Plants Database

Pea

Pisum sativum

• Family: Fabaceae or leguminosae
• Edible: true
• Layer: Vines
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-12-07

Description: Peas are a type of legume, native to western Asia and the Near East. They are an annual plant, meani...

Mountain pepper

Tasmannia lanceolata

• Family: Winteraceae
• Growth: Slow
• Edible: true
• Layer: Shrubs
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2024-02-03

Japanese raisin tree

Hovenia dulcis

• Family: Rhamnaceae
• Edible: true
• Layer: Trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

• Family: Celastraceae
• Growth: Fast
• Edible: true
• Layer: Vines
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Description: Young leaves are edible.

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Gymnocladus dioicus

• Family: Fabaceae or leguminosae
• Growth: Slow
• Edible: true
• Layer: Tall trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2023-09-22

Description: Sometimes named Gymnocladus dioica.

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Fig

Ficus carica

• Family: Moraceae
• Growth: Medium
• Edible: true
• Layer: Trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Description: The fig, or Ficus carica, is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family. It is native to th...

Stone pine

Pinus pinea

• Family: Pinaceae
• Growth: Medium
• Edible: true
• Layer: Tall trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Fuchsia

Fuchsia magellanica

• Family: Onagraceae
• Growth: Medium
• Edible: true
• Layer: Shrubs
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Elaeagnus

Elaeagnus x ebbingei

• Family: Elaeagnaceae
• Growth: Medium
• Edible: true
• Layer: Shrubs
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

American hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

• Family: Betulaceae
• Growth: Slow
• Edible: true
• Layer: Trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

• Family: Lamiaceae or labiatae
• Growth: Slow
• Edible: true
• Layer: Shrubs
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Description: Lavender, also known as Lavandula angustifolia, is a flowering plant native to the Mediterranean reg...

Butterfly bush

Buddleia davidii

• Family: Buddleiaceae
• Growth: Fast
• Layer: Shrubs
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28