Edible Portion:Seeds, Vegetable An erect annual herb. It grows to 1.5 m tall. It has a thick taproot. It can keep growing from year to year. The stems arebranched, woody and mostly without hairs. The leaves have leaflets arranged like fingers on a hand. There are 7-9 leaflets.These are oblong and...
EdiblePortion: Seeds, Young pods, Leaves, Vegetable An evergreen herb of shrub. It is a climbing vine. It climbs to 6 m high. It can re-grow each year or live for a few years. Thestems are slender with long, slender branches. They are very hairy when young. The leaves are alternate with sword...
Edible Portion: Seeds, Pods, Leaves, Vegetable A short lived herb plant. A creeping plant with white or pink flowers. Plants can be 30 cm to 150 cm tall. It has a well developedtap root and many slender side roots. The stem is weak and round. Leaves are made up of 1-3 pairs of leaflets and a...
Edible Portion:Seeds, Pods, Leaves, Flowers, Roots, Vegetable A climbing perennial bean up to 3 or 4 m tall. It can re-grow each year from the fattened roots. The stems twine around supportsor trail over the ground. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaf stalks are long. The leaflets are 8-15 cm...
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...
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...
Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Vegetable, Nuts An annual plant. It can either form a bunchy bush or be a trailing plant. Often the creeping stems are near ground level. It oftenappears as if bunched leaves arise from branched stems near ground level. It has a well developed taproot. The...
Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Vegetable A climbing bean with long pods. The vines can be 3 m long. They normally twine around sticks. Dwarf kinds also occur.Leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval and side leaflets are at an angle. Leaflets can be 2-16 cm long by 1-12 cm wide.The...
Nuts/seeds/herbs Edible parts -Seeds, Leaves, Flavouring, Spice, Pods, Vegetable, Oil, Caution A spreading bushy plant up to about 40 cm high. Leaves are made up of 2 pairs of leaflets arranged opposite each other.Flowers are produced in the axils of leaves. Two main kinds occur. They are often...
Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Herb, Spice, Leaves - tea An evergreen shrub. It grows to 3-5 m high and spreads to 3 m across. The stem is slender and the branches are flexible. Theleaves are glossy green, oblong, and tapering towards the tip. They occur opposite each other and have easy to see...