Tropical Plant Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In North Carolina

* Canavalia gladiata, usually called Sword Bean, is a domesticated plant species in the legume (Fabaceae) family. * The legume is a used as a vegetable in interiors of central and south central India, though not commercially farmed.

* Reputedly, the largest living specimens are in the Cunningham Gap area near the Queensland-New South Wales border. At one time used for butter boxes, fruit boxes. * Australian Aborigines used the resin as cement.

Flower in headache, dimness of vision, Catarrh, Headache, cooling and improving appetite, bitter, astringent, acrid, antipyretic. Oblong, 1.5–3.5 cm long variety red, 7.5–10 cm long in lax, 2–4 flower racemes, calyx campanulate, shallowly 2-lipped.

* To get more fruits, sometimes farmers cut off the tip of the vine when it has grown 6–8 feet long. Taken with Achyranthes spp the seed is used to treat aching teeth and gums, boils etc.

In cultivation, leaves up to 23 cm long may be produced. * The Mexican government has declared this species endangered. * It differs from all other pinyon species in that it has very massive cones and large seeds.

* Vaccinium arboreum ( Sparkleberry or Farkleberry ) is a species of Vaccinium native to the southeastern United States , from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri , and south to Florida and eastern Texas .

* The seed is sweet and oily but it is rather small and has a thick shell. The pinnately compound leaves bear 7—25 untoothed to finely-toothed leaflets, each 1/4—1/2 in wide. It produces nuts with a width of 1/2—3/4 in.

* The fruit is delicious when eaten out of hand, the fruit is also used in pies, preserves etc. * A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit. * Raspberry fruit may protect the liver.

* The fruit is juicy with a very good flavour. * Rubus spectabilis ( Salmonberry ) is a species of Rubus native to the west coast of North America from west central Alaska to California .

The fruits are used as a tooth cleaner. * Prefers a fertile, well-drained, moisture retentive soil in a sunny position. * The whole plant is antiseptic, astringent, emmenagogue, galactogogue and odontalgic.

* The fruit contains about 4.9% sugars, 3.2% protein, 0.9% pectin. * They are commonly served raw and peeled. * The fruit tends to be quite large and fragrant, and when carefully wrapped (it has a tendency to bruise because of its juiciness), it can last...

* A perennial grown for its 2" bright red-orange inflated husk in fall, which encloses an edible red berry; the plant itself is rather lax and weedy, spreading by underground stems; nodding white flowers; native from southeast Europe to Japan.

The fruits ( hips ) of Nootka rose are somewhat bitter but edible. * Rosa nutkana ( Nootka Rose , Bristly rose , Wild rose ) is a 2-10 foot (60cm-3m) tall perennial shrub in the Rose family ( Rosaceae ).

* Seed - if sown in situ during March or April, the plant will usually flower in the summer and complete its life cycle in one growing season. Let stand 30 minutes before drinking.

* The species is grown as an ornamental tree for its strongly fragrant flowers. The seed has a strong bitter taste that, in parts of the Mediterranean, is dried, ground and used as a spice in breads and pastries.

* The wood does not resist water, so it is not considered good timber, but it is used for growing shiitake mushrooms. The oil from the seeds may be processed into soap or lubricants.

* Black skinned Peanuts are very similar to other large peanuts except that the skins are black, the meat is slightly darker and they have a somewhat sweeter flavor. Paint, varnish, lubricating oil, leather dressings, furniture polish, insecticides, and...

They are eaten cooked or ground into a powder and used for making cakes etc. * It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa. * This species was in use as a food source in Central America as early as 4000 BC.

An excellent fuel. The thin outer bark can be peeled off the tree in the same way as birch trees. * A green dye can be obtained from the leaves. The bark is used to ornament baskets and is also split into strips and used for making baskets that are watertight...

* The seed is eaten raw or cooked. A reasonable size, the seed is up to 10mm x 7mm. In the mountains of northern Japan , it sometimes hybridises with the related Japanese White Pine ( Pinus parviflora ); these hybrids ( Pinus x hakkodensis ) are larger...

The fruit must be fully ripe before it can be enjoyed raw, if even slightly under-ripe it will be quite astringent. * Elaeagnus umbellata , also referred to as Japanese Silverberry , Umbellate Oleaster or Autumn-olive , is a species of Elaeagnus native...

* A very poular tree for bonsai due to its dwarf size and small fruit.

* Jefferson is also the best in shell variety yet found with resistance. They can also be liquidized and used as a plant milk. * One of the species grown for its nuts; may grow as a tree or, more often, a multi-stemmed shrub; dark green leaves; native...

* 1" fragrant single pink roses in small clusters; 1/2" orange to scarlet hips lasting well into winter; often grows on lime; with erect, arching branches; native to Europe and western Asia, where it grows in hedgerows and along forest edges; naturalized...

In north-east Honsh? * Has light gray bark; rounded crown; often used in bonsai; an important native element of Japanese forests. * Fagus crenata , known as the Japanese beech , Siebold's beech , or buna , is a deciduous tree of the beech family Fagaceae...

* A poultice made from the bark is used to close cuts and wounds. * The nuts are also grown for use in expensive cakes, cookies, and candies * The male catkins are a food staple of ruffed grouse throughout the winter.

* It is a small tree, 8–12 m tall, with a trunk up to 40 cm diameter and a dense, spreading canopy. * The fruit is a drupe similar to a small peach , 1.5–2.5 cm diameter, from yellow to orange, often tinged red on the side most exposed to the sun;...