Edible

The Açaí palm is best known for its fruits, which are called açaí berries.

Rare species from north-western Ecuador with yellow, cone-shaped fruits that are edible. Plant which can also fruit in a container.

The most cultivated coffee species in the world, which originates from the rural areas of south-western Ethiopia. Coffee can also be kept as a houseplant.

The asam kambang is a wild mango that is popular with the local population because of its delicious sweet and sour taste.

A Passionflower from Australia with a compact growth that grows well as an indoor plant. This species produces plenty of flowers, which colour gradually from yellow to red.

The fruits of this tree play an important role in the traditional medicinal practice, Ayurveda, in India

This is a wild coffee species native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and northeast India.

In 2007, this pepper from north-eastern India was declared the hottest pepper in the world. A very small piece is enough to make a dish extremely spicy. Great to try out.

Green fruits have juicy, sour pulp and are used in the Surinamese kitchen. They grow on the stem of this tropical plant. 

This peanut plant produces peanuts with a black cover. Interesting to see and sweet tasting.

Piper nigrum, commonly known as the black pepper plant, is the source of not only black pepper but also white, green, and red peppercorns.

The Bornean rubber plant is a rare climbing shrub that is best known for its high-quality latex and edible fruit.

The Broad leaved Garcinia is a rare species from the tropical lowland forests of Southeast Asia, particularly Papua New Guinea, and produces edible red fruits.

The beautiful, deep blue flowers are used in Asia to colour tea and certain rice dishes blue. An easy climber for indoors or a greenhouse.

The orange-yellow fruits have deliciously sweet pulp and that makes them popular in the tropics.

Cardamom seeds are a well known spice that can be used as an ingredient in a variety of dishes.

The Carolina Reaper is the hottest pepper in the world.

After rice and corn, the edible root of the cassava plant is the most important food in the world.

Coffee with great taste, high yields and resistant to bright sun. For those reasons, this species becomes increasingly popular with coffee producers.

The chempedak is the little brother of the jackfruit and produces up to 35 cm large edible fruits.

The chupa-chupa is a fruit from the tree of the same name from South America and is also known as the South American sapote.

Cinnamon is the dried interior bark of the cinnamon tree and is used for all kinds of dishes and teas. 

Clove is a spice that is made by drying the unopened flower buds of the clove tree.

Cocoa beans are the main ingredient for chocolate. They grow in a white pulp within the cocoafruit which grows on the stem of the cocoa tree. Can nicely be grown as an indoor plant.

The leaves of the curry tree are used in the Indian kitchen to make curries. The leaves can best be eaten fresh, and the plant can be grown as an indoor plant.

The Cutnut is an unusual and rare species from Fiji and Vanuatu. The inflorescence can grow up to 1.8 metres long and has distinctive, yellowish to pink hairs.

This species of Syzygium is fairly well-known in Asian cuisine. The leaves are used in a similar manner to bay leaves.

The Durian is a well-known fruit from South-East Asia. The fruit tastes delicious, but has an unpleasant smell.

This dwarf variety is even more suitable to produce your own coffee. Because of its compact growth, this variety is ideal as a houseplant.

The Elephant apple is a fruit up to 9cm in size with sticky brown fruit pulp.

The entawak is a rare tree with large edible fruits from the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.

The seeds of the football fruit are a well-known spice in Indonesia and are known as kluwek, keluak or kepayang.

The giant granadilla is the largest passionflower and can grow 15 meters per year. The flowers are quite large, reaching a diameter of around 10 cm. The sweet and edible fruits can weight up to 4kg.

The Giant Swamp Taro grows along streams, rivers and in patches of forest that regularly flood.

The fruits of this tropical species are a well-known ingredient in Asia for many different curry recipes.

The gowok fruit tree is a special tree from Southeast Asia that is known for the small edible berries that grow in clusters on the tree.

Griffith's mango is a special, rare mango variety with striking red to purple fruits.

The yellow-green guavas taste sweet and sour and resemble a strawberry in taste.

The white flesh of the pods is very soft and has a sweet taste like vanilla ice cream.