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Tropical Wild Edibles - Osage Orange

Botanical name: Maclura pomifera Common names: Osage orange, horse apple, hedge, hedge apple tree, bowwood tree, bois d’arc, monkey brains, monkey ball, yellow-wood and mock orange. Family: Not in ...

Tropical Wild Edibles - The Avocado

Botanical name: Persea americana Common names: Avocado, Avocado Pear, Alligator Pear Family: Lauraceae, the “Laurels”.   Physical Appearance: A medium sized tree that grows up to 20 metres in heig...

Tropical Wild Edibles - Acai Berries

Botanical name: Euterpe oleracea, Common names: Acai, Acai Tree, Acai Berry, Acai Palm Family: Arecaceae Physical Appearance: A large palm, growing up to approximately 25 metres in height. The tre...

Tropical Wild Edibles - Ginger

Botanical name: Zingiber officinale Common names: Ginger, Ginger root, Family: Zingiberaceae Physical Appearance: Ginger is herbaceous perennial which can grow up to five feet in height. It bears ...

Tropical Wild Edibles - Taro - A yam like tuber

Botanical name: Colocasia esculenta Common names: Taro, Kalo, Dasheen, Madhumbe, Marope, Magogoya, Patra, Godere Physical Appearance: A perennial tropical plant which is cultivated as a root vege...

Tropical Wild Edibles - The Achacha

Botanical name: Garcinia humilis Common names: Achacha, Honey Kiss, Achachariu Family: Clusiacea Physical Appearance: A small, evergreen, shrub or tree growing to approximately 2-10 metres in heigh...

Tropical Wild Edibles - Black Sapote

Botanical name: Diospyros nigra Common names: Chocolate pudding fruit, the black sapote, black soapapple, zapote prieto.     Physical Appearance: A medium sized evergreen tree with black bark, gro...

Tropical Wild Edibles - Jabuticaba

Botanical name: Plinia cauliflora Common names: Brazilian grapetree, jaboticaba, jabuticaba Physical Appearance: A relatively small, slow to grow evergreen that can reach a height of up to 15 metr...

Wild Poisonous Plant Of Week 11- Dumb Cane

Botanical name: dieffenbachia Common name: Dumb Cane, Mother in Law’s Tongue Distribution: Originates in South America, Argentina and the West Indies. Was brought over to the UK as an ornamental pl...

Wild Poisonous Plant Of The Week 12 -Satan's Bolete

Botanical name: rubroboletus satanas Common name: Satan’s bolete, Devil’s bolete Distribution: Found in broad leaved and mixed forest and woodlands. Common throughout the UK, particularly in the so...