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SPECIAL COLLECTION:
Edible Plants

Placeholder: Listing of Plants tagged 'edible' in database. Requires clarification.

data regenerated on Sun, 22 Oct 2017 04:12:08 -0400

21 Accessions:

Diospyros kaki Malpighia glabra Pachira aquatica Pachira aquatica Punica granatum Nana Xanthorrhoea australis

  • Aloe cooperi - Cooper's Grass Aloe - Xanthorrhoeaceae W/C
  • Antidesma bunius - Bignay, Bignai - Phyllanthaceae
  • Casimiroa edulis - White Sapote, Mexican Apple, Zapote Blanco - Rutaceae
  • Ceratonia siliqua - Carob, St. John's Bread - Fabaceae
  • Colocasia esculenta - Taro, Elephant Ears - Araceae
  • Cordia dichotoma - Bird Lime Tree - Boraginaceae
  • Dioscorea bulbifera - Air Potato - Dioscoreaceae
  • Diospyros kaki - Chinese Persimmon - Ebenaceae
  • Diospyros nigra - Black Sapote, Chocolate Pudding Fruit - Ebenaceae
  • Eugenia uniflora - Pitanga, Surinam Cherry - Myrtaceae
  • Gynura bicolor - Okinawan Spinach - Asteraceae
  • Ipomoea batatas - Sweet potato, Kumara - Convolvulaceae
  • Malpighia glabra - Barbados Cherry, Acerola - Malpighiaceae
  • Musa velutina - Velvet Pink Banana - Musaceae
  • Pachira aquatica - Malabar Chestnut, Guiana Chestnut - Malvaceae
  • Pachira aquatica - Guiana Chestnut - Malvaceae
  • Pereskia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry, Lemon Vine - Cactaceae
  • Persea americana - Avocado, Alligator Pear - Lauraceae
  • Psidium guajava - Guava - Myrtaceae
  • Punica granatum Nana - Dwarf Pomegranate - Lythraceae
  • Xanthorrhoea australis - Austral Grass Tree - Xanthorrhoeaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
= Currently Flowering
= Image(s) Available
= map available for this accession
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