Malvaceae
634 edible species
Family including hibiscus, okra, and cacao; characterized by five petals and prominent stamens.
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Fruit
Spinyhead sida, Green sida
Edible: Leaves, Leaves - tea
Paddy's lucerne, Spiny sida
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves, Shoots
Edible: Leaves
Goat’s horns, Flannel weed, Heart-leaf sida
Edible: Leaves, Flowers
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Leaves
Life-saver burr
Edible: Seeds
Common Sida, Arrowleaf sida
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Leaves - tea, Flowers, Root
Shrub Sida
Spiny sida
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Tea
Edible: Leaves
Dwarf Checker-mallow, Greek mallow
Edible: Leaves
New Mexico prairie mallow, Salt spring checkerboom
Edible: Leaves
Tsivolo
Edible: ?
Sparmannia bush, Climbing stock-rose
Edible: Leaves, Stem bark, Fruit
Apricot Mallow
Narrow leaf globe mallow, Copper globemallow
Edible: Seeds ?
Globemallow, Prairie mallow, Red false mallow, Scarlet mallow
Edible: Root
White-stemmed globe-mallow, Munro's globemallow
Edible: Seeds, Fruit, Shoots
Sang curoc
Edible: Seeds
African star-chestnut
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Bark
Cape sterculia, Cape star-chestnut
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Edible: Seeds
Panama nut, Coolie sterculia
Edible: Seeds, Seeds - oil, Caution, Fruit
Tall sterculia
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable
Kavalam
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Leaves
Holahochei
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Lui kepuh tree
Trom nam bo
Edible: Seeds
Buca sterculia
Edible: Fruit
Xixa
Edible: Seeds
Lofty sterculia
Edible: Seeds
Java olive, Skunk Tree, Poon tree, Wild almond
Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Leaves, Roots
Edible: Tubers ?, Fruit
Edible: Seeds, Nuts
Takampalam
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Nuts
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Nuts
Chiwaripat
Edible: Seeds, Nuts
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Nuts
Edible: Seeds
China chestnut, Seven sister's fruit
Edible: Seeds, Nut
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seeds ?
Lowveld chestnut
Edible: Seeds, Seeds - oil
Yellow Sterculia
Edible: Seeds, Condiment, Spice
Malaboho, Malabuho
Edible: Seeds, Root, Nuts
Edible: Seed
Gwa'u
Edible: Seeds, Nuts
Edible: Seeds
Trom bai canh
Edible: Seeds - oil
Peanut tree, Red-fruited Kurrajong
Edible: Seeds
Large-leaved star-chestnut, Large-leaved sterculia
Edible: Seeds
Sterculia Brown
Edible: Fruit, Wood ash - salt
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Common star-chestnut
Edible: Heartwood, Seeds
Edible: Seed
Rough leaf maho, Slimy maho
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Nuts, Seeds
Star chestnut
Edible: Seeds, Gum, Leaves, Flower
Edible: Seeds
Chicha, Striated sterculia
Edible: Seeds, Nuts
Edible: Seeds ?
African tragacanth, Gum tragacanth
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Gum, Seeds
Cenda kepuh tree
Edible: Seeds, Seeds - oil
Bahenteng kepuh tree
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seeds
Elephant rope tree, Hairy kepuh tree
Edible: Seeds, Root, Bark - gum, Fruit
Wathiwathi
Edible: Seeds
Tall talipariti, Blue mahoe
Edible: Flowers
Blue moho
Mura, Narrow leaf chocolate tree
Edible: Seeds, Fruit
Edible: Seeds, Fruit, Seeds - oil
Peruvian cacao
Edible: Fruit Pulp, Seeds
Cacao
Edible: Seeds, Seeds for chocolate, Herb, Flavouring, Spice, Fruit Pulp
Cupurana
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Seeds - oil
Giler chocolate tree.
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Glaucous chocolate tree
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Cupuacu, Big flower chocolate tree
Edible: Pulp, Fruit
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Edible: Fruit Aril, Seeds
Monkey chocolate tree
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Seeds - oil
Sinuate chocolate tree
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Edible: Fruit
Greyish chocolate tree
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Martius chocolate tree
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Velvety tropical tree
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Danisa
Edible: Fruit, Root
Pacific rosewood, Coastal Hibiscus
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Fruit, Vegetable
Beach yellow Hibiscus, Pacific rosewood, Northern Cottonwood
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Fruit, Buds