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Tropical Wild Edibles - Bamboo

Botanical name: Bambusa x Common names: BambooFamily: Bambusoideae, part of the Poaceae (grasses) family. Considered as one of the oldest existing grass family plants on Earth. It is a perennial ev...

A Guide to British Fauna - Edible Dormouse

Scientific Name : Glis glis, Myoxus glis L., Sciurus glis Common Names : Edible doormouse, Fat doormouse Physical appearance : The edible dormouse is the largest dormouse in existence. Its combine...

Hard Tack - The Ultimate Survival Food - What is it and how to make it?

A Guide to Hard Tack   Hardtack is a dried survival food with an extremely long shelf life, making it ideal for long term storage. Hardtack, also known as Ship's Biscuits, Tooth Dullers, Pilot Bre...

Tropical Wild Edibles - The Cho-Cho Fruit

Botanical name: Sechium edule Common names: Cho-cho, christophene, mango squash, mirliton, pear squash, vegetable pear, choko, pepinella, pepinello, xuxu, xoxo Family: Cucurbitaceae Physical appea...

Tropical Wild Edibles - The Coconut Tree

Botanical name: Cocus nusifera Common names: The Coconut Tree, Coconut, Coco nut, Family: Arecaecea Physical Appearance and Character: A medium palm growing up to 30 metres in height. It reaches ...

Tropical Wild Edibles- The Sapodilla

Botanical name: Manilkara zapota Common names: Sapodilla, sapota, Chikoo, Chico, Naseberry, Nispero, mispel Family: Sapotaceae Physical appearance:  A tropical evergreen tree growing to a maximum ...

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 - 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...

Tropical Wild Edibles - The Peach

Botanical name: Prunus persica Common names: Peach, Peach Tree, Family: Rosaceae (from the rose family, closely related to strawberries, plums, apples, apricot, cherry and nuts.). Physical Appear...