Edible Plant Database

Caryota urens

Wine Palm, Fishtail Palm, Toddy Palm

Arecaceae

Edible: Sap, Starch, Cabbage, Sago, Palm heart, Fruit, Seeds - masticatory, Flower sap

Cucurbita ficifolia

Malabar gourd, Fig-leaf gourd

Cucurbitaceae

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Flowers, Tips, Leaves, Vegetable

Ferocactus pilosus

Mexican lime cactus

Cactaceae

Edible: Fruit, Flowers, Stems

Hemerocallis minor

Grassleaf day lily, Small yellow flower vegetable

Xanthorrhoeaceae

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Spice

Persicaria minor

Spotted Ladysthumb, Small water-pepper

Polygonaceae

Edible: Leaves, Seeds

Stellaria alsine

Bog Chickweed, Bog Stitchwort

Caryophyllaceae

Edible: Leaves

Suaeda australis

Southern Seablite, Austral Seablite

Amaranthaceae

Edible: Leaves

Vanilla planifolia

Vanilla

Orchidaceae

Edible: Pods, Fruit, Seeds, Herb, Spice

Vitex trifolia

Common blue vitex

Lamiaceae

Edible: Leaves

Avena sterilis

Sterile oats, Wild winter oat

Poaceae

Edible: Seeds, Cereal

Eragrostis pilosa

Soft Lovegrass, Wild tef

Poaceae

Edible: Seeds, Cereal

Galium hypocarpium

Galia

Rubiaceae

Edible: Leaves ?

Genista tridentata

Fabaceae

Edible: Flowers, Buds

Gymnanthemum amygdalinum

Bitter leaf

Asteraceae

Edible: Leaves

Heliotropium arborescens

Lord Roberts Heliotrope, Garden heliotrope

Boraginaceae

Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Flavouring

Scutellaria indica

Han xin cao

Lamiaceae

Edible: Leaves

Sesamum indicum

Sesame, Oil-seed sesame

Pedaliaceae

Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Spice, Seeds - oil, Vegetable

Triumfetta rhomboidea

Burweed, Chinese burr

Malvaceae

Edible: Leaves, Roots, Stem, Vegetable

Viola collina

Hairy fruit, Ball-fruited violet

Violaceae

Edible: Flowers, Leaves

Aegle marmelos

Bael fruit, Bengal quince

Rutaceae

Edible: Fruit, Leaves condiment, Spice, Vegetable

Cereus repandus

Giant club Cactus

Cactaceae

Edible: Fruit

Coix lacryma-jobi

Job’s tears

Poaceae

Edible: Seeds, Cereal

Diplocyclos palmatus

Striped cucumber, Native Bryony

Cucurbitaceae

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Caution, Vegetable

Glochidion rubrum

Red glochidion

Phyllanthaceae

Edible: Leaves

Pelargonium luridum

Variable stork's-bill

Geraniaceae

Edible: Leaves, Stems

Pterostylis concinna

Trim greenhood

Orchidaceae

Edible: Tuber, Root

Rumex vesicarius

Ruby dock, Bladder Dock

Polygonaceae

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Fruit

Shepherdia rotundifolia

Roun-leaf buffaloberry

Elaeagnaceae

Edible: Fruit

Amyema pendula

Weeping Mistletoe, Drooping Mistletoe

Loranthaceae

Edible: Fruit

Boletus pinophilus

Pine bolete

Boletaceae

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Carex brizoides

Cyperaceae

Edible: Root, Seeds

Cirsium ochrocentrum

Yellow spined thistle

Asteraceae

Edible: Root, Stem

Crocus serotinus

Late crocus

Iridaceae

Edible: Flowers, Bulbs

Eragrostis superba

Poaceae

Genista sagittalis

Fabaceae

Oxalis obliquifolia

Oblique-leaved sorrel, One-flower sorrel

Oxalidaceae

Edible: Leaves

Pinus aristata

Bristle-cone pine, Colorado bristlecone pine

Pinaceae

Edible: Seeds

Piper sarmentosum

Lolot pepper, Vegetable pepper

Piperaceae

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Spice

Rosa dumalis

Rosaceae

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Rubus canadensis

Low blackberry

Rosaceae

Edible: Fruit

Symphytum asperum

Prickly Comfrey

Boraginaceae

Edible: Leaves

Vitellaria paradoxa

Karite-nut, Shea, Shea-buttertree

Sapotaceae

Edible: Fruit, Flowers, Nuts, Seeds, Seeds - oil, Vegetable

Zanthoxylum ailanthoides

Vietnam pepper, Japanese prickly ash

Rutaceae

Edible: Leaves, Fruit - spice

Acacia mangium

Hickory Wattle, Brown sandalwood

Fabaceae

Edible: Roots, Seeds, Vegetable

Apodytes dimidiata

White pear

Icacinaceae

Edible: Leaves, Bark, Fruit

Averrhoa bilimbi

Bilimbi

Oxalidaceae

Edible: Fruit, Flowers, Spice

Balsamorhiza hookeri

Balsam root, Hairy Balsamroot, Hooker's Balsamroot, Rabbithead Balsamroot

Asteraceae

Edible: Root, Seeds

Caesia calliantha

Pale grass lily, Blue grass lily

Xanthorrhoeaceae

Edible: Root, Tubers