Malvaceae
634 edible species
Family including hibiscus, okra, and cacao; characterized by five petals and prominent stamens.
Schott's ceiba
Edible: Seeds, Leaves
Silk floss tree
Edible: Seeds - oil
Canak, Hand flower
Edible: Leaves ?
Edible: Fruit pulp, Seeds, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves
Bolo-bolo
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Fruit
Cola nut
Edible: Seeds, Nut, Herb, Flavouring, Fruit, Leaves
Bamenda kola
Edible: Seeds, Stimulant, Nuts
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves, Fruit
Bush kola
Edible: Fruit, Aril
Edible: Fruit
Monkey Cola, False cola
Edible: Seeds, Stimulant, Nuts
Edible: Fruit, Sap
Edible: Fruit - stimulant
Edible: Fruit
Mandingo kola
Edible: Pulp, Fruit, Seeds aril, Seeds, Leaves
Kola Nut
Edible: Nuts, Aril, Fruit
Edible: Seeds - stimulant
Black kurrajong
Edible: Leaves, Fruit
Giant cola
Edible: Fruit, Seed - spice, Nut
Edible: Leaves, Fruit pulp
Edible: Leaves - flavouring, Fruit, Seed - spice
Edible: Nuts, Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable
Monkey kola (red), Bush cola
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves
Edible: Fruit pulp, Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable
Laurel-leaved kola
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Fruit
Monkey cola
Edible: Seeds, Fruit, Leaves
Common cola
Edible: Leaves
Ghanja Kola, Bitter Cola
Akoele
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Fruit, Leaves
Edible: Fruit, Seeds - masticatory
Edible: Aril, Fruit, Seeds, Nuts
Slippery kola
Edible: Seeds
Edible: ?
Edible: Roots - Medicine
West African mallow
Edible: Leaves, Root, Vegetable
Wild jute
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
White Jute
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Leaves - tea
Guxe, Jute plant
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Stems, Vegetable
Jute, Bush Okra
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable, Fruit, Leaves - tea
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Gum, Leaves
Horn-fruited jute
Edible: Leaves
American jute, Slippery bur
Horne-fruited jute
Edible: Leaves, Shoots, Flowers, Pods, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Flowers, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Seeds, Fruit, Vegetable, Spice, Oil
Edible: Fruit, Vegetable
Calobo, Balubo, Balobo, Barobo
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Edible: ?
Pink dombeya, Pink wild pear
Edible: Stem pith, Vegetable
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Fruit
Greegdan
Edible: Fruit, Bark ash - salt
Wild pear
Edible: Fruit, Flowers, Stem
Edible: Fruit
Durian hutan
Edible: Fruit
Ceylon durian
Edible: Fruit
Durian meragang
Edible: Fruit
Durian munyit
Edible: Fruit
Durian munjit
Edible: Fruit
Red-fleshed durian
Edible: Fruit
Durian pulu, Durian kulu, Yellow durian
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Fruit
Durian sepeh
Edible: Fruit, Aril
Edible: Fruit
Isu, Isu ramin
Edible: Fruit
Durian Sukang
Edible: Fruit
Durio kakura
Edible: Fruit, Aril
Durian
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves
White mallow
Edible: Leaves
Nimmo's erinocarpus
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Seed
Edible: Seeds ?
Edible: Seeds
Vau theva
Edible: Seeds
Pale sterculia
Edible: Seeds, Roots, Tubers
Chinese parasol tree, Phoenix tree, Japanese varnish tree, Chinese bottle tree
Edible: Seeds, Root tuber, Latex, Gum
Edible: Budding flowers, Stem, Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable
Tree Cotton, Cotton tree
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Oil
Sea Island Cotton, Egyptian cotton, Brazilian cotton
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Oil
Short-staple cotton
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Oil
American cotton
Edible: Seeds, Oil
Edible: Leaves
Ts'o to
Edible: Fruit