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Andy Firk, Director - Miami, Florida |
Different trees, shrubs, vines & perennials currently in the ground: 111
Total number of plants: 220Red = Edible Raw Fruit
Blue = Edible Raw Nut or Seed
Green = Edible Raw Vegetable, Salad Ingredient or Root
Purple = Edible Raw Flower
Orange = Edible Raw Grasses & Bamboo Shoots(Last updated: December 13th, 2001)
1.....Akee (Vegetable Brain), edible raw fruit arils (when fully ripe, poisonous otherwise)
1.....Allspice, culinary berries, fragrant crushed leaves (8' tall tree)
1.....Allspice, Lemon, culinary berries, fragrant crushed leaves
2.....Aztec Sweet Herb, leaves used as a sweetener & stimulant (?)
2.....Bamboo, Guadua, giant tropical clumping bamboo, poles for construction, crafts, etc.
1.....Bamboo, "Wamin", (dwarf), ornamental bamboo
1.....Banana, "Aeae", edible raw fruits, good for "dried Bananas", useful leaves & rinds
2.....Banana, "Dwarf Brazilian", edible raw fruits, useful leaves & rinds
2.....Banana, "Dwarf Cavendish", edible raw fruits, useful leaves & rinds
1.....Banana, "Goldfinger", edible raw fruits, useful leaves & rinds
1.....Banana, "Ice Cream", edible raw fruits, useful leaves & rinds
1.....Banana, "Klu Nam Wa" (Dwarf), edible raw fruits, useful leaves & rinds
1.....Banana, "Mona Lisa", (FHIA 1) edible raw fruits, useful leaves & rinds
2.....Banana, "Orinoco", edible raw fruits, useful leaves & rinds
1.....Banana, "Praying hands", edible raw fruits, useful leaves & rinds
1.....Banana, "Saba", edible raw fruits or cooked as a plantain, useful leaves & rinds
2.....Barbados Cherry (Acerola), edible raw fruits, extremely high in Vitamin C
1.....Barbados Cherry, Florida Sweet" (Acerola), edible raw fruits, extremely high in Vitamin C
1.....Barbados Flower Fence, Red (Red Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock Flower, Pride of Barbados), young seeds are sweet raw or cooked, ornamental flowering shrub, edible cooked flowers,
1.....Barbados Flower Fence, Yellow (Yellow Dwarf Poinciana), see notes above
1.....Basil, Spicy Globe, edible raw leaves for salads, pesto, etc,
1.....Basil, Thai, edible raw leaves for salads, pesto, etc,
1.....Bay Rum, (West Indian Bay) aromatic leaves, frt. & bark = condiment, distilled essential oil, "Oil of Bay"
1.....Black Calabash, Amphitecna latifolia, useful gourds for bowls, etc., (7' tall tree)
1.....Blue Taro, edible cooked root
1.....Cashew, Yellow, Anacardium occidentale, edible fruit (fruit = Cashew Apple), edible cooked nut (juice of shell toxic when raw)
10?.....Coconut, "Green Malayan Dwarf", Cocos nucifera, edible raw nutmeat & water, edible jelly when not fully ripe, coconut milk pressed from nutmeat, lvs. used for thatching, baskets, etc.
3?.....Coconut, "Golden Malayan Dwarf", Cocos nucifera, see notes above
10?.....Coconut, "Jamaican Tall", Cocos nucifera, see notes above
3?.....Coconut, "Maypan", Cocos nucifera, see notes above
3?.....Coconut, "Yellow Malayan Dwarf", Cocos nucifera, see notes above
1.....Cocoplum, edible fruit pulp (skin included, but not the large seed)
2.....Cosmos, Orange, ornamental flowers, bee-attractant, frtom Ernesto's Garden Nursery, Miami
1.....Damiana, (Yellow Elder, Buttercups), Turneria ulmifolia, dried leaves = herbal tea
10?..Dasheen, "High-land" (Purple-stemmed Taro?), edible cooked leaves & root
2.....Day Lily, Hemerocallis, edible cooked flowers
1.....Devil's-Trumpet, Purple Double-flowered, poisonous, fragrant flowers
1.....Eggplant, White, edible fruit (usually cooked)
1.....Epazote, (Mexican Tea), culinary herb used in dishes, especially beans, said to counteract flatulence, leaves used to make tea
1.....Fennel, raw salad herb, culinary seeds, edible raw sprouted seeds, edible roots, stems & flowerheads as a vegetable
1.....Fig, "Brown Turkey", edible fruit
1.....Fig, "Celeste", edible fruit
1.....Fig, "Eagle?", edible fruit
1.....Fig, "White Jelly", edible fruit
1.....Frangipani, "Aztec Gold", fragrant yellow flowers, added to some foods in the Caribbean
1.....Frangipani, "Rainbow", fragrant yellow & pink flwrs., added to some foods in the Caribbean
2?....Garlic Chives, edible raw leaves, seedheads & flowers, salad ingredient, used in cooking
1.....Garlic Vine, all parts have garlic scent when crushed, ornamental purple flowers
1.....Horseradish, young raw leaves added to salads, culinary root (very spicy)
1.....Jamaican Sarsaparilla?, roots used to make root beer or used herbally (contains powerful phytohormones), crushed leaves smell like root beer
1.....Japanese Honeysuckle (Sikazura), raw flower nectar is sucked out, tae made from leaves, buds & flowers
1.....Lady-of-the-Night, Brunsfelsia maliformis, a rare species, flowers very fragrant at night
1.....Lemon Balm, raw salad green, raw or dried leaf sun tea, leaves lemon-scented when crushed, cooked leaves added to soups
3.....Lemongrass, culinary herb, leaves for sun tea, aromatic leaves used in cosmetics, etc., basal portion of leafy shoot is chopped and added to foods
1.....Lucky Nut, Peach-flowered, ornamental flowering small tree, poisonous parts
1.....Mahoe, Variegated (Variegated Sea Hibiscus, Var. Hau), Hibiscus tiliaceus, edible cooked flowers & leaves
20...Malanga, (Yautia, Indian Kale) edible cooked root & young leaves
3?...Malanga, Root, edible cooked root
1.....Marjoram (Sweet Marjoram), culinary herb, edible flowers
1.....Mexican Tarragon (Sweet Marigold, Sweet Mace, Pericon), Tagetes lucida, raw salad herb, edible yellow flowers, culinary herb, leaves & flowering tops made into a tea [Mexico]
1.....Name, edible cooked root
1.....Night-blooming Jasmine, very fragrant flowers at night, poisonous white berries
1.....Oregano, raw leaves & flowers added to salads
1.....Pak-Wan, edible raw or cooked leaves, possibly highest nutrient content of any known vegetable
1.....Papaya, edible raw fruit, peppery seeds used in foods
2.....Parsley, raw salad herb, tabouli ingredient, juiced into mixed vegetable juices
1.....Passionfruit, edible raw pulp, gift from Sharman Phillips
1.....Passionfruit, edible raw pulp, gift from Karen Fierro (from Galloway Nursery)
1.....Pepper, Chili, a hot edible pepper
1.....Pepper, Serrano, a hot edible pepper
1.....Pepper, Tabasco, a hot edible pepper
1.....Peppermint, Mentha, edible raw leaves and flowers (salads, fruit salads, sun teas, topping for raw fruit sorbet, etc.), dried leaves for tea, culinary essential oil
4.....Pineapple, Ananas comosus (sativus), edible fruit [Bahia, Brazil & Mato Grosso]
2.....Pineapple, "Red Cayenne", Ananas comosus (sativus), edible fruit, smooth leaves help at harvest time
2.....Pineapple Sage, raw salad & fruit salad herb, raw edible flowers, raw sun tea, culinary herbbutterfly & hummingbird attractant
1.....Pinguin, (Pinuela), Bromelia pinguin, a bromeliad with edible raw fruits, shoots at base of plant eaten raw or cooked, very spiny leaves
1.....Pitch Apple, Dwarf, ornamental shrub
1.....Queen's Wreath (Petrea Vine), ornamental flowering vine
1.....Rain Lily, cute flowering plant [Trinidad & Guyana]
1.....Rose, "Blue Girl", edible flowers, very fragrant
1.....Rose, "Camelot", edible flowers, fragrant
1.....Rose, "Double Delight", a hybrid tea rose, edible flowers, very fragrant
1.....Rose, "Heirloom", a hybrid tea rose, edible flowers, very fragrant
1.....Rose, "Honor", edible white flowers, fragrant
1.....Rose, "Red Rosamarini" Miniature, edible flowers
1.....Rose, "Sunsprite" Yellow, edible flowers, very fragrant
1.....Rosemary, culinary herb, edible flowers
1.....Sea Grape, edible raw fruits, great for raw jelly [Caribbean, Florida]
1.....Society Garlic, edible leaves & pink flowers
1.....Soursop, "Asbana" (Guanabana), edible raw fruit, leaves are brewed into tea, poisonous bark, decorative seeds
1.....Soursop, Large-fruited, (Guanabana), see notes above
3.....Spearmint, raw leaves and flowers for salads, etc., raw sun tea
1.....Stephanotis Vine, very fragrant flowers
2.....Strawberry, raw fruit
21.....Sugar Cane, Purple, edible inner stalks, juice called "Guarapo", processed into raw sugar
1.....Tamarind, edible raw pulp (sour, but tasty) made into a refreshing drink, edible raw flowers for salads, leaves edible raw or cooked, 12" high seedlings as vegetable, bark chewed as a delicacy
1.....Tapioca (Yuca, Manihot, Cassava), edible cooked root, root-flour processed to make tapioca
1.....Tapioca, Variegated (Variegated Yuca, Manihot, Cassava), edible cooked root , root-flour processed to make tapioc
2.....Tindora (Ivy Gourd, Scarlet Gourd), Coccinea grandis, edible raw fruits (like mini cucumbers)
2.....Tomato, "Everglades" self-seeding, sweet, summer producing cherry tomato
1.....Tropical Cilantro (Culantro), raw edible leaves, salad ingredient
1.....Tropical Oregano (Cuban Oregano), culinary herb, most often cooked
1.....Tropical Oregano, Variegated (Variegated Cuban Oregano), culinary herb
8?.....Violet-stemmed Taro?, (Primrose Malanga, Woo Chai, Hill-Land Dasheen), edible cooked root (peeled) & young leaves
1.....West Indian Holly, White-flowered, Turneria
1.....West Indian Holly, Yellow-flowered, Turneria
1.....White Yam, edible cooked root (tuber) & aerial tubers [Pacific Islands]
1.....Whitespot Giant Arum (Telinga Potato, Indo-konnyaku), Amorphophallus campanulatus, edible cooked roots (corms), leaves & petioles, all when properly prepared
3.....Wild Cotton, (Upland Cotton), Gossypium hirsutum, useful fluff from seedpods, processed seeds yield oil for salads, etc.
1.....Yellow Elder, ornamental flowering shrub, fragrant flowers
Different Annuals Currently in the Ground:
Total number of plants:
40?.....Beans, Bush
20?.....Carrots, "Danvers",
10?.....Collards
10?.....Cucumber,
2?.......Dill
3.........Mexican Sunflower
1.........Lavender
12?.....Lettuce, "Bibb",
60?.....Lettuce, "Buttercrunch",
1.........Parsley, Italian
10?.....Peas,
15?.....Pepper, Sweet Banana,
10?.....Tomato, "Chadwick Cherry", seeds from Seeds of Change
10?.....Tomato, "Sweet 100" Cherry,
Different trees, shrubs, vines & perennials currently in the temporary garden, in mulch beds & in pots: 60
Total number of plants: 590Planted in our temporary garden:
1.....Allamanda, Yellow Bush,
1.....Aloe Vera, Aloe barbadensis, edible leaves (very bitter) used in jellies, drinks to heal stomach ulcers
1.....Atemoya (a cherimoya / sugar apple hybrid), Annona x atemoya, edible raw fruit
1.....Bamboo, Budda's Belly, gift from gary Rich, South Miami at our Ground-breaking
1.....Bamboo, Guadua, Variegated, $10 from Michael Gideon Bamboo, Miami, FL
1.....Banana, "Blood", Musa
1.....Betelnut Palm, ornamental seed clusters, seeds chewed as a stimulant-drug in India
1.....Blackberry, "Darrow", edible berries
1.....Blue Grape, Myrciaria vexator, edible fruits [Tropical America]
1.....Butterfly Pea (Kordofan Pea), Clitoria ternatea, young pods edible like string beans, flowers give cooked foods a blue tinge (rice. etc.), cooked leaves edible & to dye food
4?.....Butterfly Weed, Yellow, butterfly-attractant
1.....Camphor Tree [China]
1.....Cherry-of-the-Rio Grande, edible fruit
1.....Chinese Fringe Flower (Razzelberry)
150?.....Coconuts, Assorted (mostly golden Malayan?) in mulch beds, in the shade, not necessarily disease resistant
1.....Fig, "Brown Turkey", edible fruits
1.....Fishtail Palm, [Burma], UP FOR TRADE
1.....French Peanut, Pachira, edible raw nuts inside a pod
1.....Grape, "Skuppernong" Muscadine, edible fruit
1.....Guava, "Araca Pomba", edible fruits, said to be the best guava for juicing
1.....Hibiscus, Chinese, Pink,ose, "Blue Girl", edible flowers, edible cooked young leaves
1.....Jaboticaba, edible fruit [Brazil]
1.....Jackfruit, "Gold Nugget x Black Gold", edible fruit & seeds
1.....Jasmine, Confederate, ornamental & fragrant flowering vine
1.....Kwai Muk, Artocarpus hypargyraeus, edible fruit
1.....Mango, "Carrie", raw edible fruit
1.....Mulberry, "Black Asian Everbearing", edible fruits
1.....Noni, Tahitian, edible, but tastes like a cross between limburger cheese & stinky feet (some people consider that edible)
1.....Paradise Tree, [Florida]
1.....Passionflower, Red, ornamental flowering vine
50?.....Pineapple, edible raw fruit
1.....Pomegranate, Dwarf, edible, but inferior fruits, ornamental flowers
200?.....Red Mangrove, antive oceanside, brackish marsh tree, stilt roots
1.....Red Powderpuff, Dwarf, ornamental flowering tree
1.....Ross Sapote, edible fruit (without the seed)
1.....Saint Vincent Lilac, ornamental flowering vine
1.....South African Duom Palm, (Lala Palm), Hyphaene natalensis, edible seed milk, sap made into wine
Many.....Spanish Needles (Beggar's Ticks), edible raw young shoots & leaves, also steamed, added to soups, steamed, etc.
1.....Star Apple (Caimito), edible fruit
1.....Star Apple, Giant Purple, (Giant Caimito), edible fruit
1.....Starfruit, "Fwang Tung" (Carambola), edible fruit, great in raw juices, dries nicely
1.....Turk's Cap, ornamental flowering shrub, used medicinally
In pots, in our nursery:
1.....Angel's Trumpet, "Cypress Gardens" Dwarf, fragrant flowers, poisonous parts, a white flowered form, said to be the shortest dwarf Angel's Trumpet
1.....Bignay, (Chinese Laurel) Antidesma binius, edible fruits, nice in juices, leaves edible when prepared
30?.....Citronella, leaves are used as a flavoring for soups, tea, edible essential oils, also used as an insect repellant, SOME UP FOR TRADE
1.....Carnuba Wax Palm, wax from the leaves is useful
1.....Genip, (Mamoncillo) edible fruit (without seed)
3?.....Gamboge, Garcinia tinctoria, edible sour, but tasty fruits
1.....Keys Thatch Palm, leaves used for thatching rooves
1.....Loquat, Unnamed seedling, UP FOR TRADE
1.....Macadamia Nut, Paper Shell, edible raw kernel
1.....Pampass Grass, tall ornamental flowering grass [Argentina]
1.....Peach Palm (Pejibaye), edible roasted fruits, young flowers chopped & added to omelettes
100?.....Red Mangrove, UP FOR TRADE, needs brackish water situation
1.....Spinach Tree, Large-leaved, (Chaya), edible leaves must be cooked properly [Central America]
1.....Thai Ginger, culinary root (rhizome)
10?.....White Mangrove,
1.....Whitespot Giant Arum (Telinga Potato, Indo-konnyaku), Amorphophallus campanulatus, edible cooked roots (corms), leaves & petioles, all when properly prepared
2.....Vegetable Hummingbird, White, (Agati), Sesbania grandiflora, edible raw or cooked flowers (with bitter center part removed), edible cooked green pods, edible leaves & shoots (raw or cooked) [Tropical Asia to West Africa]
1.....Yellow Mombin (Hog Plum, Ciruela tronadora)
The following died in the last summer rains:
1.....Catnip (local cats ate it)
1.....Kambro, Fockea edulis, edible tubers when prepared
1.....Lovage, raw leaves in salads
1.....Oregano, Greek, raw salad herb, culinary uses
2.....Rosemary, raw salad herb, leaves used in cosmetics
1.....Sage, culinary herb
1.....Thyme, Silver, raw salad herb (leaves & flowering tops), culinary leaves in soups, etc.
WANTED: What we are looking for:
1.....Bamboo, "Betung Hitam" Black Asper, Dendrocalamus asper "Betung Hitam', said to be the world's largest black bamboo, 100', 8" dia., very rare, from a nursery in Australia
1.....Bamboo, Blue, B. chungii, 30', 2" dia., pale blue bloom, rare
1.....Bamboo, Giant Thorny, (Thorny or Spiny Bamboo), Bambusa arundinacea, edible young shoots/sprouts, cooked in 2 changes of water, edible seeds, sap processed into a drink [Tropical Asia, India]
1.....Bamboo, Khasia, Drepanostachyum khasianum, gorgeous purple at the bottom of each node, 12', 0.5" dia., from Bamboo Sourcery, CA
1.....Bamboo, "Mei Nung', Dendrocalamus latiflorus "Mei Nung", lime green with dark green stripes, 65', 8" dia.
1.....Bamboo, "Sumatra", Gigantochloa sumatra, purple stripes when young, 30', 2" dia.
1.....Bamboo, Tulda Striata, (B.) tulda striata, one of the most useful bamboos, stripped culms, 70', 4" dia.
1.....Bamboo, Weaver's, B. textilis, for weaving, 40', 2" dia.
1.....Bay Rum, Lemon, [Caribbean]
1.....Blueberry, Jamaican, Vaccinium, [Jamaica]
1.....Calabash Tree, Crescentia cujete, 12 m.
1.....Calabash Tree, Mexican, (Gourd Tree) Crescentia alata, 8 m., 12 cm. fruits for bowls, etc. [Sonora to Guerrero & Guatemala]
1.....Custard Apple (Bullock's Heart), Annona reticulata, edible fruit
1.....Eggfruit, Wild, edible, seeds from Bill Lessard, Miami, FL
1.....Ganges Primrose, Asystasia gangetica, cooked edible foliage [India, Malay Penn. & Africa]
1.....Ilama, Annona diversifolia, edible fruit
1.....Mango, "Nam Doc Mai", edible fruit
1.....Neem Tree, Azadirachta indica, leaves used as an insecticide, [India to Malay Penn.]
10.....Pineapple, Red, Ananas bracatas, edible raw fruit, [S. Brazil]
1.....Posh-Te, Annona scleroderma, delicious edible fruit, [Central America]
1.....Soncoya, Annona purpurea, edible fruit
1.....Spiral Ginger, Costus speciosus [India], possibly from Roger Hammer, Homestead, FL
1.....Starfruit, "Sri Kembangan', excellent edible fruit
1.....Yacon (Llacon, Strawberry Jicama, Bolivian Sunroot), Polymnia sonchifolia, excellent edible raw juicy roots (tubers), may be juiced, leaves edible [Bolivia]
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