Xanthorrhoeaceae
116 edible species
Includes grass trees and aloe relatives; some species used medicinally or ornamentally.
Red hot poker aloe
Edible: ? Medicine
Edible: Leaves - potash
Candelabra aloe, Tree aloe, Mountain bush aloe
Edible: Flowers - nectar, Fruit
Rough-leafy aloe
Edible: ? medicine
Medicine plant, Barbados aloe
Edible: Leaves, Flower stalks
Broad-leaved grass Aloe
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable
Edible: Vegetable, Rhizome, Root, Leaves
Cooper's aloe, Icena
Edible: Leaves - potash
De Wet's Aloe
Edible: Leaves - potash
Dhofar aloe
Edible: Juice - medicine
Ecklon's Aloe
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable
Aalwyn, Ekundo, Endobo, Endobwe
Edible: Flowers, Vegetable
Bitter aloe, Red aloe, Candelabra aloe, Cape aloe
Edible: Leaves, Nectar, Stem, Fruit
Edible: Stem, Vegetable
Greathead’s aloe
Edible: Flowers, Caution
Veld aloe
Edible: Vegetable
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Fruit
Kenya aloe
Edible: Medicine, Fermenting beer
Edible: Flower
Edible: Root
Mopane aloe, Windhoek aloe
Edible: Leaf bud, Flowers, Leaves, Nectar
Edible: Flowers, Vegetable
Common soap aloe, African aloe
Edible: Heart, Growing tip, Leaves, Flowers
Mountain aloe, Flat-flowered aloe
Edible: Nectar, Leaves - potash
Pink grass aloe
Edible: Shoots, Leaves, Flowers
Edible: Flowers, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves
Socotrine aloe, Perry's aloe
Edible: Juice - medicine
Spiral aloe
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves - potash
Broad-leaved Aloe
Edible: Leaves, Flowers
Edible: Nectar, Flowers, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves - potash
Edible: Leaves - potash
Edible: Root - flavour
Van Balen's aloe
Edible: Heart, Growing tip, Leaves, Fruit
Malagasy tree aloe
Edible: Leaves, Heart
Barbados aloe
Edible: Leaf bud, Seeds, Gel, Flowers
Edible: Roots - flavour
Edible: Leaves - vegetable
Edible: Nectar
Zebra leaf aloe
Edible: Flowers, Nectar, Leaves, Bud
Edible: Leaf - potash
Edible: Nectar
King's spear, Yellow asphodel
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Stems, Shoots
Common asphodel
Edible: Root, Stem, Seeds, Tuber, Leaves
White asphodel
Edible: Root, Tuber
Onion weed, Hollow-leaves asphodel
Edible: Root, Leaves
Edible: Roots, Tubers
Asfodelo mediterraneo
Edible: Roots, Tubers
Branched asphodel
Edible: Roots, Caution, Medicine
Annual asphodel
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Vegetable
Winged bulbine lily
Edible: Bulb?
Edible: Root
Native leek, Golden lily, Golden bulbine-lily
Edible: Corm, Bulb, Root
Stalked bulbine
Edible: Leaves, Stalks, Stem, Flowers
Rock lily
Edible: Seeds, Roots
Edible: Leaves
Small flower leek lily
Edible: Bulb, Leaves
Maori onion
Edible: Root
Alpine Grass-lily
Edible: Tubers, Root
Pale grass lily, Blue grass lily
Edible: Root, Tubers
Pale grass lily, Blue grass-lily
Edible: Tubers, Root
Blue grass lily
Edible: Tuber, Root
Hairy grass lily
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Leaves - flavouring
Flax lily
Edible: Fruit
Flax lilies
Edible: Fruit
Short-stem flax-lily
Edible: Fruit
Blue flax lily, Paroo Lily
Edible: Fruit, Root, Rhizome
Beach flax lilies
Edible: Fruit
Cerulean flax-lily, Umbrella dracaena
Flax lilies, Blue Flax lily, Blue Berry Lily
Edible: Fruit, Rhizomes, Root
Edible: Fruits, Roots
Spreading flax lily, Black-anther Flax-lily, Blueberry lily
Edible: Fruit, Roots, Bulbs
Flax lilies, Large flax Lily, Tasman flaxlily, Blueberry
Edible: Fruit, Rhizome, Root
Cow-tongue cactus
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Flowers, Vegetable
Edible: Flowers, Vegetable
Edible: Flowers, Vegetable
Scrambling lily, Climbing lily, Shepherd's joy
Edible: Shoots, Leaves, Fruit
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Lemon day lily
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Flowers - tea, Vegetable
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root
Narrow dwarf day-lily
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Xi man xuan cao
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root
Common day lily, Tawny Daylily
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Bulb, Shoots, Vegetable
No-Kanzo
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root
Golden summer daylily
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root
Yellow day lily, Lemon daylily
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Buds
Coastal day lily
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root
Da bao xuan cao
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Grassleaf day lily, Small yellow flower vegetable
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Spice
Duo hua zuan cao
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Zhe ye xuan cao
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root