Main Search page. Help 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.
Most pollens are edible, they are normally too fiddly to harvest.
It is a starch-like substance with a sweetish taste and a faint somewhat unpleasant smell. It is made into a drink or can be added to cereals and used in making bread. One ounce of salep is said to be enough to sustain a person for a day. Back to PFAF Home Page, Main Search Page , Help , Bibliography . Plant information taken from the Plants For A Future - Species Database .