Edible Tropical Plants
Jackfruit contains many vitamins and minerals, and offers numerous health benefits. The fruit’s isoflavones, antioxidants, and phytonutrients mean that jackfruit has cancer-fighting properties. It is also known to help cure ulcers and indigestion. Related to Durian but not as strong tasting the golden yellow flesh has a strong aroma but is sweet, described by some [...]
Edible Tropical Plants
Grow your own chocolate with a cocoa tree, ultra tropical only suitable for Far North Queensland
Edible Tropical Plants
Ice Cream Bean Tree is a large nitrogen fixing tree which produces bean pods up to 1 metre long which contain sweet, juicy, white pulp that has a soft cotton wool texture and tastes of vanilla ice-cream. This is a very popular tree for permaculturists and as a nurse tree in fruit orchards. It can [...]
Edible Tropical Plants
Piper betle is widely grown in Asia and South East Asia, often chewed. In some cultures it is used mixed and consumed with Betel Nut. It is a sprawling vine that can be grown as a ground cover or on trellising .
Edible Tropical Plants
Grow your own pepper! This pepper vine was sourced originally from Sikwood Pepper Farm (now Aussie Pepper Farm). The largest producer of pepper in Australia.
Edible Tropical Plants
Taro is a staple crop in many regions worldwide, especially Asia,Hawaii and the South Pacific. Bun Long Variety is the most popular taro sold in Australia and considered palpitate to Westerners taste buds. It is also known as Chinese Taro. This potato-like root can range in length from 5 inches to over a foot long. [...]
Edible Tropical Plants
Makes a very attractive ground cover with it’s glossy dense leaves. Primarily cultivated in India and SE Asia as spice and medicine. In Thailand the young leaves are eaten raw or cooked. They are used raw to wrap ginger, peanuts, roasted coconut meat, dried shrimp, chilli, shallots, lime and, sweet coconut meat sauce to make [...]
Edible Tropical Plants
Edible small pandanus also very useful in landscaping in a tropical climate.

