowering stalks...
    Fruits Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information Manaca Palms Palm Varieties

  18. Chrysophyllum cainito - Star Apple

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds An evergreen tree up to 12-25 m high. It spreads 4-8 m across. The stem is erect but the branches hang down. Leaves aresmall, hairy, shiny and dark green on top and red/yellow underneath. Young parts of the plant are hairy, with soft silky rustcoloured hairs. The...
    Star Apple Fruits Fruit Trees FPI Plant Information Edible Seeds Caimito

  19. Citrus limon - Lemon

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Herb, Spice, Flowers A small evergreen tree with short spines. It grows to 7 m high and spreads to 3 m across. It branches freely. Young branchesare often reddish. Leaves are about 5-12 cm long. They are green and drawn out to a point, with notched edges. The leaf stalkis...
    Lemon Citrus Trees Fruits Fruit Trees Herbs Herbs and Spices Edible Flowers

  20. Citrofortunella sp. x Fortunella crassifolia - Orangequats

    Edible Portion:Fruit An artificial hybrid plant between a kumquat and a mandarin. The fruit tastes like a kumquat.
    Hybrid Orangequats FPI Plant Information Fruits Fruit Trees

  21. Citrullus lanatus - Watermelon

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Vegetable An annual climber with deeply divided leaves and tendrils along the vine. It trails over the ground and has hairy, angular stems.The leaves are on long leaf stalks. The leaves are deeply divided along their length. These lobe are rounded and can...
    Citrullus lanatus Watermelon Fruits Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  22. Citrus aurantium - Seville Orange

    Edible Portion: Leaves - Tea, Herb, Spice An evergreen tree up to 10-15 m high and with slender thorns. It spreads to 5 m across. The stem is stout and erect. It iscovered with smooth greyish-brown bark. The leaf stalks have broad wings. The leaves are glossy green, oval and 10 cm long.The leaves...
    Orange Seville Orange Edible Leaves Herbs Spices

  23. Citrus japonica cv crassifolia - Large Round Kumquat

    Edible Portion: Fruit A shrub or small tree. It often lacks thorns. The leaves are thick and rigid and often folded lengthwise. They have many darkgreen oil glands. The leaves are small. The leaf stalks have narrow wings. The fruit are oval or almost round. The fruit is small,orange and sweet....
    Kumquat Large Round Kumquat Fruits Small Trees Shrubs Fruit Shrubs FPI Plant Information

  24. Citrus japonica cv japonica - Kumquat, Round Kumquat

    Edible Portion:Fruit A small evergreen tree. It is thorny. It grows to about 4 m high. The leaves are simple and entire. They are up to 7 cm long.They have blunt tips. They are leathery. The flowers are white. The fruit are 3 cm across. They are smooth and shiny. Theyare divided into 4-7...
    Kumquat Round Kumquat Fruits Fruit Trees FPI Plant Information

  25. Citrus japonica cv margarita - Kumquat, Oval Kumquat

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Herb, Flavouring, Peel An evergreen shrub up to 4 m high. It spreads to 2 m across. The stem is slender and branching. It has a rounded crown. Ithas spiny branches and shiny oval leaves with pointed tips. The leaves are leathery. Flowers are white with 5 petals. Theyoccur...
    Kumquat Oval Kumquat Fruits Herbs Fruit Shrub FPI Plant Information

  26. Citrus latifolia - Bears' Lime, Tahitian Lime, Persian

    Edible Portion: Fruit A small evergreen tree. It is almost thornless. It grows 1.8-4.5 m high. The branches droop. The leaves have broad, flat-wingedleaf stalks. Young leaves are mauve. The flowers have a purple tinge and have a scent. They occur throughout the year. Thefruit is medium sized,...
    Lime Fruits Bear's Lime Tahitian Lime Persian Fruit Tree Small Trees

  27. Citrus medica - Citron

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Herb, Spice, Leaves A small evergreen tree. It grows up to 3-5 m high and spreads to 2 m across. The stem is stout, erect and thorny. The leavesare green and 20 cm x 10 cm. The tree has fat spines. The leaves have teeth along the edge. The leaf stalk does not havewings. The...
    FPI Citron Fruits Herbs Spices Edible Leaves Fruits Herbs Fruit Trees

  28. Citrus maxima - Pomelo

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves - Flavouring A spreading, spiny tree. It grows up to 15 m high. It is dome shaped. The leaves are very large. They are glossy and oval anddowny underneath. The leaf stalks have broad wings. Young shoots and stems have fine hairs on them. Flowers are large (2cm) and...
    Pomelo Pummelo Fruits Edible Leaves Fruit Trees FPI Plant Information

  29. Citrus sinensis - Orange

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Herb, Fruit Skin, Spice, Flowers An evergreen tree up to 8-10 m high. It spreads to 4 m across. The stem is short, stout and spiny. It has a dense, roundedcrown. The leaves are dark green, sword shaped and tapering towards the tip. They are 5-15 cm long. The leaves have a...
    Oranges Fruits Herbs Spices Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information

  30. Coccinia grandis - Ivy Gourd

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Fruit, Tubers, Root, Vegetable, Seeds A pumpkin family plant. It is a climbing or trailing herb. It can climb 20 m high. It has single tendrils. It has long tuberous roots.The leaves are heart shaped, with the lobes towards the base in an angular shape. The leaves are 5-10...
    Ivy Gourd Gourds Edible Leaves Fruits Tubers Vegetables Edible Seeds Herbs

  31. Cocos nucifera - Coconut

    Edible Portion: Nuts, Sap, Cabbage, Nuts milk, Apple, Palm heart, Flowers A palm with an unbranched trunk. The trunk has ring-like leaf scars along it. At the base it is swollen and surrounded by a massof roots. They grow to about 25 m tall. Dwarf varieties have been produced. The fronds are 2-6...
    Coconuts Cocos nuficera Nuts Sap Cabbage Palm Heart Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information

  32. Cyphomandra betacea - Tree Tomato

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Vegetable This is a small fruit tree or shrub in the tomato and tobacco family. It grows as a shrub with soft wood and it grows up to 4 m high. The stem is 5-10 cm across. It is brittle and shallow rooted. The leaves are large (25 cm x 12 cm) and soft. They are heart...
    Tree Tomato Cyphomandra betacea Fruits Edible Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes FPI Plant Information

  33. Dimocarpus longan - Longan

    Edible portion: Fruit, Leaves - Tea, Seeds A tree up to 12-40 m high with a low trunk and spreading branches. The tree has a rounded crown. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. The trunk can be 80 cm across. There can be buttresses 2 m tall. The bark is corky. The twigs have 5 faint grooves....
    Longan Fruits FPI Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Plant Information

  34. Diospyros virginiana - American Persimmon

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves - Tea, Seeds - Coffee A medium sized deciduous tree. It can be 30 m tall. In cultivation it is often only 6-9 m high. The bark is dark brown to black. Itcracks into small squares. The leaves are alternate. The leaves are oval and 12 cm long by 7.5 cm across. They are...
    American Persimmon Persimmon FPI Fruits Plant Information Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Fruit Trees

  35. Dovyalis abyssinica - Dovyalis (Abyssinian), African Gooseberry

    Edible Portion: Fruit A medium sized shrub. It grows up to 10 m tall. It has many branches. The trunk is up to 20 cm thick. Young branches canhave spines. The bark is grey brown. There are many raised lenticels. The leaves are oval and slender. They are 2.5-9 cmlong by 2-5 cm wide. The edges of...
    Dovyalis Abyssinian African Gooseberry Fruits Fruit Shrub Shrubs FPI Plant Information

  36. Dovyalis abyssinica x Dovyalis hebecarpa - Florida Gooseberry, Tropical Apricot, Florida

    Edible Portion: Fruit A natural hybrid between Diospyros abyssinica x Dovyalis hebecarpa. A large spreading shrub. It grows 7 m high. Thebranches are long and drooping. It has few thorns. The leaves are deep green and densely grouped together. They are 7.5-10cm long. The flowers are...
    Fruits Fruit Shrub Florida Florida Gooseberry Tropical Apricot FPI Plant Information

  37. Dovyalis caffra - Key Apple

    Edible Portion: Fruit A spiny shrub. It grows up to 6-9 m tall. It has long straight spines on the trunk and branches. They are about 3 cm long. Thebark is white when young. The leaves are simple and carried one after another along the stem. The edges of the leaves rollback slightly. The leaves...
    Fruits Key Apple FPI Plant Information Fruit Shrub Shrubs

  38. Enterolobium cyclocarpum - Earpod Tree, Mexican Walnut Tree, Pitchwood

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Pods, Fruit, Vegetable A deciduous tree. It grows up to 30 m high. It has a large stocky trunk. It has small buttresses. The branches are heavy. Theleaves are twice divided and feather like. They are deep green and there are 24 pairs of small leaflets and 50 larger...
    Fruits Vegetables Earpod Tree Mexican Walnut Tree Pitchwood Edible Pods Edible Seeds FPI Plant Information

  39. Eriobotrya japonica - Loquat

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Seeds - coffee A small evergreen tree up to 6-10 m high. It has a round crown. Leaves are large and strongly ribbed. They are 12-30 cm long and 8-10 cm wide. They are dark green and glossy on the upper surface and woolly white underneath. They are leathery with slight teeth....
    Loquat Fruits Edible Seeds FPI JCC Fruit Trees Plant Information

  40. Eugenia brasiliensis - Grumichama, Brazil-Cherry

    Edible Portion:Fruit A tree up to 15 m tall. It is a small compact tree. It is smaller in cooler areas (6m). The bark is grey. It has glossy leaves. Theyare opposite and oval to oblong. The leaves are 8-10 cm long and 3-5 cm wide. New leaves are a wine red colour. The leafstalks are 3-4 mm long....
    Fruits Brazil-Cherry Grumichama FPI Cherry Plant Information

  41. Eugenia luschnathiana - Pitomb

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds A tree. It grows up to 9 m tall and spreading about 5 m wide. The bark is mottled brown. It has glossy leaves. They are darkgreen above and pale green underneath. It is evergreen. The fruit are yellow and about 2.5 cm long. They contain 1 to 4 seeds.They have a rose...
    Fruit Tree Fruits Pitomb FPI Plant Information

  42. Ficus lacor - Cunninghamā€™s Fig, Elephant Fig

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Fruit, Buds A fig. It is an evergreen tree. It can grow attached to other trees. It grows to 20 m high. The trunk can be 20-40 cm across.The branches droop. The bark is brownish grey. The leaves are oval narrowing to the tip. They are slightly crinkled. They are 7-18 cm...
    Ficus lacor Cunningham's Fig Elephant Fig Fig Edible Leaves Fruits Edible Flowers

  43. Flacourtia indica - Governorā€™s plum

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Vegetable, Tea A shrub or small tree. It grows 5-15 m high. The trunk is crooked and low branched and armed with scattered slender spines. The leaves are alternate, pointed at the base and rounded at the tip. The edges of the leaves toothed with rounded lobes. Leaves are...
    Governor's Plum Plum Fruits Fruit Tree FPI Plant Information

  44. Garcinia gummi-gutta

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds-Fat, Skin Rind-Spice A tree. It grows 14 m high. The leaves are sword shaped and 13 cm long. Male and female flowers are separate. Male flowersare yellow and in groups of 3-4 in the axils of leaves. The female flowers are larger and in the axils of leaves near...
    Garcinia gummi-gutta Fruits Edible Leaves Edible Seeds Spices Malabar Tamarind Tamarind FPI Plant Information

  45. Garcinia livingstonei - African Mangosteen

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves, Gum A slow growing evergreen shrub. It can grow to 5-10 m high and spread to 5 m wide. It has a twisted trunk. Most branchescome out at right angles to the stem. The leaves are tough and leathery. They are 10-15 cm long and with white veins. Theyare glossy and dark...
    African Mangosteen Mangosteen Fruits Fruit Tree FPI Plant Information Edible Leaves

  46. Selenicereus undatus - Dragon Fruit

    Edible Poriton: Fruit, Seeds, Flowers, Vegetable, Stems A cactus which climbs. It has triangular stalks. Stalks can be 7 m long. It grows in soil and on rotting plant material. It has aerialroots enabling it to climb. The stems have joints and branched. The spine spots are spaced along the edge...
    Hylocereus undatus Fruits Edible Seeds Edible Flowers Vegetables Dragon Fruit FPI Plant Information

  47. Inga edulis - Ice-Cream Bean

    Edible Portion: Pod Pulp, Fruit, Aril A medium to large tree. It can be 10-20 m high. The trunk is 35-40 cm wide. The leaves are compound. They are 10-25 cm cmlong. There are 4-6 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are near the ends of branches. The fruit is a long pod. It can be 1 m long and2.5-3 cm...
    Ice Cream Bean Pod Pulp Fruits Aril FPI Plant Information

  48. Kigelia africana - Sausage Tree

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Fruit, Bark, Flowers It is a tree which loses many leaves during the year. It grows 9-18 m high. The crown is rounded. The trunk is short and straightand about 80 cm across. It often branches from the base. The branches spread out and the secondary branches hang down.The...
    Sausage Tree Edible Seeds Fruits Edible Flowers FPI Vegetables Plant Information

  49. Litchi chinensis - Litchi, Lychee

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Aril A medium sized evergreen tree. It grows up to 15 m tall but can be 35 m tall. It has a dense round crown. The trunk is smoothand grey with brittle trunk and branches. The trunk can be 1 m across. Leaves are shiny and light green. The leaves arereddish when young. They...
    Litchi chinensis Fruits Litchi Lychee Fruit Tree Aril FPI Plant Information

  50. Mammea americana - Mamey, Mammea

    Edible Portion: Fruit A medium sized evergreen tree. It grows 20-25 m tall. The leaves are glossy and oval. They are 10-20 cm long by 5-10 cmwide. The leaves are thick and have many parallel veins. Trees may have male and female flowers or they can be on separatetrees. The flowers are showy and...
    Fruits Mamey Mammea FPI Plant Information Fruit Tree

  51. Momordica cochinchinensis - Gac

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Vegetable, Fruit, Spice A pumpkin family plant. It is a coarse vine up to 15 m long. It keeps growing from year to year. It has tuberous roots. It climbs by means of tendrils. It is slightly hairy. The leaves are 8 to 18 cm long, and 8-20 cm across and deeply 3 lobed and...
    Gac FPI Edible Leaves Vegetables Fruits Spices Plant Information

  52. Monstera deliciosa - Ceriman, Monsteria

    Edible Portion: Fruit A woody climber with large leaves with natural holes. It attaches itself to trees by roots at the nodes and climbs up to 15-20 mhigh. The stem is stout and crooked. The have a few branches. The leaves are glossy green. The leaves are divided aroundthe edge. The leaves are...
    Monstera deliciosa Ceriman Monstera Fruits FPI Plant Information

  53. Morus nigra - Persian Mulberry, Black Mulberry

    Edible Portion:Fruit, leaves A deciduous tree. It is a medium sized tree which grows 10-12 m high. The trunk is short and then branches widely. It has anextensive root system. The bark is dark brown. The young branches are hairy. The leaf stalk is 1.5-2.5 cm long. The leaf bladeis oval and 6-12...
    Morus nigra Fruits Edible Leaves FPI Plant Information Persian Mulberry Mulberry Black Mulberry

  54. Murraya koenigii - Curry Leaf Tree

    Edible Portion:Leaves, Fruit, Herb, Spice, Vegetable, Flowers A shrub 1-2 m high. It can grow 4-10 m high. It loses its leaves during the year. The trunk is slender and flexible. The leaveshave stalks. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. These are alternate and have stalks. There are 11-15...
    Edible Leaves Fruits Herbs and Spices Vegetables Edible Flowers Curry Leaf Tree FPI Plant Information

  55. Murraya paniculata - Orange Jessamine, Satinwood Tree

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Flowers, Leaves, Spice A shrub or small evergreen tree. It grows to 5 m high and spreads to 3 m across. The branches are grey and slender. Theleaves are alternate and scattered. The leaves are compound with 2-8 leaflets. Leaves are 8 to 15 cm long and smooth. Theleaflets...
    Murraya Paniculata FPI Fruits Orange Jessamine Satinwood Tree Edible Flowers Edible Leaves Spices Plant Information

  56. Myrciaria glomerata - Cabelluda, Cabelludo

    Edible Portion:Fruit A shrub or small tree. It grows 8 m tall. It can have several thin trunks. The fruit are small and yellow with a sweet pulp. Theyare 2 cm across. They have 2 seeds.
    Fruits Cabelluda Cabelludo FPI Plant Information Shrubs Small Trees

  57. Olea europaea - Olive

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Herb, Spice, Manna, Leaves, Oil A medium sized evergreen tree. It grows to 16 m high and can spread to 10 m wide. The trunk is often gnarled and twisted. Theleaves are greyish-green. They are feather shaped and grow opposite each other. Leaves are replaced every two or...
    Fruits Olive Trees Olives FPI Plant Information Edible Leaves Oil Herbs Herbs and Spices

  58. Opuntia ficus-indica - Sweet Prickly Pear, Indian Fig

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Stems, Vegetable A tree like cactus. It grows to 2-5 m tall. It has many branches. It is spreading and bluish-green. It has succulent pads. Thejoints are 20-40 cm long by 10-20 cm wide. The spines are 2-3 cm long. Spineless kinds also occur. The flowers are large and...
    Edible Seeds Fruits Vegetables Sweet Prickly Pear Indian Fig FPI Plant Information

  59. Passiflora tarminiana - Banana Passion Flower

    Edible Portion: Fruit The flowers are large and pink and hang down. The fruit are banana like. It is a temperate plant. Tasmania Herbarium
    Passiflora tarminiana Banana Passionfruit Fruits FPI Plant Information Temperate Plant

  60. Persea americana - Avocado, West Indian Avocado

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Vegetable A small to medium sized tree. It grows 8-10 m high. Trees can grow to 25 m high. The leaf stalk is 1.5-5 cm long. Leaves areentire, oval and 5-40 cm long. Flowers are greenish, small and on the ends of branches. Clusters of flowers may contain 200-300 flowers....
    Persea americana Vegetables Fruits FPI Plant Information Avocado West Indian Avocado

  61. Phoenix dactylifera - Date Palm

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Cabbage, Sap, Palm Heart, Flowers, Nuts-Oil A tall unbranched evergreen palm. It grows to 30 m high. The trunk can be 30-40 cm across. The trunk is covered with fibresand has the bases of old leaves along it. It produces suckers on the trunk and at the base. The fronds are...
    Phoenix dactylifera Fruits Cabbage Palm Heart Nuts Edible Nuts Date Palm Palm Varieties FPI Plant Information Sap

  62. Pimenta dioica - Allspice Tree, Pimento

    Edible parts -Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Spice, Herb, Leaves - tea A medium sized tree. It grows 13-15 m tall. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. The bark is silver grey and has an aroma. Itpeels off in long strips. The wood is hard, durable and close grained. The leaves are dark green, shiny...
    Allspice Herbs and Spices Fruits Edible Seeds Pimento Fruit Trees Edible Leaves FPI Plant Information

  63. Phoenix reclinata - Senegal Date Palm

    Edible Portion: Cabbage, Fruit, Sap, Seeds - Coffee, Palm Heart, Vegetable, Bud A palm. It can be a stemless suckering bush or have a ring of suckers around the base. It often grows 3-6 m high but can be 10-25 m high. It can also be a many stemmed clump. The old stems hang over then curve upwards...
    Date Palm Senegal Date Palm Cabbage Fruits FPI Edible Seeds Palm Heart Vegetables Edible Flowers Plant Information

  64. Phoenix sylvestris - India Date, Silver Date Palm

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Sap, Cabbage, Inner Stem, Shoots, Palm Heart A tall palm. It is unbranched up to 15 m high. The trunk is rough with persistent leaf bases. The trunk is 60-75 cm across. Thecrown is thick and half rounded to rounded. The leaves are grey-green or covered with a waxy layer....
    Palm Varieties Palm Heart India Date Palm Silver Date Palm Date Palm FPI Fruits Sap Cabbage Plant Information

  65. Phyllanthus acidus - Grosella, Otaheite Gooseberry

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable A medium sized tree. It grows up to 2-10 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are smooth and 20-40 cm longand divided. The leaflets are light green and rounded at the base and pointed at the tip. The leaflets are alternate and pointed at...
    Fruits Edible Leaves Vegetables FPI Plant Information Grosella Otaheite Goosebrry

  66. Plumeria alba - White Champa, White Frangipani

    Edible Portion: Flowers, Fruit A shrub 2-8 m tall. It has milky latex. The leaves are heavy with deep veins. They roll inwards. The flowers are large and white.They are fragrant.
    Shrubs Edible Flowers Fruits White Champa White Frangipani Small Trees FPI Plant Information

  67. Phoenix roebelenii - Dwarf Date Palm, Pygmy Date Palm, Roebelen Date, Roebelin Palm,

    Edible Portion: Fruit A small palm. The trunk is slender and it grows about 2 m tall. It has a single trunk but forms clusters in the wild. The trunk is 10cm across. It is covered with old leaf bases. The fronds are dark green and arch over. They form a feathery crown. The lowerones hang down....
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  68. Pouteria lucuma - Lucmo, Lucuma, Eggfruit

    Edible Portion: Fruit A medium sized tree 8-17 m high. It can spread 6-10 m across. It has many branches. The leaves are alternate. They areoblong or sword shaped. They are 25 cm long by 10 cm across. The fruit are round or oval and green. The pulp is bright yellow.There are some named cultivated...
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  69. Pouteria sapota - Sapote, Mamey sapote

    Fruit Edible parts -Fruit, Kernel, Seeds, Nuts A large tree. It grows 20-45 m tall. The trunk can be 1 m across. There can be buttresses. The branches are thick. There is adense covering of leaves. The leaves are oval or sword shaped. They are towards the ends of the branches. They are arrangedin...
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  70. Plumeria rubra - Plumeria Rubra

    Edible Portion: Flowers, Flowers - Tea, Fruit, Seeds A deciduous shrub or small tree. It grows 2-8 m tall. It has an irregular shape. The leaves fall off during the year. The leavesgrow in spirals at the tips of the branches. They are smooth and broadly sword shaped and taper to both ends. The...
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  71. Prunus avium - Sweet Cherry, Bird Cherry, Wild Cherry

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves - flavouring, Sap A medium sized tree. It grows to 10-20 m high. It is spreading and loses its leaves during the year. The bark is silver grey andpeels in circular strips. The leaves are alternate. The leaves are bronze when they open, turn dark green then...
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  72. Psidium friedrichsthalianum - Costa Rica Guava

    Edible Portion:Fruit A small tree. It grows 3-4 m tall. The branches are angular and hairy. They are reddish. The leaves are papery and 4-10 cmlong. There are 8 pairs of secondary veins. The flowers occur singly. They are white and have a scent. The fruit are a mediumsize and yellow with soft...
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  73. Sclerocarya birrea - Ethiopian Marvola Nut, Maroola Plum, Marula

    Edible Portion: Kernels, Fruit, Nuts, Vegetable, Leaves, Seed, Seeds - oil A shrub or tree. It grows 9 m high and spreads 6 m wide. It can be 15 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The crown isdense and rounded. The bark is grey and finely cracked. The leaves have leaflets along the...
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  74. Swietenia mahogani - Cuban Mahogany

    Edible Portion: Fruit An evergreen tree. Sometimes it loses its leaves for a short period. It can grow 30 m high. The trunk branches at the top. Theleaves are long and divided into leaflets along the stalk. There are 4-5 oval leaflets which taper to the tip. The flowers are smalland yellow-white....
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  75. Serenoa repens - Saw Palmetto, Silver Saw Palmetto

    Edible Portion: Nuts, Cabbage, Fruit, Palm Heart A fan palm with a short trunk. Sometimes it is creeping or underground. It forms clumps and is prickly. The trunks are slim andcan be 3-6 m high. They are covered with fibres and leaf bases. The trunks can form branches, especially if the tip is...
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  76. Spondias dulcis - Golden Apple

    Edible Poriton:Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable Often a Golden apple tree grows to a large tree which can be up to 30 m high but is more often 15 m high in cultivation. It has atrunk 60 cm across which can have buttresses. The bark on the trunk of the tree is fairly smooth. The twigs break off easily.The...
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  77. Spondias mombin - Mombin

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves A medium sized tree. It grows 20-30 m high. The trunk can be 0.5-2 m across. Branches start after 10-15 m. They arewidespread and sparse. The leaves are compound. They have leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are in pairs with a leaflet atthe end. There are...
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  78. Spondias purpurea - Purple Mombin

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Nuts, Root A medium sized tree. It grows 4-10 m high. It has an irregular trunk and broad crown. Often it is low and sprawling. It loses itsleaves during the year. The leaves are made up of 5-12 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are 2-4 cm long and they fall...
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  79. Swietenia macrophylla - Honduras Mahogany, Big-Leaf Mahogany

    Edible Portion: Honey, Fruit A tall tree. It grows 40-60 m high. Large trees have big buttresses. The bark is grey with cracks along it. The crown is large andround. The leaves are compound with an even number of leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are bunched towards the ends ofthe branches....
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  80. Syagrus romanzoffiana - Queen Palm

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Palm Heart, Cabbage A tall robust palm. It has a single stem and feather leaves. It has a wide spreading crown due to dark green arching fronds buttheir is no crownshaft. Often there are a number of dead fronds hanging from the trunk. The trunk is grey and grows to 20 m...
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  81. Syzygium cumini - Java Plum, Jambolan

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Leaves A medium sized evergreen tree. It grows 10-30 m tall. The stem is erect and branching. The leaves are opposite and smooth.They are shiny, leathery and somewhat oval shaped. The leaves are 4.5-16.5 cm long by 2-8 cm wide. The flowers are pink ornearly white and occur...
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  82. Synsepalum dulcificum - Sweet Berry, Miracle Fruit

    Edible Portion: Fruit An evergreen bush. It grows to 6 m high in the humid tropics. The leaves are dark green and elongated. Forms with differentleaf types are known. The leaves are alternate. The leaves are simple and entire and clustered near the tips of branches. Theleaf blade can be 5-10 cm...
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  83. Syzygium jambos - Rose Apple, Jambos

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Flowers An evergreen tree. It grows up to 7.5-15 m tall and with a spread of 4 m. It can be a small shrub. The stem is erect and 20-40cm across. The branches hang downwards. The bark is greyish-green. The young twigs are either flattened of somewhatsquare in cross section....
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  84. Syzygium malaccense - Malay-Apple

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Flowers, Leaves An evergreen tree 5 to 25 m tall. It spreads out to 4 m across. Trees tend to branch near the base. Leaves are simple, thick andleathery and shiny on both surfaces. They are large and oval. Leaves can be up to 25-30 cm long and 12 cm wide. The leaveshave a...
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  85. Tinospora crispa - Patawali

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Spice A woody climber. It grows 4-10 m long. It loses its leaves during the year. It can have long aerial roots. Old stems are fleshy.The leaf stalk is 5-15 cm long and the leaves are broadly oval to heart shaped and 6-13 cm long by 6-13 cm wide.
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  86. Triphasia trifolia - Lime Berry

    Edible Portion: Fruit A small spiny shrub up to 7 m high with slender zigzag twigs. There are 2 spines near each leaf. The leaves have 3 leaflets andare small and dark green with slightly toothed edges. Flowers are in axils of leaves and are white and about 1 cm across. Thesmall berry is green...
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  87. Trevesia palmata - Snowflake Tree

    Edible Portion: Flower Buds, Fruit, Shoots, Leaves, Vegetable A shrub or small tree. It grows to 3-9 m high. The branches are armed with short, sharp prickles which curve inwards. Theyoung shoots have rusty hairs. The leaves are stalked. The leaves are 25-33 cm long. They are round and deeply...
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  88. Lonicera caprifolium - Italian Honeysuckle

    Vegetables Edible parts -Fruit, Flowers, Shoots A deciduous climber. It grows 4.5-6 m long. It can be grown as a ground cover. The leaves are in fused pairs 5-10 cm long.The flowers are creamy-white to yellow. They can have pink tints. The flowers are 5 cm long. They are cupped by the bluegreen...
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  89. Annona sp. - Chirimoya del Monte

    Edible portion: Fruit A small tree. It grows 4 m high. The trunk is 15-20 cm across. The new branches have a rusty colour. The leaves are alternate. They are 13-15 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The flowers occur singly. They are near the ends of branches and are large. The fruit is compound. It is 8 cm...
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  90. Casimiroa edulis - White sapote

    Edible portion:Fruit, Seeds, Nuts The tree starts out growing erect then develops a spreading habit with drooping branches. It grows between 5 to 18 m high. It is evergreen. It has large compound leaves shaped like the fingers on a hand. The 3-7 leaflets are long and smooth. They can be 12-15 cm...
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  91. Musa acuminata - Banana

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Flowers, Flower stalk, Stem The banana false stems usually have black marks on them. The canal of the leaf stalk is like an open drain. There are dry flapswhere the leaf stalk joins the false stem. The leaves are paddle shaped. These are diploid bananas. They can be seeded...
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  92. Morus australis - Korean Mulberry

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Flowers A shrub. It grows 3-6 m high. It loses its leaves during the year. The bark is greyish brown. The winter buds are large. Incultivation plants are 1-2 m high. The leaves have stalks. The stalks are 1-1.5 cm long. The leaves are oval to sword shaped.They taper to the...
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  93. Manilkara zapota - Sapodilla

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Sap, Latex, Leaves, Gum A medium sized evergreen tree up to 18 m tall. It can grow to 30 m in tropical regions. The leaves are 8-12 cm long by 2-4 cmwide. The leaves are green and shiny. The leaves tend to be clustered in spirals near the ends of twigs. The flowers are...
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  94. Citrus reticulata - Mandarin

    Edible portion:Fruit, Herb, Flavouring, Spice, Flowers A small evergreen tree up to 4-8 m tall. It spreads to 2 m across. The stem is erect, branching and thorny. The leaves are dark green, and long and narrow in shape. They are 3-4 cm long. There is only a narrow wing on the leaf stalk. It has a...
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  95. Citrus nobilis - Tangor

    Edible portion: Fruit Possibly a natural hybrid between mandarin and sweet orange. There are several named cultivated varieties. A subtropical plant.
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  96. Nephelium lappaceum - Rambutan

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds A medium sized tree up to 12-25 m high. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. Trees spread to 6 m wide. The leaves arealternate with leaflets opposite along the stalk. There are 5-7 pairs of leaflets. Each leaflet can be 20 cm long by 8 cm wide.The leaflet stalks...
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  97. Citrus reticulata x C. grandis - Tangelo

    Edible portion: Fruit Natural and artificial hybrids between grapefruit and mandarin. A small evergreen tree. It is often a thinly branched shrub. It has an open habit. It grows 4-6 m high. There are thorns in the axils of leaves. The leaves are simple and leathery. They are smooth and shiny....
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  98. Eugenia pyriformis - Uvalha

    Edible portion: Fruit A tree. It grows 6-13 m tall. The crown is small and open. The trunk is 30-50 cm across. The bark peels off. The leaves are simple and red when young. The leaves are narrow and 4-7 cm long. The flowers are white and occur singly in the axils of the leaves. The fruit is the...
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  99. Malpighia glabra - Barbados Cherry

    Edible Portion: Fruit A small evergreen tree or shrub. It grows up to 5-7 m high. It often has several trunks. The branches are spreading and often drooping. The leaves are opposite and oval to sword shaped. They are 2-8 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. They can be wavy along the edge. They are dark green...
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  100. Hieronyma alchorneoides - Sudran

    Edible portion: Fruit A tree. It can grow 50 m tall. The trunk is straight and 1-1.2 m across. The base has buttresses. It can have stilt roots in flooded forest. The twigs are densely covered with grey hairs when young. The leaves are alternate and the leaf blade is papery. They are broadly oval...
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  101. Lycium barbarum - Goji Berry

    Edible portions: Fruit, Leaves, Flowers - pistil A deciduous shrub or vine. It can be erect or spreading. It grows 3 m high. The branches are weak and arching. The side branches end in short leafless spines. It forms suckers freely. The leaves are oval and grey-green and taper to the tip. They...
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  102. Morus alba - White Mulberry

    Edible portion:Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Bark, Leaves - tea, Manna, Vegetable A small tree up to 9 m high but it can grow to 20 m tall. Often it is low and spreading. It has dark green toothed leaves. The leaves vary considerably in shape even on the one tree. They can be oval, heart shaped or 3...
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  103. Musa x paradisiaca - Banana

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Flowers, Vegetable, Stalk, Corm, Root, Bud These are the main group of cultivated bananas. They can be classed into diploid, triploid and tetraploid kinds with variousamounts of the A or B parents. They grow 2-9 m high. They are large non woody herbs with broad long leaves....
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  104. Mangifera indica - Mango

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Nuts, Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable An erect, branched evergreen tree. It can grow to 10-40 m high and is long lived. (Trees grown by vegetative means are smallerand more compact.) Trees spread to 15 m across. It has strong deep roots. The trunk is thick. The bark is...
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  105. Malpighia emarginata - Barbados Cherry

    Edible portion: Fruit A small tree up to 5 m tall. Branches are brittle and easily broken. The leaves are dark green and shiny. They are long and have small hairs. These hairs can irritate the skin. Flowers are on short stalks and are pink to white with five petals. Flowers are mostly on old...
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  106. Cecropia peltata - Cecropia

    Edible portion:Leaves, Fruit, Flowers A medium sized evergreen tree. It can grow 15-20 m high. The trunk can be 50 cm across. The trunk and branches are hollow. The leaves are large and have 7-9 lobes arranged like fingers on a hand. The leaves have lobes which are shield shaped. The leaves are...
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  107. Rosenbergiodendron formosum - Blackberry Jam Fruit

    Edible portion: Fruit A shrub. It grows 4 m high. The fruit is a round berry 2-3 cm long by 1.6 cm wide. The fruit are green but turn yellow outside and black inside and are sweet. There are 2 rows of seeds It is a tropical plant. It suits the hot, wet tropical lowlands. It grows on sandy ridges...
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  108. Vitis rotundifolia - Muscadine Grape

    Edible portion: Fruit, Leaves A vigorous deciduous vine. It can grow to 30 m long. They have a tight non shedding bark. The shoots are warty and the tendrils are unbranched. The leaves have slight lobes. The leaves are 6-12 cm long with toothed edges. The leaves are dark green on top and greenish...
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  109. Terminalia arjuna - Arjuna, Indian-Laurel

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Bark - drink, Kernel, Nuts, Seed An evergreen tree. It can lose its leaves. It often has buttresses. The bark is smooth and grey. It flakes off in thin strips. Itgrows to 25 m tall and spreads to 4 m across. It has a dense matted fibrous root system. The stem is erect and...
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  110. Manilkara bidentata subsp. surinamensis - Black Balata

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Latex A shrub or small tree. It is sometimes 1-2 m high. In the rainforest it can grow 40 m high. It then often has buttresses. The barkis greyish brown and deeply cracked. The plant has lots of sticky white sap. The leaves are 7-21 cm long and usually swordshaped and...
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  111. Calamus viminalis - Bitter Rattan

    Edible portion:Fruit, Shoots, Vegetable A vigorous climbing palm. It has fairly stout, prickly stems. The stems climb with the aid of flagella. The leaf sheaths are woolly white. The leaves are spreading and pale green. They are about 1 m long. They are divided into many narrow leaflets. These...
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  112. Solanum quitoense - Naranjilla

    Edible portion : Fruit, Vegetable A small shrub up to 2 m high. It is hairy or thorny. The leaves are large (60 cm) and angular and hairy on both surfaces. They have thorns along the veins. Young leaves are purple. The flowers are pale violet and 2-4 cm across. The fruit are produced in clusters...
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  113. 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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  114. Melicoccus bijugatus

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Kernel A large evergreen tree. It grows up to 20 m tall. The trunk is smooth and pale grey. The inner bark is orange-brown. The crownis dense, round and compact. Trees are separately male and female. Where bisexual flowers occur these normally do not setfruit unless...
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  115. Garcinia mangostana - Mangosteen

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds A medium sized tree 10-20 m high with bright glossy leaves. Trees keep their leaves all year. Leaves are 15-25 cm long andleathery. Male and female flowers are on separate trees. Commercial trees only have female flowers. Male trees occur but arerare. Flowers are...
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  116. Durio zibethinus - Durian

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves A large evergreen tree up to 30-50 m high and with buttresses. The bark is dark red-brown and rough and peels off irregularly.The leaves are alternate and oval. They are about 10 to 15 cm long and 3 to 5 cm wide. The upper surface is smooth and shinyand the...
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  117. Citrus aurantifolia - Key Lime

    Edible portion:Fruit, Herb, Spice, Leaves - flavouring A small much branched evergreen tree. It grows up to 5-6 m tall with short sharp spines. It spreads to 3 m across. The leaves are small and dark green. There are narrow wings on the leaf stalk. The leaf blade is about 5 cm long by 3 cm wide...
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  118. Citrus hystrix - Wild lime, Kaffir lime

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Fruit, Spice A low shrubby tree up to 6 or 8 m high. The trunk is thin and crooked. It has slender sharp thorns. The leaf petiole has verylarge lobes. The leaf is oval. The leaves can be 8-15 cm long by 3-5 cm wide including the leafy stalks. The leaves are darkgreen and...
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  119. Cananga odorata - Ylang-Ylang

    Edible portion:Flowers - oil, Fruit An evergreen tree. It grows to 25 m tall and spreads to 5 m wide. The stem is erect and the branches are weeping. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are 20 cm long and with wavy edges. They are oval and tapering. The flowers are bright green. They are...
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  120. Adansonia digitata - Boabab

    Edible portion:Roots, Leaves, Fruit, Seeds, Bark, Sprouts, Flowers, Vegetable A large tree. It grows up to 25 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The branches are thick, angular and spread out wide. The trunk is short and stout and can be 10-14 m around. Often the trunk has deep grooves...
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  121. Syzygium samarangense - Wax Jambu

    Edible portion: Fruit A tree up to 15 m high that branches near the base giving a spreading open tree. The leaves are smaller (25 cm x 10 cm) and more pointed than Malay apple and on short stalks. Flowers are about 3 cm wide and white. They are on leafy twigs. It produces clusters of attractive...
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  122. Carica papaya - Pawpaw

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Flowers, Leaves, Vegetable, Seeds - spice Pawpaw is one of the very well known fruits of the tropics. The straight soft stemmed plant grows up to 3-5 metres tall and only occasionally has branches. The stem is softly woody and has scars from fallen leaves along it. At the...
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  123. Annona cherimola - Cherimoya

    Edible portion: Fruit A small deciduous tree up to 6 -10 m tall. In some locations trees keep their leaves throughout the year. It has a brown velvety tomentum on the under surface of the leaves. The leaves are 8-20 cm long and up to 10 cm wide. There is a single leaflet. The flowers occur either...
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  124. Heliconia latispatha - Orange Gyro Lobster Claw

    Edible portion : Shoots, Leaves, Fruit A large herb. It grows 4 m tall. The flowering shoots are erect and 45 cm long. The flowers are green, yellow or orange. They have red or orange bracts around them. It is a tropical plant. It grows in the moist lowlands. Cairns Botanical Gardens.
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  125. Punica granatum - Pomegranate

    Fruit, Vegetable Edible parts -Fruit, Seeds, Spice, Vegetable, Flowers A shrub. It grows up to 2-6 m tall. It has short thorns. It can grow up to 10 m tall. Usually trees lose their leaves at one seasonduring the year. The trunk is covered by reddish-brown bark. Trees often sucker near the base....
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  126. Plinia cauliflora - Jaboticaba

    Edible portion : Fruit A medium sized evergreen tree. It grows to 5-13 m tall. The trunk is 15-20 cm across. It often has several stems. The bark peels off in patches. The leaves are opposite and small. They are dark green. They are 5 cm long by 2 cm wide. Flowers are produced on larger trunks...
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  127. Brosimum alicastrum - Maya Breadnut

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Fruit, Sap A large evergreen tree. It grows to 25-30 m high. It has a dense wide crown of leaves. It has narrow buttresses. The bark isgrey. The leaves are simple and dark green. They are 17 cm long by 6 cm wide. There can be teeth along the edge and oftenthe edge...
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  128. Prosopis juliflora - Honey Mesquite

    Edible portion:Seeds, Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Flowers - tea, Gum, Vegetable A small tree up to 15- 20 m tall with long cracks in the bark. It is often a smaller tree about 3-5 m high. It is spiny and deciduous. Some kinds have thorns 5 cm long. The young branches are smooth and green. The bark is...
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  129. Pouteria campechiana - Canistel

    Edible portion: Fruit A tree up to 8 m high. It can be 30 m high. It is evergreen and has an open crown. The branches are mostly horizontal. The leaves are oval but taper towards both ends. They can be 6-25 cm long by 2.5-8 cm wide. They are shiny and bright green. The leaves are clustered near...
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  130. 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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  131. Butia capitata - Jelly Palm, Pindo Palm

    Key Resource Edible Portion:Fruit, Seeds - Oil, Stem A small palm. It grows up to 5 m tall. It has 40-50 leaves. The trunk has a pattern from the old leaf stubs. The trunk is stout andwoody. The leaves hang over and are blue-green. They are 1.3-2 m long and the leaflets form a V shape. Along the edge of the...
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  132. Ziziphus mauritiana - Jujube tree

    Edible portion:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds A medium sized tree. It is thorny. It loses many of its leaves during the year. It grows up to 10-12 m high. The bark is grey, brown or pale red. Branches and the under surface of the leaves are densely hairy when young. The thorns arise from the base of the...
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  133. 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...
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  134. Psidium guineense - Brazilian Guava

    Edible Portion:Fruit A small shrub or tree. It grows 1-8 m high. The trunk is 2-10 cm across. It has an appearance like a strawberry guava tree. Theleaves are opposite and simple. They are 8-10 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. The flowering stalks have 1-3 flowers. The flower stalkis 1-1.5 cm long and...
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  135. Eugenia involucrata - Cherry of the Rio Grande

    Edible portion : Fruit A small tree. It grows 5-8 m high. It grows 10-15 m high in forest. The crown is oval. The trunk is 30-40 cm across. The bark is thin and peels off. The leaves are simple and opposite. They have short leaf stalks. They are 5-9 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The flowers occur...
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  136. Garcinia aristata - Cuban Mangosteen

    Edible portion : Fruit A small tree. The leaves are dark and glossy with a hard spiny tip. The fruit are small and yellow. They have a white slightly sweet pulp. There are 1 or 2 large seeds. A tropical plant. It is cold hardy down to 0C. It can tolerate salty conditions. It suits lime soils.
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  137. Citrus glauca - Australian Desert Lime, Native Cumquat

    Edible Portion: Fruit A medium sized shrub or small tree. It often has several stems and grows up to 2-3 m high. It can be up to 12 m high and 1-3 macross. The bark is brown and cracked. The new shoots are angular. The stems are spiny. The leaves are 1-5 cm long by 0.2-0.4 cm wide. They are...
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  138. Tectona grandis - Teak

    Edible portion:Leaves - Colouring, Fruit A large tree. It grows 25-50 m tall. The trunk is 1 m across. It can have slight buttresses. It is open with many branches. It loses some leaves during the year. The leaves are oval and have a rough surface. They can be 60 cm long. The flowers are in large...
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  139. Solanum macrocarpon - African Eggplant

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Vegetable An annual plant. It can keep groing for some years. The leaves are dark green and glossy. The leaf stalk is not well defined as the leaf blade runs down into the stalk. Leaves are generally not very hairy. The flowers are purple or sometimes...
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  140. Clymenia polyandra - Clymenia, Polyandra Kumquat

    Edible Portion: Fruit A citrus relative. The tree is 5-8 m tall. The leaves are large (18 cm x 6 cm) and simple. Young leaves have lobes. The leavesare more thin and papery than other citrus. The leaves taper towards the tip and have notched edges. The leaf stalks are shortand without wings. It...
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  141. Citrus unshiu - Satsuma Mandarin, Satsuma Orange

    Edible Portion: Fruit A small evergreen tree. It has spines. It grows 3-4 m high. The leaves are thin and slightly leathery. They are smooth, andshiny on the upper surface. They are 4-8 cm long. The leaf stalk is 2-4 cm long and has wings. The flowers can occur singly orin small groups in the...
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  142. Crescentia cujete - Calabash-Tree

    Edible portion: Fruit, Kernel, Nuts A tree up to 8 m high. It can be 30 m high. It is evergreen and has an open crown. The branches are mostly horizontal. The leaves are oval but taper towards both ends. They can be 6-25 cm long by 2.5-8 cm wide. They are shiny and bright green. The leaves are...
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  143. Piper sarmentosum - Lolot Pepper, Vegetable Pepper

    Edible Portion: Leaves, Fruit, Spice A creeper with an erect stem. It is 50 cm high. The creeper or vine can be 10 m long. There are very fine powdery hairs whenyoung. The leaves are finer and more tender than Piper betel. They are brighter green with distinct veins. The leaf stalk is 2-5cm long....
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  144. Ziziphus jujuba - Chinese Jujube

    Edible portion:Fruit, Seeds - oil A small deciduous tree. It can grow to 13 m tall. It has drooping branches. There are thorns on the branches. The plant sends up thorny suckers often at a distance from the tree. These need to be cut off. They can be used for rootstock for grafting. The leaves...
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  145. Phyllanthus emblica - Emblic, Myrobalan

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Fruit, Leaves, Flower Petals, Tea A small deciduous tree. It grows 2-20 m tall. The trunk is bent and has many branches. The branches are spreading. The barkis greyish-brown and peels off in flakes. The leaves are pale green and feathery. New leaves are pinkish. The leaves...
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  146. Baccaurea ramiflora - Burmese-Grape

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves, Flowers An evergreen tree. It grows 10-15 m tall. The trunk is 20-30 cm across. The branches have velvety hairs pressed against them.The leaves are broadly sword shaped and taper to a very short tip. The leaves are oval and 10-20 cm long by 4-9 cm wide. Theleaf...
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  147. Garcinia intermedia - Lemon Drop Mangosteen

    Edible Portion: Fruit An erect tree. It grows 5-12 m tall. It can be 30 m tall. It has yellow latex. The leaves are simple and opposite and narrowly oval.. The leaf blades are 8-25 cm long by 3-9 cm wide. The flowers are clustered in the axils of the leaves. They are greenish white. The fruit are...
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  148. Pithecellobium dulce - Madras Thorn

    Edible portion:Fruit, Aril, Pods, Seeds, Seeds - oil A shrub or small tree. It grows up to 10 m tall but can be 15-25 m tall. The trunk can be 50-60 cm across. There are many branches. The branches are spiny. These are in pairs and are 4-10 mm long. The young leaves are usually reddish. The...
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  149. 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...
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  150. Rubus x loganobaccus - Boysenberry

    Edible Portion: Fruit A vigorous trailing bramble. This is a cross between a raspberry and probably a dewberry. The vine looses its leaves during the year. Plants are self fertile. The fruit is a berry. It is long and red but matures to a purple-black. The berry is larger than a Youngberry and...
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  151. Vitis aestivalis - Summer Grape

    Edible portion: Fruit A grape vine. The leaves may not have lobes or can have 3-5 lobes. They are green above and hairy underneath. They have shallow teeth. The flowers are in a dense panicle. The are 5-15 cm across. It is a temperate plant. In Canada it grows in dry woods.
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  152. Elaeis guineensis - African Oil Palm

    Edible Portion:Seeds, Nuts, Cabbage, Fruit, Palm Heart, Sap, Vegetable, Seeds - Oil An unbranched palm with a stout erect stem. The stem is rough due to the leaf bases which remain attached. It grows to 20-30m tall. The trunk is about 75 cm across. The crown consists of about 40 open leaves....
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  153. Daemonorops jenkinsiana - Major Jenkins' Rattan Palm

    Edible Portion: Shoots, Palm Heart, Cabbage, Fruit A rattan or vine. It forms dense clumps. It can be climbing and 25 m long. The stems can be 6 cm across. The leaf sheaths areyellowish green with brown to red hairs. The leafy stalks are 3 m long. There are 55-100 narrow leaflets on each side....
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  154. Citrus japonica - Hong Kong Wild Kumquat

    Edible Portion: Fruit A shrub which keeps its leaves all year round. It grows about 2-4 m tall. It is spiny. The leaves are a narrow oval shape. Theytaper sharply at both ends. The leaf stalks have wings. The flowers are white, short and broad. The fruit are a flattened roundshape. They are 1-2...
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  155. Bunchosia argentea - Peanut Butter Fruit, Silvery Bunchosia

    Edible Portion: Fruit A small tree or shrub. It grows to 10 m tall. It forms a dense cone shaped crown. The leaves are in pairs and have wavy edges.They are simple and rich green. They are 10 cm long. They taper to the base. The flowers are yellow and showy. They are inlong racemes. The petals...
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  156. Piliostigma thonningii - Camel's Foot Leaf Tree

    Edible Portion:Pods, Seeds, Leaves, Fruit, Bark, Vegetable, Flowers, It is a leafy shrub or a spreading tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It can grow to 12 m tall. The leaves are broad and lobed. The bark is rough and brown. The leaves are simple and can be 20 cm across. The tip of the...
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  157. Eugenia uniflora - Surinam Cherry

    Edible portion: Fruit, Leaves - Tea A small tree up to 5-7.5 m high. It is often a much smaller shrub. Branches often develop close to the ground. The branches are thin and wiry. It has attractive oval and pointed leaves. They are dark green and shiny. The leaves are 2.5-6 cm long by 1.5-3 cm...
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  158. Citrus swinglei - Malayan Kumquat, Hedge Lime

    Key Resource Edible Portion:Fruit, Spice The plant grows 1-5 m high. It can be grown in a pot as a small plant. The plants have thorns and the leaves are long andnarrow and do not have a citrus smell. The flowers are white and have a smell. They appear in clusters of 1-5. The fruit areround and 2.5 cm across....
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  159. Citrus paradisi - Grapefruit

    Edible Portin:Fruit, Herb Probably a natural hybrid between sweet orange and pomelo. A medium sized evergreen tree up to 10-15 m high. They spread5 m across. The stem is stout and crooked. The branches hang down giving a rounded crown. The thorns are small. Theleaves are dark shiny green and...
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  160. Diospyros nigra - Black Sapote

    Edible portion: Fruit A medium sized tree. The crown is rounded and the tree is evergreen. It grows 10-26 m high. The bark is black. The leaves are glossy and dark green. They are 10-15 cm long. The flowers are of one sex and are yellowish green. The female flowers occur singly and the male...
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  161. Diospyros kaki - Persimmon, Japanese Persimmon, Kaki

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves - Tea, Seeds - Coffee A tree up to 12 m high which loses its leaves each year. The branches tend to hang over and they have a dense covering ofleaves. Leaves are long and pointed (10 x 6 cm). The leaves are dark green and shiny on top and lighter under. Young leaves...
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  162. Ceratonia siliqua - Carob

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Spice An evergreen tree. It grows 12-15 m tall. It spread to 4 m across. It has a dark green round crown of compound leaves. Thesealmost hide the trunk. The trunk is short, erect and thick. The leaves are leathery. The tree flowers in autumn. Male and female...
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  163. Cupaniopsis anacardioides - Tuckeroo, Beach Tamarind, Carrotwood

    Edible Portion:Fruit An evergreen tree. It grows 8-15 m high. It can spread 5-15 m across. It has a dense rounded crown. The trunk is smooth andpale grey. The inner bark is orange. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are 10-20 cm long with 2-6 pairs ofopposite leaflets. The...
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  164. Actinidia deliciosa - Chinese Gooseberry, Kiwifruit

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Vegetable A large woody vine. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are large and heart shaped. They are 20 cm long. Male andfemale flowers occur on separate plants. The flowers are cream and scented. The fruit are brown and fuzzy. They have greenflesh and black...
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  165. Cordia alliodora - Ecuador Laurel, Spanish Elm

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Bark - Spice A tree. It grows 12 m high. The trunk is smooth and light coloured. There or four branches develop from a swelling on the stem.The leaf stalks are 1-3 cm long. The leaf blades are oblong and 10-20 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. The flowers are in a looselybranched...
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  166. Aegle marmelos - Bael Fruit, Bengal Quince

    Edible Portion:Fruit, Leaves Condiment, Spice, Vegetable A medium sized tree. It loses its leaves. It grows to 3-6-12 m tall and spreads 2 m across. The stem is erect and thorny. Theleaves are green and with 3 leaflets and generally sword shaped. They are aromatic. The flowers are...
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  167. Malva neglecta - Common Mallow

    Edible Portion:Leaves, Vegetable, Seeds, Fruit, Nectar, Flowers An annual herb about 0.5 m high. It is mostly low lying. The leaves are round or kidney shaped and 2-5 cm across. They haveshallow lobes and a wavy edge. There are fine teeth around the edge. The flowers are pale lilac with darker...
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  168. Combretum indicum - Rangoon Creeper, Chinese Honeysuckle

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Stems A scrambling shrub or vine. The stem is strong and woody. It branches freely. It can climb to 20 m high. The plant is erect andshrub like when young. The twigs have soft brown hairs when young. The leaves are opposite and oblong. They have heartshaped...
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  169. Ficus carica - Fig

    Edible portion:Fruit, Flowers, Leaves - flavouring A fig. It is a low spreading deciduous tree with large leaves. It can grow to 10 m high. Trees are widely spreading with many branches. It has milky sap. The small branches are straight and strong. The leaves spread out like fingers on a hand...
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  170. Acoelorrhaphe wrightii - Silver Saw Palmetto

    Edible Portion: Fruit An evergreen cluster palm tree. It grows 10 m high and spreads 4 m wide. The stems are erect and slender. They are coveredwith persistent sheaths and leaf stalks. The leaf stalks have thorns along the edge. The leaves are pale green and 90 cm long.The flowering shoots are...
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  171. Acca sellowiana - Pineapple Guava

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Flowers, Vegetable A small spreading tree. It can grow to 3-5 m tall and spread to 5 m wide. The bark is pale grey. The branches are swollen at thenodes. The stems are thin, flexible and with white felted shoots. The leaves are 5-8 cm long with shiny bluish green on the...
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  172. Citrofortunella microcarpa x - Calamondin Orange, Panama Orange

    Edible Portion: Fruits Probably a natural hybrid of Citrus reticulata and Fortunella sp. A small citrus tree. It is 2-8 m tall. It is slightly thorny. Theleaves are smaller than most citrus. They are 4-7 cm long. They are evergreen and alternate. They are broadly oval and darkgreen and glossy on...
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  173. Roystonea regia - Cuban Royal Palm, Florida Royal Palm

    Edible Portion: Cabbage, Fruit, Palm Heart, Vegetable An single stemmed, evergreen palm. It grows to 30 m high and spreads 5-10 m wide. The stem is erect and smooth. It is white.It is stout and unbranched. The trunk is usually thickened near the base and in the middle before thinning towards the...
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  174. Carissa macrocarpa - Natal Plum, Large Num-Num, Carissa

    EdiblePortion:Fruit A small evergreen shrub. It grows up to 5 m tall. It branches densely and has many forked spines. They are usually in pairs atthe top of shoots. The branches are smooth and light brown. branches exude milky latex when cut. The leaves are producedopposite one another. They are...
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  175. Bactris gasipaes - Peach Palm

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Flower Shoots, Cabbage, Palm Heart, Vegetable, Seed A tall slender palm with thorny trunk and suckers at the base. It often has between 1 and 13 stems. The stems are straight andun-branched. They are 6-24 m tall, 12-26 cm in diameter, with nodes 2-9 cm long and internodes...
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  176. Annona macroprophyllata - Ilama

    Edible Portion: Fruit A small deciduous tree. It grows to 7-8 m tall. It has 2 kinds of leaf. One is the broadly oval smooth leaf with a leaf stalk. Theothers are like round bracts without a leaf stalk and these fall off. These grow at the base of the small branches. Under theleaves, fruit and...
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  177. Ficus microcarpa - Indian Laurel Fig

    Edible Portion : Fruit, Aerial root - tea. A fig. It is an evergreen tree. It grows 15-25 m tall and spreads to 5 m across. The trunk can be 50 cm wide. The stem is erect and has buttresses. There are aerial roots. The bark is light grey and smooth. The branches are low and it has an open crown....

  178. Mangifera pendantra

    Edible : fruit A tree. It grows 28 m tall. The trunk is 90 cm across. It can have small buttresses. The leaves are oblong and 16-20 cm long by 6-9 cm wide. They are rough and have distinct veins on both surfaces. The veins are net like. The leaf stalk is 1.5-3.5 cm long. The flowering panicles...

  179. Annona glabra

    Edible : Fruit A small to medium sized tree. It grows 6-12 m high. The leaves are simple and 6-25 cm long. They are alternate. They vary in size. The flowers occur singly. The fruit is large and yellow. It is 70-80 mm across. They occur single in the axils of leaves. There are several seeds...

  180. Antidesma bunius

    Edible : Fruit, Leaves, Spice. A small bushy tree. It is often 3-6 m tall. It can be up to 15-30 metres high. The leaves tend to be long and narrow and shiny. They are dark green. They are pointed at the tip and more rounded at the base. The leaves are 10-15 cm long by 5-7 cm wide. The male and...

  181. Berchemia floribunda

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Root, Leaves - tea A large twining shrub. The twigs are cylinder shape and tapering. The leaves are 5-12 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. They are narrowly oval. They are more pale underneath. The flowers are in tufts of 3-6. They are in large groups 12-15 cm long at the ends of...

  182. Artocarpus lacucha

    Edible :Seeds, Fruit, Flowers, Bark, Leaves, Vegetable, A large tree which loses its leaves during the year. The tree grows to 10-50 m high. The trunk is short and erect but is can be bent. The crown is rounded and spreading. The bark is reddish-brown and rough and scaly in old trees. The young...

  183. Artocarpus hypargyreus

    Edible : Fruit, Seeds A small evergreen tree. It grows 10-25 m high. The trunk is 40 cm through. The bark is dark purple and peels off. The young branches have white hairs. The leaves are alternate. The leaf stalk is 1.5-2 cm long. The leaf blade is oval and 8-15 cm long by 4-7 cm wide. The...

  184. Ardisia crenata

    Edible :Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable, An evergreen shrub. It grows 1 m high and spreads 1 m wide. The stems are erect and branching. The leaves are shiny green. They have wavy edges. The leaves are arranged in rings around the stem. The flowers are white or pink. They have a scent. The fruit are...

  185. Senna spectabilis

    Edible : Fruit pulp A shrub or small tree. It grows 7 m high. The leaves have 6-15 pairs of leaflets. These are 3-7 cm long by 1-2 m wide. They are oval with pointed tip. They have fine hairs underneath. The flowers are yellow. They are in large unbranched clusters at the ends of twigs. The fruit...

  186. Citrus limon x sinensis

    Edible : Fruit A bush or small tree. It has thorny stems. The leaves are dark green. They are 10 cm long. The flowers occur in clusters and are cream. The fruit have smooth skins. The skins are thin. It is a temperate plant. It can tolerate colder temperatures than other lemons. It suits...

  187. Couepia polyandra

    Edible : Fruit A small tree. It grows 15 m tall. The leaves are 6-13 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The fruit are medium sized and oval with a rough surface. The can be 5-7 cm long. The flesh is soft and there is one seed inside. The pulp is yellow, juicy and fibrous. A tropical plant. In Central...

  188. Sideroxylon foetidissimum

    Edible : Fruit An evergreen tree. It grows up to 25 m tall. The leaves are simple and yellowish-green. They are oblong and 20 cm long. The flowers are small and creamy-yellow. They clasp the twigs. They have a smell like cheese. The fruit is fleshy with a stone. They are 2.5 cm across. They are...

  189. Quararibea funebris

    Edible :Flowers, Spice, Fruits, Leaves, An evergreen tree. It grows 15-25 m tall. The trunk can be 25 cm across. It is smooth and slightly fluted. The branches are arranged in rings and come out horizontally from the trunk. The upper half droops. The leaves are alternate, simple and entire. The...

  190. Psidium firmum

    Edible : Fruit A shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 2 m tall. The leaves are simple and leathery. The leaf stalks are short. The leaves are 6-8 cm long. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. The fruit are oval, green berries 3-4 cm across. They contain many seeds....

  191. Zanthoxylum nitidum

    Edible :Spice, Fruit, Leaves - flavouring, A shrub or scrambling vine. There are hooked thorns on the stems. Plants are separately male and female. The leaves are compound and alternate. Leaves are spiny underneath and also have small hairs. There are 5-9 leaflets and they are 5-10 cm long by 2-5...

  192. Bouea macrophylla

    Edible : Fruit, Leaves A medium sized tree. It grows 10-20 m tall. The bark is light brown and cracked. The branches are low and hanging. They can be angular or flattened. The leaves occur opposite one another along the stem. They are simple and oblong. They are 14-30 cm long by 5-8 cm wide. The...

  193. Eugenia neonitida

    Edible : Fruit An evergreen shrub. It grows 1-2 m tall. The branches are horizontal. The leaves are papery and almost without stalks. They are dark green and smooth on the upper side and lighter and velvety underneath. They are 3-5 cm long. The flowers are white and in groups near the ends of...

  194. Eugenia stipitata

    Edible : Fruit A shrub or small tree. It is 2-5 m tall. The tree branches from the base. The leaves are simple, opposite and oval. They are 6 -18 cm long by 3.5-9.5 cm wide. The base is rounded or slightly heart shaped. The flowers are in the axils of leaves in groups. There are usually 2-5...

  195. Garcinia humilis

    Edible : Fruit A shrub or tree. It grows 10 m tall. The branches are in flat rings. The leaves are opposite and evergreen. They are narrowly oval and 28 cm long and 16 cm wide. They are leathery. The flowers are cream-yellow to white. They are 2.5 cm across. They are in clusters in the axils of...

  196. Lycium carolinianum

    Edible : Fruit A shrub. The fruit are oval red berries. It is a temperate plant. Other Names :Pua nako nako, Saladilla,Christmas berry, Carolina wolfberry, Boxthorn,

  197. Vangueria madagascariensis

    Edible : Fruit A deciduous tree. It often has several stems. It can grow to 15 m high. The bark is pale grey and fairly smooth. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are pale green and attractive. They are oval and 8-20 cm long by 12 cm wide and rounded at the base. They are shiny and...

  198. Vanilla planifolia

    Edible :Pods, Fruit, Seeds, Herb, Spice, A climbing orchid. The vine is fleshy and climbs by means of roots. It can climb to 10-15 m high. It is 1-2 cm across and flexible but easily broken. There are 5-15 cm between nodes. It is often trained to a lower height to allow easier pollination and...

  199. Ulmus parvifolia

    Edible :Fruit, Inner bark, Leaves, An elm tree. It grows 15 m tall. It is spreading and loses many of its leaves during the year. The branches tend to hang down. The trunk has smooth bark which flakes off showing orange brown patches. It has small leaves. The leaves are narrowly oval and 6 cm...

  200. Trichosanthes cucumerina

    Edible :Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable, A pumpkin family plant. It is a climber with tendrils. It grows 2.4-6 m high and spreads 1.5-3 m wide. The vine has furrows along it. The leaves have 3 to 7 lobes and a tooth like edge. The flowers are white. The male flowers are without a bract and the female...

  201. Toona sinensis

    Edible :Fruit, Leaves, Buds, Leaves - tea, Vegetable, A deciduous tree. It grows 20-30 m tall. The trunk is 60-100 cm across. The trunk is straight with few branches. The leaves are 60 cm long. There are 10-24 leaflets along the stalks. The leaves have teeth along the edge. The leaflets are...

  202. Bauhinia acuminata

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves, Fruit An evergreen shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The leaves have 2 lobes. They are downy and rounded. The leaves are 15 cm long. The flowers are white to pale yellow. There are only a few flowers on a stalk. The flowers are 5 cm wide. The fruit are flattened pods. A tropical...

  203. Bauhinia purpurea

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves, Seeds, Fruit, Gum An evergreen shrub or small tree. It grows to 4-10 m high and spreads to 2 m across. The stem is erect and slender. The branches are crooked. The leaves are green and have 2 lobes which divide the leaves for half their length. They are rounded and 7-16 cm...

  204. Pouteria viridis

    Edible :Fruit, Kernel, Nuts, Seeds, A large tree. It grows up to 18 m tall. Young branches have dense brown hairs. The leaves are clustered at the tips of flowering branches and alternate on non fruiting branches. They are broadly sword shaped and pointed. They are 10-25 cm long by 5-7 cm wide....

  205. Posoqueria latifolia

    Edible :Fruit, Aril, Seed, A small evergreen tree. It grows 7-20 m tall. The leaves are simple and dark green. They are opposite and have short stalks. They are oblong and 20 cm long. They are leathery. The flowers are white and showy. They occur in dense heads. The flowers have a slender tube...

  206. Parkia biglobosa

    Edible :Seeds, Roots, Fruit, Pods, Bark - flavouring, Vegetable, A large tree. It grows to 20 m tall. The trunk is 1 m across. The crown is spreading. The bark is scaly. The leaves are dark green and twice divided. There are 50-70 pairs of leaflets along 14-30 pairs of leaflet stalks. The flower...

  207. Morus macroura

    Edible : Fruit A tree. It grows to 15 m tall. The trunk can be 10-20 cm across near the base. The young branches are hairy. The leaves have stalks. The stalks are 2-4 cm long. The leaf blades are 8-29 cm long by 6-15 cm wide. They usually do not have lobes. They have fine teeth. They are softly...

  208. Coccoloba diversifolia

    Edible : Fruit A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-10 m tall. It often has several trunks. The crown is compact and oval. The bark has several colours. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. The leaves vary in shape. The fruit are dark purple They are juicy and acid It is a tropical plant. It...

  209. Byrsonima crassifolia

    Edible : Fruit A medium sized evergreen tree. It grows 2-10 m tall. The bark is cracked. The leaves are simple and opposite. They are 7-15 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. They are rich green and shiny but paler underneath. The veins and leaf stalks are a rusty red colour. The flowers are rich yellow and...

  210. Citrus australasica

    Edible : Fruit A shrub or small tree. It grows up to 4-8 m high and spreads 2-5 m across. The bark is dark green. Young growth is often pinkish. The branches are thorny. The leaves are 2-4 cm long by 0.5-1.5 cm wide. They are oval or sword shaped. They are dark green and glossy but paler...

  211. Garcinia spicata

    Edible : Fruit A tree. It grows to 10 m tall. It is a wide spreading tree. The leaves are deep green. The leaves are large and broadly oval. They are 20 cm long. New leaves are coppery pink. The flowers do not have stalks. They are white and waxy and grow on the stems and twigs. The fruit are...

  212. Mangifera casturi

    Edible : Fruit An evergreen tree. It grows 10-30 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval to sword shaped. The fruit are fleshy. They are oval and slightly flattened. They are 6 cm long and dark purple to black. The flesh is orange and sweet. A tropical plant. They grow in the humid tropics. Common...

  213. Vanilla pompona

    Edible : Fruit, Flavoring An orchid. It is like vanilla but has larger leaves and flowers and shorter, thicker pods. The vine has aerial roots to climb. It can be 5 m long. The leaves are fleshy and 10-30 cm long by 6-10 cm wide. The flowers are greenish-white. They are in groups in the axils of...

  214. Licania platypus

    Edible : Fruit, Bark A large tree. It grows 30-50 m tall. It has a rounded crown. The bark is brown with white dots. It can have buttresses. It loses it leaves during the year. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped. They are 10-30 cm long and 3-9 cm wide. Young leaves are red. The flowers are in...

  215. Morinda citrifolia

    Edible : Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable A small evergreen tree. It grows 4-10 m tall and spreads 2-6 m wide. The branches are thick and somewhat 4 angled. It has large oval leaves which grow opposite each other along a four sided shiny branch. The leaves have a small leaf like appendage at the base of...

  216. Passiflora edulis

    Edible :Fruit, Seeds - oil, Leaves, A vine which continues to grow for several years. The main vine becomes woody. Vines can be 6-7 m long. It climbs by tendrils. The leaves are shaped like the fingers on a hand with three lobes. They are 5-10 cm long. The vine can set flowers at each leaf. The...

  217. Pouteria caimito

    Edible :Fruit, Kernel, Nuts, A medium sized tree. It grows 10-15 m high but can be 40 m high. The trunk is 30 cm across. The tree branches at about 1 m high. The leaves are simple and alternate. The flowers occur singly or in small groups. They are usually on leafless twigs. The fruit is medium...

  218. Vitis vinifera

    Edible :Flowers, Fruit, Leaves, Oil, Herb, Flavouring, Sap, A woody vine which keeps growing from year to year. It is often pruned to reduce its size. It climbs by coiled tendrils which attach to objects. It has large leaves which are roughly heart shaped. They can be entire or be deeply divided...

  219. Wrightia tinctoria

    Edible :Flowers, Leaves, Stems, Seeds, Pods, Fruit, A small deciduous tree. It grows 8 m tall. The bark is grey or pale brown and becomes cracked with age. The leaves are in pairs opposite each other. They are pointy at the tip. They can be 15 cm long. The are softly hairy. The leaf stalk is very...

  220. Azadirachta indica

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Flowers, Sap, Caution, Vegetable, Seeds, Seeds - oil A medium sized tree. It grows to 5-18 m high. It has deep roots and normally keeps its leaves except when there is strong drought. The tree has a straight trunk and a rounded spreading crown. The bark is thick and grey. It...

  221. Capsicum annuum

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Herb, Spice, Vegetable An annual plant up to 1.5 m high. The leaves can be long and sword shaped or oval to rounded. The leaves can be 12 cm long. The flowers are produced singly, and are yellow or white. They are bell shaped. The flowers are 1.5 cm across and in the axils...

  222. Broussonetia kurzii

    Edible:Flowers, Fruit A wild climbing shrub. The leaves are alternate. They are oval and narrow towards the tip and are reduced towards the base. They are 7-20 cm long by 2.5-7 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 2-3 mm long. The flower arrangements have male and female flowers separately. The male...

  223. Broussonetia papyrifera

    Edible:Fruit, Flowers, Leaves, Seeds A small deciduous tree. It grows up to about 8-15 metres tall. The stem is often surrounded by a ring of suckers. The bark is dark grey. It has very hairy branches and a milky sap. The leaf stalk is 2.3-8 cm long. Leaves are arranged in spirals. The leaves are...

  224. Bruguiera gymnorrhiza

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Roots A large evergreen tree up to 36 m high with stilt and knee-like roots. The trunk can be 80 cm across and is mostly straight. The bark is rough and grey on the outside and red inside. The leaves are mostly clustered near the ends of the many branches. The leaves are...

  225. Camellia kissi

    Edible:Fruit, Seeds - oil, Leaves - tea A shrub 2m to 12 m high. The leaves have short stalks. The leaves are 3-10 cm long by 1.5-4.5 cm wide. The leaves are oval and have teeth along the edge. The flowers are single and in the axils of leaves. They are white and fragrant. The fruit is a capsule....

  226. Choerospondias axillaris

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit A tree that loses its leaves. It is 15-30 m high and has a trunk 40-50 cm across. The young branches are stout. They are 5 mm across. The small branches are purple brown in colour. The leaves are alternate. They are compound made up of pairs of leaflets with one leaflet at...

  227. Cinnamomum iners

    Edible:Bark, Spice, Fruit, Leaves A large tree. It grows to 20 m high. The trunk can be 20 cm across. The leaves are opposite, smooth and leathery. The leaf blades are 12-35 cm long by 5.5-8.5 cm wide. New flushes of leaves follow rain and are reddish pink. They are rounded at the base and taper...

  228. Cipadessa baccifera

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit A shrub. It grows to 1-5 m high. The leaflets along the stalk end with a leaflet at the end. The leaflets have short stalks. Leaflets are hairy on the upper surface. The flowers are small and green. They occur in the axils of leaves. The fruit are purple to black when ripe....

  229. Cissampelos pareira

    Edible:Tubers, Root, Caution, Stems, Leaves, Fruit A woody vine or climber. The branches are slender. They are usually densely hairy. The leaves are simple and 5-12 cm long by 5-12 cm wide. The leaf stalk joins the leaf blade away from the edge. The leaf blade is papery. Plants are separately...

  230. Cissus javana

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit An evergreen vine. It climbs to 3 m high and spreads to 3 m across. The stems are creeping or climbing. They are often red. They have tendrils which attach to objects. The leaves are bright metallic green. The leaves are oval or sword shaped. They are marked with white and...

  231. Clausena anisata

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Root, Spice A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-5 m high. It can reach 10 m. The trunk is 20 cm across. The trunk is straight and branches early. The crown is dense and round. The bark is greyish-brown and mottled. The leaves are alternate and compound. There are 10-17 pairs...

  232. Colocasia gigantea

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Spice, Petioles, Leaf stalk, Flowers An erect herb. It is fleshy and produces latex. It grows 2 m tall. It has a tuberous underground stem. The leaves are flattened with the leaf stalk attached to the middle of the lower surface. The leaves have 2 lobes at the base. The leaf...

  233. Cordia dichotoma

    Edible:Seeds, Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Oil A medium sized tree, that loses its leaves at some times of the year. They are 5 to 15 m high. It can grow up to 27 m tall and be 50 cm across in the trunk. The tree has spreading branches. The bark is 2 cm thick and grey. It is deeply cracked. The leaves...

  234. Crateva religiosa

    Edible:Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Fruit An evergreen or deciduous tree. It grows up to 7-15 m tall and 45 cm across the trunk. The tree spreads to 2-4 m across. The stem is erect and the bark is smooth, with branches low down. The leaves have long petioles, 2-9 cm long. The leaves are divided into 3...

  235. Debregeasia longifolia

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-3 m tall. The small branches are dark brown. The leaves are long and oval with teeth along the edge. They are 6-20 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. They are dark green above when mature and ashy soft hairs underneath. The male and female flowers are...

  236. Diplocyclos palmatus

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Caution, Vegetable A herb. It is a pumpkin family plant. It is a slender climbing plant with angular stems. The stems are weak but the lower part can be somewhat woody. It can climb to 2-4 m high. The stems are angular and grooved. The rootstock is fleshy. The leaves have 3...
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  237. Dracontomelon dao

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Flowers A large tree up to 50 m tall and with an umbrella shaped crown of leaves. It often has buttresses at the base. The leaves are hairy and compound with both the leaflets and leaves carried alternately. The leaves come one after the other on opposite sides and...

  238. Duchesnea indica

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Leaves - tea A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 10 cm high and spreads 1.8 m wide. It is silky and has soft hairs. It has a rootstock that lasts from year to year and puts up slender runners. It has runners which root at the nodes and the tips forming new...

  239. Elettaria cardamomum

    Edible:Fruit, Herb, Spice, Seeds, Leaves A ginger family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows to 3 m high and spreads to 1 m across. It has a clump of leafy aerial stems and then thick fleshy underground stems. The leaves are long and can be 1 m x 30 cm. They are dark green and...

  240. Fragaria chiloensis

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves - tea A small herb that keeps growing from year to year. The rootstocks are stout, thick and scaly. It grows 15 cm high and spreads 50 cm across. The fruit can be red, white or yellow. The leaves are short and thick and hairy underneath. The flowers are on long slender...

  241. Ficus auriculata

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Flowers A fig. It is a small tree. It grows 5-10 m high. The trunk is 30-50 cm across but often less. The crown is broadly spreading. The trunk is usually not straight. The bark is warty and grey. Young shoots are hollow. The young shoots are reddish brown. They are 1-1.5 cm...

  242. Ficus benjamina

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A fig. It is an evergreen tree. It grows to 12-30 m high and spreads to 4-15 m across. The stem is erect and slender. It has irregular flanges along it. The trunk can be 30-50 cm across. The branches can hang over and the leaves hang down. The plant can produce aerial roots...

  243. Ficus hispida

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A fig. It is a small bushy tree. It grows 6-8 m high and spreads to 2-5 m across. The branches are hollow. It has strangling roots but not aerial roots. The trunk is short and fairly straight and slender. The bark is grey. The young shoots are red and hairy. The leaves are...

  244. Ficus rumphii

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable, Flowers A fig. It is a tree. It grows about 15 m tall. Usually it lives growing on and attached to other trees. The bark is grey and wrinkled when dry. The leafy growth at the base of the leaf is oval and 1.2-2.5 cm long. It leaves a scar which is easy to see. The...

  245. Ficus superba

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit A large fig. It loses its leaves for a short time. It has some aerial roots. It grows 6-21 m high and spreads 10-18 m wide. The young leaves are pink. They become mid green. The leaves grow to 25 cm long. The figs are dull purple. They are 18 mm across. They are clustered on...

  246. Ficus variegata

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Sap A fig. It is a medium sized buttressed tree up to 7-18 m high. The trunk varies in length and can be 20-30 cm across. Trees can be larger. The bark is characteristically brown and smooth. It is thick with an abundance of latex. The young shoots are pale green. The leaves...

  247. Ficus sycomorus

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable, Bark, Gum A fig. It is a deciduous tree. It grows to 13-25 m high and spreads to 14 m across. It has a rounded crown. The stem is erect. Sometimes the stem has buttresses. The base of the tree commonly spreads over the ground. The bark is yellowish. The leaves are...

  248. Ficus tinctoria

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A fig. It is a small tree or shrub 2-4 m high. It can climb and scramble over other plants and be up to 10 m high. The small branches are rough. The small branchlets are yellow or pale brown. The bark is grey or brown and cracked or flaky. The leafy structure at the base of...

  249. Ficus virens

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A fig. It is a tall and often very large tree. It can lose all or some of its leaves during the year. It grows 15-30 m high and spreads 15-40 m across. It is a widely spreading plant often with a rounded crown. It can have both strangling roots and aerial roots. The trunk is...

  250. Flacourtia rukam

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit A tree reaching a height of 5-20 m and about 30 cm across the trunk. It can be 40 m tall with a trunk 1 m across. The old branches are usually crooked with furrows along them. The leaves are 5 to 15 cm long and 4-7 cm wide and pointed at the tip. Young leaves are reddish...

  251. Flacourtia jangomas

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Roots A small deciduous tree up to 10 m tall. It spreads to 3 m across. The stem is erect and branching. Young tree parts can have large branched spines. The leaves are 5-10 cm long and 2-4 cm wide. Young leaves are red and glossy. There are several flushes of new growth...

  252. Fragaria vesca

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves - tea A small plant which keeps growing from year to year. It grows to 20 cm high and spreads to 30 cm wide. The stems are long runners which form roots at the nodes. The leaves have 3 leaflets and are bright green. The leaflets are oval and with coarse teeth around the edge....

  253. Garcinia cowa

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Spice, Seeds A tree. It grows 8-12 m tall. The trunk can be 30-50 cm across. The trunk is straight but usually with many knots. The crown is oval and the leaves are dark green. The small branches are often 4 sided. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 7-12 cm long by 3-5...

  254. Gnetum gnemon

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Seeds, Nuts, Vegetable A shrub or small tree about 10 m high. It can grow to 20 m high. It normally has a cone shaped crown. The bark is greyish brown. The small branches are slender and like a vine. The leaves are produced in pairs opposite each other. They are...

  255. Grewia retusifolia

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A shrub. It grows to 1.5 m high. The stems have coarse hairs. The leaves are oval. The blade is 6.5-12 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They are dull green and hairy on the top surface and whitish underneath. The edges have teeth. The flowers are white and 0.7 cm long. They occur in...

  256. Heritiera littoralis

    Edible:Fruit, Seeds, Nuts, Leaves - tea A tree up to 30 m high with a silvery crown and wide spreading branch-like buttresses. The trunk can be 90 cm across. The bark is light coloured and coarsely furrowed. The leaves are grouped near the ends of branches and are dark green on top and with...

  257. Hibiscus sabdariffa

    Edible:Calyces, Leaves, Seeds, Flowers - tea, Vegetable, Fruit A branched shrub up to 2 m high. It has reddish stems, leaves and fruit. Different types vary in their height, shape and leafiness. The leaves are 7-10 cm across and lobed. The upper leaves often have more lobes than the lower leaves....

  258. Lablab purpureus

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Pods, Seeds, Root, Flowers, Vegetable A climbing bean which can have vines 1-5 m long. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems can be smooth or hairy. Leaves are made up of 3 almost triangular leaflets. The leaflets are 5-15 cm long and 3-14 cm wide. The side leaflets...

  259. Lagerstroemia speciosa

    Edible:Leaves - tea, Dried fruit - tea A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk is short and twisted. The crown is dense and rounded. The brown is cream grey and peels in thin flakes. The leaves are 8-18 cm long by 5-8 cm wide. Leaves are smooth. Old leaves become orange-red. The flowers are 5-8 cm...

  260. Lantana camara

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Leaves - tea, Root - tea An evergreen shrub. It grows to 3 m high and spreads to 3 m across but under some conditions can be much more spreading and pose problems. The stem is erect and woody at the base. The stem has 4 angles and prickles which curve backwards. The leaves...

  261. Lasia spinosa

    Edible:Leaves, Roots, Fruit, Flowers, Leaf stalk, Rhizome A big leafy herb. It often has a creeping rhizome. It grows to 40-120 cm high. The stems are thorny. Leaves grow out of the ground. They are sword shaped or with lobes extending three-quarters of the way to the midrib. The leaves are...

  262. Leea indica

    Edible:Leaves, Roots, Fruit, Seeds, Stems, Vegetable A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large...

  263. Leea rubra

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A shrub which keeps growing from year to year. It is 1-3 m high. The stems are somewhat woody. The leaves are large and dark-green. The leaves are compound and twice divided. The whole leaf is 40 cm long. This is divided into 2-3 segments which is then divided into 2-3...

  264. Lepisanthes rubiginosa

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A shrub 1-3 m tall. It can grow to 10 m tall. It can spread 1-2 m wide. Trunks can occasionally be 35 cm across. The young branches are slightly grooved. They are covered with brown hairs. The leaves are 10-30 cm long and divided. There are 4-18 leaflets. These are 3-24 cm...

  265. Leucaena leucocephala

    Edible: Leaves, Pods, Fruit, Seeds - coffee, Vegetable, Flowers A small erect tree. It grows to 6-10 m high. It has fine divided leaves. The leaves have 2 rows of leaflets. The leaves are 15 to 25 cm long and the leaflets 8 to 16 cm long. They are a dark dull green on top and dull greyish green...

  266. Limonia acidissima

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A small deciduous tree. It grows 4-15 m tall. It has many slender branches. The branches have straight spines 4 cm long. It has thorns. The needle like spines are 3-8 cm long. The leaves are up to 12 cm long. The leaves are made up of leaflets with a leaflet at the end. There...

  267. Luffa acutangula

    Edible:Leaves, Fruits, Vegetable, Seeds, Seeds - oil, Flowers A herb. It is a pumpkin family plant. It is an annual climber with square stems. They have 4 to 7 branched tendrils which attach to objects helping the plant to have a climbing habit. Leaves are pale green, hairy and shallowly five...

  268. Luffa cylindrica

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Flowers, Seeds, Seeds-oil, Vegetable A pumpkin family plant. It is an annual climber up to 10 m long. The stem is five angled and slightly hairy. The tendrils have 2 or 3 branches. Leaves are 10-20 cm across with five to seven lobes. Male and female flowers are separate and...

  269. Lycopersicon esculentum

    Edible:Fruit, Spice, Vegetable, Leaves A short lived perennial plant. It is upright but with weak stems. It can grow to 2 m tall with support for the stems. The stems have long hairs. It is bad smelling. The leaves are deeply lobed with an odd number of leaflets. They have irregular teeth around...

  270. Lysimachia clethroides

    Edible:Flowers, Fruit, Leaves A herb. It grows to 75-90 cm high and is 45-60 cm wide. The leaves are large and broadly sword shaped. They are 8-15 cm long. The flowers are small and white. They are in a tapering spike. It is a temperate plant. It grows in wet ravines and grassy mountain slopes...

  271. Macaranga tanarius

    Edible:Bark, Fruit, Leaves - for drink, Seeds A small tree. It grows 4-10 m high. It has a spreading bushy habit. Young growth is bright green and slightly hairy. The leaves are alternate and 10 to 25 cm long by 10-15 cm wide. They are broadly oval or shield shaped. The leaf stalk joins the leaf...

  272. Maclura cochinchinensis

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A thorny climbing shrub. It grows 4-10 m long. It has cane like twigs. It forms thickets. It can be erect or spreading. It has spines which are curved. They are about 1 cm thick. The leaves are alternate and oblong. The base is wedge shaped and it tapers to a short tip. They...

  273. Medicago polymorpha

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves, Seeds, Fruit, Pods An annual herb. It lies along the ground. The stem are 50 cm long. Sometimes they twine and climb over other plants. The leaves are made up of 3 small leaflets on a short stalk. The leafy stipules near their base are deeply lobed and taper to a point....

  274. Melaleuca leucadendra

    Edible:Nectar, Leaves - tea, Fruit - tea, Leaves - flavouring An evergreen tree. It grows to a height of 10-40 m and with a spread of 5-8 m. The trunk is upright and the branches hang over. The bark is pale, thick, soft and spongy. This papery bark is a distinctive feature of the tree. The leaves...

  275. Melastoma malabathricum

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Roots An evergreen shrub. It grows about 2 m high. The branches are nearly four angled. They are densely covered with scales. The leaves have stalks. The leaves are 3.5-10 cm long by 1.4-3 cm wide. They are broadly sword shaped. They have hairs on the upper surface...

  276. Memecylon caeruleum

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-6 m tall. The stems are angular. The leaves are oblong and 8-11 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. The flowers are in clusters in the axils of leaves. The petals are white or greenish yellow but pale blue towards the base. The fruit are pink to red and...

  277. Memecylon edule

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A small tree. It grows 23 m high. The leaves are opposite and simple. They are 10 cm long by 4 cm wide. They are oval. The flowers are blue to purple and 2 mm across. They are in bundles in the axils of leaves. The fruit are blue to purple and 8 mm long by 6 mm across. There...

  278. Mesua ferrea

    Edible:Seeds, Fruit, Leaves An evergreen tree. It grows 18-30 m tall. It spreads 6 m wide. It often has buttresses. The bark is grey but turns brown and peels off in white flakes. The leaves are simple and deep green. They are sword shaped and 15 cm long. They are leathery. The leaves have a waxy...

  279. Momordica charantia

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds - spice, Flowers, Vegetable A pumpkin family plant. It is a slender annual climber with flowers of both sexes on the one plant. It has simple tendrils and vines can be 4 m long. It has bright green lobed leaves. The leaves are 5 to 12 cm long on thin leaf stalks 3-10...

  280. Mukia maderaspatana

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Seeds A herb. It is a pumpkin family plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It can be climbing or have the stems trail along the ground. They are 3 m long. They have bristly hairs. The tendrils and thin and simple. The leaves are spear shaped or almost triangle shaped....

  281. Muntingia calabura

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves - tea A small tree up to 5-12 m high. The trunk is 15-20 cm across. Branches are wide spreading and almost horizontal. The young shoots are covered with hairs. The leaves are alternate and elliptical. They are 4-5 cm long and 3-4 cm wide. The leaves are unequal at the base....

  282. Nelumbo nucifera

    Edible:Seeds, Root, Tuber, Leaves, Stamens, Rhizomes, Seeds - coffee, Vegetable, Fruit, Flowers, Tea A herb which grows in water and continues growing for several years. The rootstock is under water and creeping. The leaf stalk grows 1-2 m high. The leaves can be 20-90 cm across. It has large...

  283. Pandanus odorifer

    Edible:Leaves, Spice, Fruit, Shoot, Seeds, Flower buds A screwpine or erect branched shrub 3 to 5 m high. The trunk has several prop roots. The leaves are spirally crowded towards the ends of branches and covered with waxy powder. They are up to 1.5 m long and 3 to 5 cm wide. The edge of the leaf...

  284. Pandanus tectorius

    Edible:Nuts, Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Spice An erect branched shrub 3 to 5 m high. It can be 14 m tall. The trunk has several prop roots. The stems are prickly. The leaves are spirally crowded towards the ends of branches and covered with waxy powder. They are up to 1.5 m long and 3 to 5 cm wide....

  285. Passiflora foetida

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds A vine with tendrils. It creeps over the ground. The vine can be 2-10 m long. It has a strong smell. The stems are yellowish and have soft erect hairs. The leaves are 3 lobed and with fine hairs. They are pale green. The leaves are 3-10 cm long and 3-8 cm wide. The...

  286. Pereskia aculeata

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds A large vine-like cactus. It is a woody climber. It can be 20 m tall. It has hooked spines on the stems. There are 2 forms of spines. The vine can be 9 m long and 5-8 cm wide. It is dark green. The leaves are fleshy. The leaves are oblong or sword shaped. Leaves are...

  287. Pereskia bleo

    Edible:Fruit A tree like cactus. It grows 4-7 m tall. The branches have several slender spine. These are about 1 cm long. The fruit are 5-6 cm long and wide. They are yellow when ripe. It is a tropical plant. Common Names:Bleo, Orange rose-cactus Synonyms: Cactus bleo Kunth; Pereskia corrugata...

  288. Persicaria capitata

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves, Fruit A herb. It grows along the ground or curves upwards. It keeps growing from year to year. It forms mats. The has glandular hairs. The leaves do not have stalks. The leaf blades are broadly oval and 2-5 cm long. They are green and taper to the base and tip. The central...

  289. Persicaria chinensis

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Leaves - tea, Flowers, Fruit A herb. It is a straggling perennial weed often woody near the base and up to 2-3 m tall. It can be a climber. Branches are ridged and grooved. Leaves are alternate and have stalks. The leaves are 2.5-14 cm long by 1.3-8 cm wide. They are oblong...

  290. Phytolacca americana

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves, Stem, Vegetable A herb. It grows to 4 m tall. The root is thick and cone shaped. The stems are erect. The leaf stalk is 1-4 cm long. The leaf blade is oval and 9-18 cm long by 5-10 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped and it tapers to a short tip. The flower racemes can be at...

  291. Piper betle

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit A woody vine which attaches to trees by roots at the nodes on the main vine. The vegetative branches form roots at the nodes but the fruiting branches do not. The stems are 2.5-5 mm thick. The leaf stalk is 2-5 cm long. It has a fine powdery covering. The leaves can be 7-15...

  292. Piper longum

    Edible:Fruit, Herb, Spice, Leaves A twining herb. It can be several metres long. It is creeping or climbing and forms roots below. The leaves often have small hairs. The branches are smooth. The leaves have stalks. The leaf blade is 3-12 cm long by 2-12 cm wide. They are broadly oval to heart...

  293. Polyalthia longifolia

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves This tree grows up to 14 to 28 m tall. It is an evergreen tree keeping its leaves throughout the year. The bark can become gnarled and distorted. The trunk is straight. The leaves are long and narrow with a wavy margin. They are 22 cm long. They are dark green and shiny. New...

  294. Polyalthia suberosa

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves A tree or shrub. It grows 2-4 m high. The bark is thick and corky and deeply ridged. The leaves are oval or oblong and rounded at the tip. The edges are wavy. The leaves are 2-12 cm long and 1-3 cm wide. The flowers are pale yellow. They occur singly among the leaves. The...

  295. Premna serratifolia

    Edible:Fruit, Seeds, Leaves A spreading shrub. It grows 2-4 m tall. It can be 12 m tall. The leaves are opposite and large. They are oval and shiny green. They are leathery and have prominent veins. The midrib is raised underneath the leaf. The flowers are in clusters near the ends of branches....

  296. Psidium cattleianum

    Edible:Fruit, Flowers An evergreen shrub. It grows 3-6 m high. The young shoots are rounded. They can be hairy or smooth. The leaf stalk is 4-15 mm long. Leaves are dark green and shiny above and 4-6 cm x 2-3 cm. The edges of the leaves curl backwards. The leaves are wedge shaped at the base....

  297. Pyracantha crenulata

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves - tea An evergreen shrub. It grows to about 3 m high. It has spines. The leaves have stalks. They are crowded on short side branches. The leaves are 1.5-5.5 cm long by 0.8-1.8 cm wide. They are oblong or oval. They narrow towards the base. They are rounded teeth. The flowers...

  298. Raphanus sativus

    Edible:Roots, Leaves, Herb, Fruit, Vegetable, Flowers A cabbage family herb. It is a small quick growing plant with a thickened edible root. The leaves are divided along the middle nerve and are hairy. The end lobe is largest. The flowers are white or lilac with purple veins. The fruit is a pod....

  299. Grewia asiatica

    Edible : Fruit A shrub or small tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 4-8 m tall. The bark is rough and grey. The branches are long, slender and drooping. Young branches are covered with hairs. The leaves are alternate. They are simple. The leaves are a broad oval or heart shape....

  300. Glycosmis pentaphylla

    Edible portion : fruit, leaves A spineless shrub or tree. It grows 2-6 m tall and spreads 1-3 m wide. The young shoots are bright green. The leaves are 10-18 cm long. The leaves are compound with 1 to 5 leaflets. The leaflets are 6-12 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The edges are entire and they are...

  301. Campomanesia lineatifolia

    Edible portion : fruit A small tree. It grows up to 8-10 m high. The trunk is 25 cm across. The leaves are simple and opposite. They are oval with irregular borders. They are 20 cm long by 10 cm wide. The fruit are yellow skinned and like a common guava. They are 7 cm long. They have a sweet,...

  302. Detarium senegalense

    Edible Portions :Seeds, Fruit, Kernels, Nuts, Leaves, Caution, Vegetable, A small tree. It grows to 5-7 m high in savannah areas. It can be 36 m high. It has a short trunk and a spreading crown. The bark is grey and rough. It flakes off in angular sections. The bark is hard to cut. The leaves are...

  303. Berchemia zeyheri

    Edible portion : Fruit A bushy tree. It can grow up to 12 m tall. The trunk can be 36 cm across. The crown is round and leafy. The leaves are simple and opposite. They are 2.5-4 cm long. They are bright green when young and grey-green when mature. The flowers are small and pale green. They can...

  304. Jatropha multifida

    Edible :Leaves, Roots, Fruit, Oil, Caution A tree like shrub. It is succulent and keeps growing from year to year. It grows to 7 m high and spread to 4 m across. The stem is simple and has few branches. The stem is stocky and 3-6 cm thick. The leaves are rounded and with 7-15 lobes. This means...

  305. Adansonia grandidieri

    Edible:Leaves, Seeds, Fruit, Vegetable A large deciduous tree. It grows 30 m tall. It has a very large pole like trunk. It has only a few, short, stubby branches. It is bare of leaves for most of the year. It develops leaves during times of rain. The leaves have 5 small leaflets which are wavy at...

  306. Aegiceras corniculatum

    Edible:Leaves, Salt, Fruit, Vegetable A small tree or shrub. It grows up to 1.5-7 m tall. It often has several stems. The young branches are reddish brown. The bark is smooth and grey to brown. The leaf stalk is 5-10 mm long. The leaves are oval. They are 2.5-8.5 cm long by 0.9-3.6 cm wide. They...

  307. Antidesma ghaesembilla

    Edible:Fruit, Leaves as condiment, Spice, Leaves A stout and erect tree. It grows 3-8 m tall and spreads 2-4 m across. The trunk is covered with chalky yellowish brown bark. It is rough and mottled. The timber is light coloured and hard. The young branches and new leaves have woolly hairs. The...

  308. Barringtonia acutangula

    Edible:Leaves, Flowers, Fruit A small tree. It grows 4-15 m tall. The trunk can be 40-80 cm across. It can have several stems. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are broad and sword shaped. They taper to the base. They are bright green. The edges sometimes have small teeth. They are...

  309. Bauhinia variegata

    Edible:Flowers, Leaves, Buds, Fruit, Pods, Seeds, Gum A tree. It loses its leaves during the dry season of the year. It grows to a height of 8-12 m tall and spreads to 5 m across. The stem is erect and straight. The leaves are entire to the midpoint, then divided into 2 lobes. The leaves are...

  310. Vitex negundo

    Edible :Seeds, Roots - tea, Leaves - tea, Fruit, Leaves, A small bush. It loses its leaves during the year. It can grow 5-10 m high. The leaves are compound and with 3-5 leaflets. These are sword shaped and have stalks. They are 4-12 cm long. They are dark green on the upper surface and have...

  311. Theobroma bicolor - Peruvian cacao

    Edible Portion : Fruit,Pulp,Seeds A small evergreen tree. It grows 10-13 m high. It can be 30 m high in the forest. The leaves are papery and 15-35 cm long. They can have 2 colours. The flowers are in small groups on the thin branches. The fruit can weigh 300 g. The fruit is medium to large. It...

  312. Grewia mollis

    Edible parts -Leaves, Flowers, Bark, Fruit, Nectar, Vegetable, Root A shrub or tree. It is straggling in form and almost a climber. It grows up to 7 m tall. The bark is fibrous. The leaves are 8-17 cmlong by 2.5-8.5 cm wide. The leaves are grey green on top. They are lighter underneath, and...

  313. Cucurbita maxima - Pumpkin, Winter Squash

    Edible parts -Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Flowers, Vegetable A pumpkin family plant. It is a creeping vine with tendrils. It is an annual plant. The stems are soft and round in cross section.The leaves are large and hang loose. They are dark green and kidney shaped. The edges of the leaves are entire....

  314. Carissa edulis - Caradas plum, simple-spined carissa

    Edible parts -Fruit, Roots - spice, Flowers, Leaves A shrub or small tree. It grows up to 1.5-5 m tall. It has green straggly branches. There are many spines 10-40 mm long. Thespines are simple. The leaves are opposite one another. They have short stalks. The leaves are leathery and widest below...

  315. Vitellaria paradoxa - Shea

    Edible parts -Fruit, Flowers, Nuts, Seeds, Seeds - oil, Vegetable A deciduous tree. A compact tree which loses its leaves during the year. It grows to 15-25 m tall and has a spreading crown.The trunk is short and stout and can be 2 m across. The bark is corky. The bark is dark with cracks making...

  316. Strychnos innocua - Elephant Orange

    Edible parts -Fruit, Seeds, Caution, Leaves A small or medium sized tree. It grows up to 13 m high. The trunk is straight. The bark is smooth and green or yellow, andpowdery. The small branches are stout and smooth and also powdery. They are often twisted and hang downwards. Theleaves are simple...

  317. Moringa stenopetala - African horseradish tree

    Edible parts -Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable A tree. It grows 10-15 m high. The bark is smooth. The branches are soft. The leaves are compound and divided 2-3 times.The flowers have a sweet scent. They are white and occur in loose flower arrangements. The fruit are long pods. The fruit areyellow when...

  318. Zanthoxylum chalybeum - Gadda

    Edible parts -Leaves, Bark, Fruit, Vegetable A shrub or small tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 6 m tall. The crown is broad and dense. It has pricklyprocesses on the trunk. The leaves are 6-20 cm long. There are 2-5 leaflets. The leaflet blades are 3-7 cm long by 1-3 cm wide....

  319. Delonix regia

    Edible : Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Fruit A tree which loses its leaves during the year in places with a long dry season. It grows to 12 m tall and spreads to 6 m wide. The trunk is stout and has knots. The bark is thick and greyish brown. The leaves are twice divided and are feathery. The leaves...

  320. Vitex doniana - Black Plum

    Edible parts -Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable A deciduous tree. It can be 8-14 m tall. It has a heavy rounded crown. The trunk is clear. It can be 1 m across. The bark ispale brown or grey white. It has long cracks along it and the ridges are sticky. The base of old trees has scales. The leavesoccur...

  321. Strychnos spinosa - Kaffir orange, Natal orange

    Edible parts -Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable A shrub which loses some of its leaves during the year. It can be spiny. It grows 4-5 m tall and can be 9 m tall. It has a largerounded crown. There can be one or several trunks. The branches can be flexible or stiff and smooth or hairy. The brancheshave...
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  322. Hibiscus cannabinus - Vegetable kenaf, Indian hemp

    Edible parts -Leaves, Seeds, Pods, Fruit, Flowers, Seeds - oil, Bark, Gum, Vegetable A herb. It can grow from seed each year or keep growing from year to year. It grows up to 3.5 m high. It has a few sharpspines. The leaf stalk is 6-20 cm long. The leaf blade has 2 forms. The leaves lower on the...

  323. Diospyros mespiliformis - Jackalberry

    Edible parts -Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Vegetable An evergreen tree. It grows up to 15-20 m tall. It can grow to 45 m tall in forests. It has a dense wide spreading round crown.The trunk sometimes has buttresses. Young branches have soft hairs. The bark is dark grey. The bark is smooth in young trees...

  324. Annona senegalensis - Wild custard apple

    Edible parts -Fruit, Flower buds, Leaves A shrubby tree which looses its leaves during the year. It grows to 2-6 m high. The bark is grey and smooth. The young stemsare hairy and orange. The older bark becomes thick and folded. It peels off to expose paler patches. The leaves are oval and...

  325. Ficus racemosa

    Edible : Fruit, Leaves, Spice, Flavoring, Flowers A fig. It is an medium sized evergreen spreading tree. Plants can loose many leaves during the dry season. It grows to 12-20 m high and spreads to 5-10 m across. The trunk can be 60-90 cm across. The stem is erect and branching. There are often...

  326. Garcinia madruno

    Edible : Fruit An evergreen tree. It can grow to 10-15 m tall. It has sharply pointed leathery leaves. Leaves are 10 to 15 cm long. They are dark green on top and lighter green underneath. There are 20-40 male flowers and 5-10 female flowers in a group. Fruit are 3-5 cm long and oval. The fruit...

  327. Garcinia xanthochymus

    Edible : Fruit A tree. It grows 8-15 m tall. The trunk is short and straight. The trunk is 40-50 cm thick. The crown is dense and shaped like a pyramid. The bark is grey-brown. The latex is white and sticky. The branches and leaves often droop. The twigs are angular. The leaves are large. They...

  328. Hibiscus tiliaceus

    Edible : Roots, Flowers, Leaves, Bark, Sap, Fruit A tree which keeps its leaves throughout the year. It is small and spreading. It grows to 5-9 m tall and spreads to 3-6 m across. The stem is erect and short. The bark is grey and smooth. The branches spread widely. The crown has an open texture....

  329. Passiflora quadrangularis

    Edible :Fruit, Seeds, Vegetable, Root, A long creeping vine with square stems. It has fleshy tuberous roots. The vine can be from 5-15 m long. The vine has four wings. The tendrils are pale green and coiled in a spiral. The tendrils are not branched and can be 30 cm long. The leaf stalk is 3...

  330. Aganosma marginata

    Edible :Leaves, Stems, Flowers, Fruit, A woody climbing vine 8 m long. It has milky sap. The leaves are glossy and oval. The flowers are white tubes with lobes. They can be in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. They have a scent. A tropical plant. It grows in limestone areas. It can...

  331. Carissa spinarum - Simple-spined num-num

    Edible parts - Fruit, Spice An evergreen shrub. It grows 5 m tall. It is thorny. It can be climbing. The leaves are narrowly oval and leathery and have softhairs. The flowers are white and have a scent. They are in groups at the ends of branches. The fruit are red berries. They areabout 1 cm...

  332. Capsicum frutescens - Bird's eye chillies

    Edible parts -Leaves, Fruit, Herb, Spice, Vegetable It is a shrubby perennial plant about 1 m tall. The leaves are smaller than round capsicums or bell peppers. Two or more flowersoccur together in the axils of leaves. They have small pointed fruit about 1-2 cm long and they are red when ripe....

  333. Borassus aethiopum - Borassus Palm

    Edible parts -Fruit, Cabbage, Sap, Seeds, Palm heart, Vegetable, Young roots, Seedling A solitary fan palm. It grows up to 25 m tall. It has separate male and female trees. The trunk is bottle shaped and smooth.Older trees have a swelling on the trunk above the middle which helps distinguish it...

  334. Syzygium guineense - Water Berry

    Edible parts:Fruit, Bark - tea, Seeds, Roots It is a medium sized evergreen tree. It grows 15-30 m tall. This tree varies a lot. The trunk is broad and fluted. The bark isrough, greyish white and flaky. It produces a red watery sap if cut. The young branches are four sided. The branches tend to...

  335. Parinari curatellifolia - Hissing Tree

    Edible parts:Kernels, Fruit pulp, Nuts, Seeds, Leaves - medicine, Seeds - oil The leaves are simple and oblong. They are 4-11 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. They narrow towards the base. The upper surfaceis shiny dark green and the lower surface is dull and covered with felt. The veins are conspicuous...

  336. Vangueria infausta - Wild Medlar

    Edible parts:Fruit, Seeds, Leaves A shrub or small deciduous tree. It grows to 3 or 4.5 m tall. It can be 7 m tall. It has a smooth grey trunk. The bark becomesrough with age. The branches are short and stout. They are soft and covered with red hair when young. The leaves are lightgreen and...

  337. Morus indica - Mulberry

    Edible parts - Fruit, Buds A shrub or small tree. The small branches are hairy when young. The leaves are oval and can have lobes. There are teethalong the edge. The leaves are 4-12 cm long by 3-9 cm wide. Male and female flowers are often on separate branches. Thefruit are black when ripe. It is...

  338. Sclerocarya caffra - Marula

    Edible parts:Fruit, Seeds, Nuts, Leaves, Kernel A deciduous tree. It grows 10-18 m tall. It has a thick trunk and light rounded crown. The trunk isstraight and 1 m across. The branches are large. The twigs are sturdy with blunt tips. The bark is greybut turns black with age. It is thick and...

  339. Antidesma venosum - Tassel Berry

    Edible parts:Fruit, Leaves A shrub or small tree. It can grow to 15 m tall. The crown can be round and spreading or drooping. The bark is pale and flaky.The young twigs are covered with red hairs. The leaves are simple, large and without teeth. They can be 2.5-15 cm long and 1.9-10 cm wide. The...

  340. Sechium edule - Chayote

    Edible parts:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Roots, Vegetable A herb. It is a pumpkin family plant. It is a vigorously growing climber that can last for several years. The vine can be up to 15 mlong. It has strong tendrils which can attach to fences and trees so that the plant can climb well. The choko...

  341. Trichilia emetica - Natal mahogany

    Edible parts:Aril, Seeds, Fruit, Seeds - oil A large tree. It is evergreen. It grows 8-20 m high. The crown is round and widespreading. The leaves have 4-5 pairs of leaflets and one at the end. They are oblong and 12 cm long by 5.5 cm wide. They are dark green and glossy above and have short...

  342. Parkia filicoidea - African Locust Bean

    Edible parts:Nuts, Fruit, Kernel, Seed - oil A large evergreen tree. It grows to 50 m high. The trunk is 1.5 m across. It has buttresses. The branches have a cottonycovering. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are 5-10 cm long by 2.5-5 cm wide. The flowers are pink and white. Theyhave a...

  343. Vitex mombassae - Smelly Berry

    Edible parts:Fruit, Seed, Ash - salt A shrub or tree. It grows up to 6 m tall. It often has many branches from the base. The leaves have 3-5 leaflets. The leaveshave long stalks but the leaflets are stalkless. The leaflets radiate from one point and the end one is the largest. The leaflets are7.5...

  344. Bridelia micrantha - Coastal Golden Leaf

    Edible parts:Fruit, Roots, Leaves, Bark, Seed A deciduous tree. It grows up to 21 m tall. It has a wide leafy crown. The trunk is grey-brown. It is smooth when young butrough when older. The twigs are knobbly and covered with small scattered raised brown dots. The leaves are simple and slightly...

  345. Ficus sur - Cape Fig

    Edible parts:Fruit, Leaves, Roots, Bark, Vegetable A fig. This tree varies in form. It can be a small tree up to 6 m tall in dry places or a large spreading tree up to 12-24 m tall inforest. It normally loses its leaves for a short period. The bark is smooth and brownish grey. It has a thick...

  346. Ximenia caffra - Sour Plum

    Edible portions: Fruit A shrub or small tree It grows to 8 m tall. It has many spines. Young stems can be very hairy. The bark is grey or brown. It issmooth at first but then becomes rough and cracked along its length. The young twigs are covered with fine red hairs. Theleaves are simple and...

  347. Ficus religiosa

    A fig. It is a deciduous tree. It grows to 35 m tall. The crown is one. It has fibrous aerial rots. The trunk can be 30-40 cm across. When young it grows living on and attached to other plants. The bark is grey and smooth with cracks along it. The young branches has some hairs. The leaf stalk is...

  348. Diospyros discolor

    Edible : Fruit A large tree. It can grow to 20 m or more high. Often it is only a small tree. It is a spreading tree with drooping branches. The leaves are smooth but covered with fine soft hairs. They are 7.5-22.5 cm long by 2.5-7.5 cm wide. The leaves are dark green on the top surface and...

  349. Garcinia celebica

    Edible : Fruit A tree. It grows 9-18 m tall. It can grow 35 m tall. The stems have white or yellow latex. The leaves are opposite and simple. The leaves are narrowly oval and 15 cm long by 8 cm wide. The flowers are of separate sexes. They are red outside and yellow inside. The flowers are 22 mm...

  350. Inga spectabilis

    Edible : Fruit - aril, Pod pulp. A tree. It grows 5-20 m tall. The branches are angular and hairy. The leaves are compound and alternate. There are 2 pairs of leaflets. The end pair are the largest. The leaves are 10-30 cm long by 5-18 cm wide. The fruit is a pod. They are 20-80 cm long by 4-5 cm...

  351. Licania tomentosa

    Edible : Fruit A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The young branches can have a grey covering. The crown is low and spreads wide. The leaves are narrowly oval and papery. They are 5-12 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. They taper to the tip and are wedge shaped at the base. The flowers occur singly and are 3 mm...

  352. Lycium chinense

    Edible : Leaves as condiment, Spice, Tea, Fruit, Seeds - coffee, Vegetable, Seeds-oil A spiny deciduous shrub. It grows 4.5 m high. The branches are stiff, straight and unbranched. The branches have long thorns. These are where the leaves sprout from the stem. There are only a few leaves. The...

  353. Myrciaria glazioviana

    Edible : Fruit A large shrub. It grows 2-4 m tall. The crown is dense. The branches almost touch the ground. The leaves are papery. They have a white covering underneath. Leaves are 6-11 cm long and the edges curl under. The flowers are in clusters in the axils of leaves. The fruit are yellow...

  354. Ximenia americana - Yellow Plum

    Edible portions:Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Oil, Root bark - tea A small tree or spiny shrub about 3-4 m high. It has spines about 1 cm long which are thin and straight. The leaves andbranches are without hairs. The leaves are alternate, oval and about 2-4 cm long. The leaves are bluish green. The...

  355. Salvadora persica - Salt Bus, Mustard Tree, Tafabe

    Edible portions:Seeds, Leaves, Fruit, Bark, Vegetable An evergreen shrub or small tree. It grows 4-6 metres high. It has many branches forming a rambling habit. The stems are crooked and can grow along the ground. The branches are drooping and twisted. They are slender and greenish white. The...

  356. Syzygium cordatum - Water Boom

    Edible parts:Fruit, Stems - flavouring A medium sized evergreen tree. It grows to 8-15 m high. The trunk sometimes has buttresses. The crown of the tree isrounded. The bark is dark brown and rough with cracks along its length. The small branches are angular and the edges of themis winged. The...

  357. Cordyla Africana - Wild Mango

    Edible parts:Fruit, Seeds, Flowers - nectar It is a large tree. It grows up to 22 m tall. The trunk can be 1.2 m across. The branches spread widely. The bark is greyishbrown and has furrows along it. The leaves are divided once. They are 25 cm long with about 9-12 pairs of leaflets with one atthe...

  358. Uapaca kirkiana - Sugar Plum

    Edible parts: Fruit A small tree. It grows 5-6 m high. It can be 13 m high. It has a rounded crown. The bark is dark grey and rough. The leavesare scattered or clustered at the tips of branches. They are oval and 11 cm long by 11 cm wide. They are thickly leathery. Theupper surface is dark green...

  359. Tamarindus indica - Tamarind

    Edible portions:Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Spice, Vegetable A large spreading tree up to 24 m tall. It has a broad dense evergreen crown. In dry areas the tree can lose its leaves. Thetrunk can be 1 m across. The bark is rough and grey with a checkered pattern. The leaves are carried one...

  360. Piper nigrum

    Edible : Seed, Spice, Herb, Fruit A climbing, green, leafy vine. It is woody. The nodes are enlarged. The plant has roots on the main stem which attach to tree trunks. The vines can be 8-10 m long. The leaf stalk is 1-2 cm long. The leaf blade is oval and 10-15 cm long by 5-9 cm wide. It is thick...

  361. Sapindus rarak

    Edible : Fruit A tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 20-42 m tall. The trunk can be 1 m across. The branches are strong, stout and grooved. They have yellowish hairs when young. The leaves are large and compound. They are 50 cm long. There are 7 -12 pairs of almost opposite...

  362. Melientha suavis

    Edible : Leaves, Flowers, Fruit A shrub 4-8 m tall. It can grow to 13 m tall. The trunk is 25 cm across. The trunk is straight and cylindrical. The leaves are oval. They are 6-12 cm long by 2.5-5 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 1-3 mm long. The flowers can be in groups of singly. They can grow from...

  363. Lansium parasiticum

    Edible : Fruit An upright slender tree to 12-20 m high. It has sticky sap. The leaves are alternate and simple. Leaves are up to 40 cm long and made up of 5-7 large leaflets. The flowers are yellow in spikes from old wood mostly on the branches. The flowers have 5 petals which join to form a...

  364. Samanea saman

    Edible : Pod pulp, Leaves, Fruit, Seeds-Spice A large tree with a widely spreading crown. It grows up to 25 m tall. It can grow to 60 m high. It has a short thick trunk. The branches spread out horizontally and can be 30 m long. The bark is a distinctive yellow. It loses its leaves during the...

  365. Grewia bicolor - Two-coloured grewia

    Edible portions:Fruit, Leaves - tea, Vegetable, Flowers A small tree or shrub. It grows up to 3-8 m tall. It is often a shrub with many stems. The young branches are covered with softhairs. The leaves are oval or sword shaped. They are smooth above and white below. The have fine teeth along the...

  366. Cordia crenata - Musakabi

    Edible portions:Fruit A shrub or small tree. It grows 7 m tall. Young plant parts are hairy. The leaves are oval or wedge shaped and 5-8 cm long by 3cm wide. They are rough above and hairy underneath. Male and female flowers are on separate plants. The fruit are oval andorange and 13 mm long by 8...

  367. Ziziphus mucronata - Buffalo Thorn

    Edible parts:Fruit, Seeds - coffee, Leaves A shrub or small tree. It grows up to 9 m tall. It has many sharp thorns. It has spreading and often drooping branches. Thetrunk is often crooked. The leaves are simple and alternate. They are shiny and have 3 veins from the base. The leaves are 2.5-8 cm...

  368. Parinari excelsa - Rough-skinned Plum

    Edible parts:Nuts, Fruit, Kernel, Seed - oil A large evergreen tree. It grows to 50 m high. The trunk is 1.5 m across. It has buttresses. The branches have a cottonycovering. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are 5-10 cm long by 2.5-5 cm wide. The flowers are pink and white. Theyhave a...

  369. Berchemia discolor - Bird Plum

    Edible parts:Fruit, Gum, Leaves A tree. It grows 12-18 m tall. It usually loses its leaves during the year. The branches are spreading. The crown is dense andround. The leaves are simple and nearly opposite. They are dark green above and paler underneath. They are 2.5-10 cm longand 8 cm wide....

  370. Cucumis metuliferus - African Horned cucumber, Kiwano

    Edible portions:Fruit, Seeds, Vegetable, Leaves A pumpkin family plant. It is an annual plant. It grows to 0.5 m tall and spreads to 1.5 m wide. The stems are trailing and hairy.The tendrils are curled and do not branch. The leaves have 3 lobes and are heart shaped. The edges of the leaves have...

  371. Corchorus olitorius - Jute

    Edible portions:Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable, Fruit An annual herb. It is upright, branching, and slightly woody. Plants vary in height, shape, leafiness and hairiness. Plants grownfor leaves are usually only 30 cm tall. They also have many branches. Leaves are shiny and have leaf stalks. The leaves...

  372. Grewia capitellata - Nguilabe

    Edible portions: Fruit A shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The leaves are broadly oval and 10 cm long. There are teeth along the edge. The base is roundedbut can be wedge shaped. There can be some fine hairs underneath. The flowers are white or yellow. They are in groups in theaxils or leaves or at the...

  373. Balanites aegyptiaca

    Edible portion :Fruit, Seeds, Shoots, Flowers, Oil, Leaves, Resin, Gum, Nectar, A small evergreen tree. It grows up to 6-15 m high. It is spiny. It produces a rounded crown of tangled thorny branches. The bark is dark brown or grey and has patterns on it. It becomes corky and cracked with age....

  374. Bischofia javanica

    Edible:Leaves, Fruit, Seeds A large stocky tree. It grows up to 40 m tall. It can range from 5 to 30 m tall. The trunk is 1 m across, and straight. The trunk is covered with dull brown scaly bark. It is 2 cm thick and peels off in irregular flakes. The bark gives a red exudate when cut. The...