145 herbs and other plants observed in the region containing La Cotinga Biological Station.
When available, local botanical tools generally provide more accurate and locally-tailored outputs than this machine-learning derived selection. A list of such resources for specific regions is available here.
Achyranthes asperaEdible products: Leaves, Flowers, Seeds, Vegetable
Acrostichum aureumGolden Leather FernEdible products: Shoots, Roots, Fronds, Leaves, VegetableConservation status: Least concern LC
Aeschynomene americana
Allamanda cathartica
Alternanthera sessilisSessile JoyweedEdible products: Leaves, Flowers, Shoots, VegetableConservation status: Least concern LC
Ananas comosusEdible products: Fruit, Shoots, Vegetable
Asclepias curassavica
Bidens pilosaEdible products: Leaves, Leaves - tea, Seeds, Flowers - tea, Vegetable
Caladium bicolor
Callisia repens
Canna indicaEdible products: Fruit, Root, Rhizome, Tubers, Vegetable, Flowers
Capsicum annuumBell PepperEdible products: Herb, LeavesConservation status: Least concern LC
Carludovica palmataPanama Hat PlantEdible products: Young flowers, Leaves, Leaf stalk, Fruit, Rhizome, RootConservation status: Least concern LC
Centratherum punctatum
Chromolaena odorata
Cissampelos pareira
Cosmos sulphureusEdible products: Leaves, Spice
Crotalaria retusaEdible products: Leaves, Seeds, Flowers, Vegetable
Cuphea hyssopifolia
Cyathula prostrata
Desmodium incanumEdible products: Leaves - tea
Dolichandra unguis-catiEdible products: Roots
Drymaria cordataEdible products: Leaves, Vegetable, Root
Eclipta prostrataFalse daisyEdible products: Herb, Leaves, Roots, VegetableConservation status: Least concern LC