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Resources Tagged: Roots And Tubers

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  1. Ipomoea batatas - Sweet Potato

    Edible Portion: Tuber, Root, Leaves, Vegetable This is a root crop which produces long creeping vines. The leaves are carried singly along the vine. Leaves can vary considerably from divided like fingers on a hand to being entire and rounded or heart shaped. At the end of the vine, trumpet shaped...
    Edible Leaves Vegetables Sweet Potato Starchy Staples Roots Roots and Tubers Tubers FPI Plant Information

  2. Sphenostylis stenocarpa - African Yam Bean

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Tubers, Root, Pods, Vegetable A vigorous climbing vine. It is a herb that grows 1.5-2 m high. The leaves have 3 leaflets. They are 14 cm long and 5 cm wide. The flowers are pink, purple or greenish-white. They are 2.5 cm long. They are on stout stalks in the axils...
    African Yam Bean Legumes Legumes as Food Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Tubers Roots and Tubers Roots Edible Pods Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  3. Tylosema fassoglensis - Climbing Marama Bean

    EdiblePortion: Pods, Fruit, Seeds, Tubers, Root, Stems - Gum, Vegetable A trailing or climbing plant. It is evergreen and shrubby. It can be 6 m long. It has a large tuberous root. This can be to a depthof 2.5 m. Young plant parts have rusty coloured hairs. The leaves are simple and almost round...
    Climbing Marama Bean Edible Pods Fruits Roots and Tubers Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  4. Asparagus racemosus - Climbing Asparagus

    Edible Portion:Root, Tubers, Shoots, Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaves - Tea, Flower A creeping or climbing herb or shrub. It has woody stems. It grows 2 m high. It spreads 2 m wide. The stems are slender andtrailing. The leaves are light green and narrow. They are 5 cm long. The flowers are very...
    Roots Tubers Roots and Tubers Fruits Vegetables Edible Leaves Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information

  5. Canna indica - Indian Shot

    Edible Portion: Fruit, Root, Rhizome, Tubers, Vegetable, Flowers A broad leafed plant with purple leaf sheaths. It is about 1.5 to 2.5 m high. It grows as a perennial. The stems are in clusters.The leaves are large and smooth. They are dark green but can be reddish in some varieties. The leaf...
    Indian Shot Fruits Roots Tubers Roots and Tubers Rhizobium Vegetables Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information

  6. Dioscorea alata - Greater Yam

    Edible Portion:Tubers, Root, Vegetable, Bulbils A yam with a long angular vine. It can climb 15 m high. The stems are square and twine to the right around support sticks. Thestem does not have spines. It is often coloured green or purple. The leaves are heart shaped and borne in pairs along the...
    Dioscorea alata Greater Yam Yams Yams as Food Starchy Staples Vegetables Tubers Roots and Tubers Roots FPI Plant Information

  7. Dioscorea trifida - Sweet Yam

    Edible Portion: Tubers, Vegetable, Root A yam vine. The stem is square in cross section and does not have spines. The leaves are 25 cm long. They are opposite. Theleaf is divided like fingers on a hand into 3 or more segments. The male flower is on a long stalk and the female flower stalk is...
    Dioscorea trifida Sweet Yam Yams Yams as Food Roots and Tubers Roots Tubers Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  8. Equisetum arvense - Field Horsetail

    Edible Portion: Root, Tuber, Stem, Flower Bud, Vegetable A rush like plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 40-60 cm high and spreads 30-45 cm wide. The stems are inrings which are tightly packed. They are 60 cm tall. They are slightly rough and have furrows along them. There are...
    Field Horsetail Roots Tubers Roots and Tubers Edible Flowers Vegetables FPI Plant Information

  9. Helianthus tuberosus - Jerusalem Artichoke

    Edible Portion: Rhizome, Tubers, Root, Vegetable, Flowers An upright perennial plant up to 1-2 m high and a spread of 1 m. The stem is erect and unbranched. The leaves are dull greenand sword shaped. The flowers are yellow and daisy like. It produces fleshy underground stem tubers of irregular...
    Jerusalem Artichoke FPI Plant Information Edible Flowers Roots and Tubers Vegetables

  10. Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Chinese taro

    Edible portion : Tubers, Root, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaf Stalk, Stem A herb up to 2 m tall. It has a short stem. At the top of the stem it produces large leaves. A corm is produced at the base of the plant. It produces about 10 cormels on the underground corm. These are about 15-25 cm long and...
    Malanga FPI Plant Information Starchy Staples Roots Edible Leaves Vegetables Roots and Tubers