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Primulaceae

163 edible species

A family including primrose, cyclamen, and pimpernel, prized as decorative garden and indoor flowering plants.

Lysimachia arvensis
Lysimachia arvensis

Scarlet pimpernel, Shepherd's weather glass

Edible: Leaves, CAUTION, Vegetable

Lysimachia barystachys
Lysimachia barystachys

Manchurian yellow loosestrife

Edible: Leaves

Lysimachia candida
Lysimachia candida

Edible: Leaves

Lysimachia clethroides
Lysimachia clethroides

Gooseneck Loosestrife, Gooseneck yellow loosestrife, Japanese Loosestrife, Shepherd's Crook

Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Leaves, Shoots

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Lysimachia eleutheroides - .

Edible: Leaves

Lysimachia fortunei
Lysimachia fortunei

Edible: Leaves

Lysimachia hemsleyana
Lysimachia hemsleyana

Edible: Leaves

Lysimachia maritima
Lysimachia maritima

Sea milkwort

Edible: Shoots

Lysimachia nummularia
Lysimachia nummularia

Moneywort, Creeping Jenny

Edible: Leaves - tea

Lysimachia quadrifolia
Lysimachia quadrifolia

Whorled Yellow Loosestrife

Lysimachia vulgaris
Lysimachia vulgaris

Yellow Loosestrife, Garden yellow loosestrife

Edible: Leaves

Maesa ambrymensis
Maesa ambrymensis

Edible: Fruit

Maesa argentea
Maesa argentea

Phusera, Gogsa

Edible: Fruit

Maesa balansae
Maesa balansae

Edible: Leaves

Maesa cumingii
Maesa cumingii

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Maesa lanceolata
Maesa lanceolata

False assegaai

Edible: Seeds - oil, Bark - flavouring, Vegetable, Fruit

Maesa lanceolata var. rufescens
Maesa lanceolata var. rufescens

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Fruit

Maesa marioniae
Maesa marioniae

Edible: Fruit

Maesa nuda
Maesa nuda

Edible: Fruit ?

Maesa parvifolia
Maesa parvifolia

Edible: Vegetable, Leaves - tea

Maesa persicifolia
Maesa persicifolia

Mbutambuta

Edible: Fruit

Maesa ramentacea
Maesa ramentacea

Edible: Leaves

Maesa subdentata
Maesa subdentata

Edible: Fruit

Maesa tetrandra
Maesa tetrandra

Four-stamen maesa

Edible: Fruit

Myrsine capitellata
Myrsine capitellata

Bakal pate

Edible: Fruit

Myrsine cheesemanii
Myrsine cheesemanii

Cook Islands myrsine

Edible: Fruit

Myrsine gardneriana
Myrsine gardneriana

Edible: Fruit

Myrsine guianensis
Myrsine guianensis

Edible: Fruit

Parathesis leptopa
Parathesis leptopa

Slender parathesis

Edible: Fruit

Parathesis membranacea
Parathesis membranacea

Edible: Fruit

Parathesis psychotrioides
Parathesis psychotrioides

Edible: Fruit

Parathesis serrulata
Parathesis serrulata

Edible: Fruit

Parathesis villosa
Parathesis villosa

Edible: Fruit

Parathesis vulgata
Parathesis vulgata

Edible: Fruit

Primula carniolica
Primula carniolica

Edible: Leaves ?

Primula denticulata
Primula denticulata

Drumstick primula, Himalayan primrose

Edible: Flowers

Primula elatior
Primula elatior

Oxlip

Edible: Leaves, Flowers - nectar

Primula intricata
Primula intricata

Planinski jaglac

Edible: Leaves

Primula involucrata
Primula involucrata

Edible: Leaves

Primula luteola
Primula luteola

Edible: Leaves

Primula officinalis
Primula officinalis

Primrose

Edible: Leaves

Primula sieboldii
Primula sieboldii

Sakura-So

Edible: Leaves

Primula veris
Primula veris

Cowslip, Primula

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Spice, Leaves - tea, Nectar

Primula verticillata
Primula verticillata
Primula vulgaris
Primula vulgaris

Primrose, Primola, Cowslip, English primrose

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Nectar

Rapanea crassifolia
Rapanea crassifolia

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Rapanea melanophloeos
Rapanea melanophloeos

Cape beech

Edible: Fruit

Rapanea subsessilis
Rapanea subsessilis

Red Muttonwood

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Rapanea variabilis
Rapanea variabilis

Muttonwood

Edible: Fruit

Rapanea wightiana
Rapanea wightiana

Edible: Fruit

Samolus parviflorus
Samolus parviflorus

Seaside Brookweed

Edible: Leaves

Samolus valerandi
Samolus valerandi

Brookweed, Water Pimpernel

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Samolus valerandi parviflorus - (Raf.) Hultén
Samolus valerandi parviflorus - (Raf.) Hultén

Thin-Leaf Brookweed, seaside brookweed

Stylogyne ardisioides
Stylogyne ardisioides

Edible: Fruit

Stylogyne cauliflora
Stylogyne cauliflora

Cauliflorous stylogyne

Edible: Fruit

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Stylogyne depauperata

Guamucai, Guarani

Edible: Fruit

Stylogyne longifolia
Stylogyne longifolia

Gondo

Edible: Fruit

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Stylogyne orinocensis

Edible: Fruit

Stylogyne serpentina
Stylogyne serpentina

Serpentine stylogyne

Edible: Fruit

Stylogyne turbacensis subsp. laevis
Stylogyne turbacensis subsp. laevis

Edible: Fruit

Tetrardisia bifaria
Tetrardisia bifaria

Miniature spearflower

Edible: Fruit

Theophrasta jussieui
Theophrasta jussieui

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

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ZZ Ardisia odontophylla

Edible: Medicine