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Rajapuri Banana (Musa acuminata Rajapuri)
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  • Shrub
Human Uses:
  • Aesthetics
  • Edible Fruit
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  • Light Shade
  • Open Canopy

Together, eating bananas (Musa acuminata) and cooking bananas often provide up to half of the caloric needs for people in the areas where they grow. Although it is an herbacious plant related to grasses, most bananas occupy the space of a small tree in the layers of the forest. Bananas have been cultivated by humans for so long that they no longer produce seed and are dependent upon people for their propagation.

Like their relatives the grasses, bananas accumulate Potassium in the fruit and in the plant body, making the mulch a valuable addition to the garden.

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Katuk (Sauropus androgynus )
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  • Edible Leaves
  • Edible Seeds
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  • Open Canopy
  • Medium Shade

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Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas Hannah)
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  • Food Producing
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  • Edible Leaves
  • Edible Roots
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  • Light Shade
  • Open Canopy
  • Medium Shade

Sweet Potatos have highly nutritious tubers, leaves and shoots. Possibly one of the earliest cultivated plants, remnants of Sweet Potato were discovered in South America from 8000 B.C. Best of all, Sweet Potato loves to grow in the shade of other plants as a ground cover.

The cultivar 'Hannah' has soft and lightly sweet flesh, making it a favorite for eating. It's utility in the forest ecosystem is still unknown.

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thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus )
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  • Food Producing
  • Useful Product
  • Insectary
  • Wildlife Support
  • Pioneer
Growth Habit:
  • Subshrub
Human Uses:
  • Aesthetics
  • Edible Fruit
Shade tolerance:
  • Open Canopy

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Salak Palm (Salacca zalacca )
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  • Edible Fruit
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  • Light Shade

Salak (Salacca zalacca) is a species of palm tree (family Arecaceae) native to Java and Sumatra. It is cultivated in other regions as a food crop, and reportedly naturalized in Bali, Lombok, Timor, Malaysia, Maluku and Sulawesi.[1][2]

Salak exported from Indonesia
It is a very short-stemmed palm, with leaves up to 6 metres (20 ft) long; each leaf has a 2-metre long petiole with spines up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long, and numerous leaflets. The fruits grow in clusters at the base of the palm, and are also known as snake fruit due to the reddish-brown scaly skin. They are about the size and shape of a ripe fig, with a distinct tip. The pulp is edible. The fruit can be peeled by pinching the tip, which should cause the skin to slough off so it can be pulled away. The fruit inside consists of three lobes with the two larger ones, or even all three, containing a large inedible seed. The lobes resemble, and have the consistency of, large peeled garlic cloves. The taste is usually sweet and acidic, but its apple-like texture can vary from very dry and crumbly (salak pondoh from Yogyakarta) to moist and crunchy (salak Bali).

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balsampear (Momordica cochinchinensis )
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glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora Edward Goucher)
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  • Shrub
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  • Medium Shade

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glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora )
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  • Medium Shade

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okra (Abelmoschus esculentus )
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  • Forb
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(Abelmoschus manihot )
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musk okra (Abelmoschus moschatus )
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silver fir (Abies alba )
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Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis )
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  • Medium Shade

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balsam fir (Abies balsamea balsamea)
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balsam fir (Abies balsamea phanerolepis)
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balsam fir (Abies balsamea )
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bristlecone fir (Abies bracteata )
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white fir (Abies concolor )
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Momi fir (Abies firma )
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Fraser fir (Abies fraseri )
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  • Medium Shade

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More information about on Permaculture Local:

Uses

The many uses of Bananas
Bananas are one of the most useful plants to grow in your garden

Harvest

Harvesting Bananas
When and how to harvest bananas.

Cultivation

The Banana Circle
A Banana Circle meets the needs of bananas, conserves resources and even recycles greywater.

Propagation

Propagating Bananas from Established Corms
How to separate and plant out young bananas.