Edible uses

To make it easy to search the database for plants which fulfil a specific use, a table has been created which indexes the different plants by their edible uses. You can select one of the uses shown below and then do a search to find all plants with that use. More detailed on the uses is contained in the edible uses field in the main database table. You can click on a use to show those plants with a given use, numbers refer to the number of plants listed with that use.

Edible Parts

Flowers (683): Speaks for itself.
Fruit (1709)
Inner bark (140): the bark that is found just beneath the tough outer bark of trees and shrubs.
Leaves (2431): Speaks for itself.
Manna (40): this is a sweet substance that exudes naturally from certain plants, usually from the stems.
Nectar (30): produced in such abundance by some flowers that it can be harvested fairly easily.
Pollen (18): Most pollens are edible, they are normally too fiddly to harvest.
Root (1179): includes bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes etc.
Sap (79): usually of trees and usually but not always used as a drink.
Seed (1322)
Seedpod (116): things such as Okra, French and Runner beans.
Stem (340): this often intergrades into leaves.

Edible Uses

Chocolate (8): substitutes for chocolate, that is.
Coffee (225): the various substitutes that can be used instead of coffee.
Colouring (49): edible dyes
Condiment (548): the various plants that are used as flavorings.
Curdling agent (17): used to curdle soya milk in making cheese.
Drink (126): not including plant saps, tea or coffee substitutes.
Egg (5): Substitutes for eggs.
Gelatine (3): substitutes that is.
Gum (130): can be chewed as a chewing gum or can often be used as a sweetener or thickening agent in foods.
Milk (8): made from plants, that is.
Oil (237): Usually obtained from seeds, it is used in cooking, for salad dressings etc.
Pectin (13): a substance that is used to thicken jams etc and as a culture medium in laboratories.
Rutin (18): often used as a food supplement.
Salt (17): plants that provide a substitute for salt.
Stabilizer (1): this is often a gum and could perhaps be included there.
Sweetener (80): includes sugar substitutes.
Tea (620): the various herb teas that can be used in place of tea, plus the genuine article.

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