Resources Tagged: Sap

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  1. 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...
    FPI Breadnut Maya Breadnut Edible Seeds Edible Leaves Sap Plant Information

  2. Caryota mitis - Lesser Fishtail Palm, Clustered Fishtail Palm

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Cabbage, Starch, Sago, Palm heart, Sap A small slender palm and the only representative of this genus in the Philippines which sends up shoots from the base of thetrunk, forming clumps. It forms a cluster of closely spaced stems. It can be 5 m high. The trunks are 5-15 cm...
    Caryota mitis Edible Seeds Lesser Fishtail Palm Fishtail Palm Cabbage Starchy Staples Palm Heart Palm Varieties Sap FPI Plant Information

  3. Arenga pinnata - Black Sugar Palm

    Edible Portion: Juice - Flowers, Sap, Seeds, Cabbage, Sago, Starch, Palm Heart A large palm. It grows to 18 m high. It forms one trunk 30 cm across and covered with old leaf bases and black fibres. It hasspines 7.5 cm long. It has long leaves which reach upwards. They have leaflets along the...
    Black Sugar Plum Plum Palm Varieties Palms Edible Flowers Sap Edible Seeds Palm Heart FPI Plant Information

  4. Oxytenanthera abyssinica - Lowland Bamboo, Savannah Bamboo, Wine Bamboo

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Young Shoots, Cereal, Sap, Manna, Vegetable A bamboo or grass. It grows 10-15 m high. It grows in dense clumps. The stem is solid. It is 8-10 cm wide at the base. Itarches slightly at the tips. The sheaths are covered with short dark brown bristly hairs. These can be rubbed...
    Bamboo Bamboo Sprout Edible Seeds Vegetables Lowland Bamboo Cereal Sap Savannah Bamboo Wine Bamboo Plant Information FPI

  5. How To Get Waterproofing Substances From Plants

    This manual is concerned with the methods of waterproofing all types of soil construction.The first and easiest way toobtainawaterproofingagent from a tree is through Its sap. Since many trees will nothavea free flowing sap, and many that do not have useful sap, all kinds of trees must be tested....
    Waterproofing Crops & Soils Sap Trees Useful Tree