Detailed Description of Edible Plant Stems
- Asparagus
- The edible portion is the rapidly emerging stems that arise from the crowns in the early spring.
- Bamboo
- The edible portion is the young shoot (culm).
- Birch
- Trunk sap is drunk as a tonic or rendered into birch syrup, vinegar, beer, soft drinks, and other foods.
- Broccoli
- The edible portion is stem tissue, flower buds, and some small leaves.
- Cauliflower
- The edible portion is proliferated stem and flower tissue.
- Celery
- The whole plant is edible including the crisp petiole (leaf stalk) and the fleshy taproot.
- Cinnamon
- The bark is used as a spice.
- Fig
- The edible portion is stem tissue. The fig "fruit" is actually an inverted flower with both the male and female flower parts enclosed inside stem tissue.
- Garlic
- The edible portion is predominantly swollen leaves with a bit of stem.
- Ginger root
- The edible portion is a branched underground compressed stem also referred to as a rhizome.
- Kohlrabi
- The edible portion is an enlarged (swollen) stem. It is a member of the cabbage family and is white, green, or purple in color.
- Leek
- Similar to other members in the onion family, the edible portion is swollen leaves with a bit of stem.
- Lotus root
- The edible portion is a stem modified for underwater growth. Buds and branches are visible on the vegetable sold as lotus root.
- kupal
- The edible portion is stem segments.
- Onion
- The edible portion is swollen leaves with a bit of stem. They are bulbs which, like garlic and leeks, are modified stems in which the primary storage tissue is expanded leaf bases. They come in white, yellow, and red varieties.
- Potato
- The edible portion is an underground stem that is also a tuber. The "eyes" of the potato are lateral buds. Potatoes come in white, yellow, orange, or purple-colored varieties.
- Radish
- The whole plant is edible, but it is commonly grown for the root.
- Rhubarb
- The red or green stalks are the edible portion; the leaves are toxic.
- Sassafras
- The shoots and stem bark are sometimes used to make root beer.
- Shallot
- Also a member of the onion family, the edible portion is mainly swollen leaves with a bit of stem.
- Sugar cane
- The edible portion is the inner stalk (stem) whose sap is a source of sugar. In its raw form chewing or extraction through a juicer extracts its juice.
- Sugar maple
- Xylem sap from the tree trunks is made into maple sugar and maple syrup.
- Taro
- The edible portion is the underground stem (corm).
- White pine
- The sweet inner bark (phloem) was eaten by native Americans.
Andean Tubers & Roots as per: https://courses.cit.cornell.edu/vicosperu/vicos-site/biodiversity_page_4.htm ulluco oca mashua arracacha yacon mauka achira ahipa maca
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