1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...