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Meliaceae

139 edible species

Family containing mahogany and neem; includes edible chinaberry and West Indian cedar.

Toona calantas
Toona calantas

Philippines cedar

Edible: Fruit

Toona ciliata
Toona ciliata

Mountain Cedar, Australian Red Cedar, Toona

Edible: Leaves

Toona sinensis
Toona sinensis

Chinese cedar

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Buds, Leaves - tea, Vegetable

Toona sureni
Toona sureni

Edible: Leaves

Trichilia adolfi
Trichilia adolfi

Adolf bitterwood

Edible: Fruit, Aril

Trichilia capitata
Trichilia capitata

Edible: Fruit

Trichilia catigua
Trichilia catigua

Catigua

Edible: Fruit

Trichilia dregeana
Trichilia dregeana

Forest Natal mahogany, White mahogany

Edible: Seeds, Aril, Fruit, Oil

Trichilia elsae
Trichilia elsae

Elsa bitterwood

Edible: Fruit

Trichilia emetica
Trichilia emetica

Banket mahogany, Natal mahogany, Cape mahogany

Edible: Aril, Seeds, Fruit, Seeds - oil

Trichilia gilletii
Trichilia gilletii

Edible: ?

Trichilia hirta
Trichilia hirta

Broom bitterwood

Edible: Fruit, Caution

Trichilia maynasiana
Trichilia maynasiana

Maynas bitterwood

Edible: Fruit

Trichilia monadelpha
Trichilia monadelpha

Edible: Seeds aril, Seeds - oil

Trichilia ornithothera
Trichilia ornithothera

Edible: Fruit - medicine

Trichilia prieureana
Trichilia prieureana

Monkey apple

Edible: Fruit

Trichilia quadrijuga
Trichilia quadrijuga

Four yoke bitter wood

Edible: Fruit

Trichilia quadrivalvis
Trichilia quadrivalvis

Edible: Seeds - oil

Trichilia retusa
Trichilia retusa

Edible: Fruit - aril

Trichilia rubescens
Trichilia rubescens
Trichilia rubra
Trichilia rubra

Monkey syrup

Edible: Fruit pulp

Trichilia tessmannii
Trichilia tessmannii

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Turraea abyssinica
Turraea abyssinica

Edible: Fruit

Turraea floribunda
Turraea floribunda

Honeysuckle tree

Edible: Fruit

Turraea holstii
Turraea holstii

Edible: Fruit

Turraea nilotica
Turraea nilotica

Bushveld honeysuckle tree, Small mahogany

Edible: Fruit

Turraea virens
Turraea virens

Edible: Fruit

Turraea vogelii
Turraea vogelii

Edible: Leaves, Leaves - drink, Root bark - flavouring

Walsura bonii
Walsura bonii

Cay giay

Edible: Fruit

Walsura pachycaulon
Walsura pachycaulon

Edible: Fruit

Walsura pinnata
Walsura pinnata

Edible: Fruit

Walsura piscidia
Walsura piscidia

Edible: Fruit

Walsura robusta
Walsura robusta

Cut-the-tongue tree

Edible: Fruit

Walsura trifoliolata
Walsura trifoliolata

Three-leaf walsura

Edible: Fruit

Walsura tubulata
Walsura tubulata

Edible: Fruit ?

Walsura villamilii
Walsura villamilii

Edible: Fruit

Xylocarpus granatum
Xylocarpus granatum

Cannonball mangrove, Monkey-puzzle nuts

Edible: Seeds, Fruit

Xylocarpus moluccensis
Xylocarpus moluccensis

Puzzle tree

Edible: Fruit peel

Xylocarpus rumphii
Xylocarpus rumphii

Edible: Fruit