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One of the important food crops of the ancient Inca empire. Leaves were eaten as a leaf vegetable or used raw in salads. [179] Morinda citrifolia: Noni tree: Known as bai-yo in Thai cuisine the leaves are cooked with coconut milk in a curry. [180] Moringa oleifera: Drumstick tree: Leaves are very popular in South Asia for curries and omelettes ...
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Leaves and young shoots; edible raw or prepared as a green vegetable [39] Good-King-Henry: Chenopodium bonus-henricus: Most of Europe, West Asia and eastern North America: Young shoots (until early summer) and leaves (until August). The shoots can be cooked like asparagus, and the leaves like spinach. [40] Cogongrass Imperata cylindrica
A mature siling labuyo bush. Like other Capsicum frutescens cultivars, siling labuyo has a compact habit, growing between 0.8 and 1.5 m (2 ft 7 in and 4 ft 11 in) high.. They have smooth ovate to lanceolate leaves that are around 64 mm (2.5 in) in length with pointed t
The flowering stalks can be beaten to produce liquid. The nut kernels are also edible. [6] In Lamakera, its (ketebu) leaves are made into fibres weaved with sea hibiscus bark to make rope for whaling harpoons. [7] Locally known as buri or buli in the Philippines, the leaves of Corypha utan are widely used in weaving fans, baskets, and mats.
The leaves of many fodder crops are also edible for humans, but are usually only eaten under famine conditions. Examples include alfalfa, clover, and most grasses, including wheat and barley. Food processing, such as drying and grinding into powder or pulping and pressing for juice, may involve these crop leaves in a diet.
The leaves are used for the thatching of roofs and wrapping food. Overharvesting of the leaves of plants causes a reduction in leaf size. The leaves do grow faster after harvest but tend to be smaller. [6] The foliage of the Saribus rotundifolius is the unofficial national leaf of the Philippines. [14]
It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is known as yakal in the Filipino language. Yakal is a medium to large tree about 25 to 30 meters tall. Its wood is hard and dark brownish-yellow, its branchlets slender, blackish, and slightly hairy. Its leaves are coriaceous, ovate to lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate or apex acuminate.