I've had a bit of trouble deciding on which
Edible Parts: to check for a few plants. My difficulty centers around the scientific definition of a plant part vs. vernacular names.
If a plant has an edible rhizome or tuberous rhizome (an underground stem) will checking
Stem be clear? Wouldn't checking
Roots be better?
Other plants like rhubarb have edible
Leaf petioles often called
Stems elsewhere (see
PFAF-Rhubarb).
These are our current choices:
Edible Parts:
Bark
Stem
Leaves
Roots
Seeds or Nuts
Sap
Fruit
Flowers
Perhaps adding a scroll-over defining Stem and Roots would help.
