The luffa sponge (also known as Smooth Luffa, Egyptian Luffa, or Wild Squash) is widely distributed and fairly typical of a wild squash.
Wild gourd or luffa sponge – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
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Wild fig – how to identify wild figs and prepare for food
Collectively known as “fig trees” or “figs”, there are nearly 1,000 species of Ficus ranging from woody trees to shrubs and vines.
Wild dock and wild sorrel – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Wild dock (also known as Curly Dock, Yellow Dock, Sour Dock, and Narrow Dock) is a stout plant with most of its leaves at the base of its long stem that is commonly 15 to 30 centimeters (6 to 12 inches) long. Its leaves have distinctively waved or curled edges.
Wild desert gourd or colocynth – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
The wild desert gourd (also known as Bitter Apple, Bitter Cucumber, Egusi, or Vine of Sodom), a member of the watermelon family, produces a 2.4- to 3-meter-long (7 1/2- to 9-foot-long) ground-trailing vine with hairy, angular stems.
Wild crab apple or wild apple – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Wild apple, also known as Crab Apples or Crabs, are a tree that grow to 13-39 feet tall with a dense, twiggy crown.
Wild caper – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for the wild caper plant.
About Wild caper (Capparis aphylla) Wild Caper, also known as Kerda, Kair, Karir, Kirir, and Karril, is a small, branched tree or thorny shrub that bears many thin, often tangled looking, leafless branches and grows to a height of about 15 feet. Leaves are usually only found on young shoots and mature plants lose their…
Water plantain – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
About Water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) The Water-plantain plant, also known as Mad-dog weed, has small, white flowers and heart-shaped leaves with pointed tips. It has a fibrous root and several long-stemmed leaves with a triangular shaped stem. The leaves are clustered at the base of the plant. The plant produces many small white or pale…
Water lily – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Water Lily plants, also known as Beaver Root, are aquatic plants that are rooted in the mud from branched roots with long stems and have large, round (typically notched) leaves that float on the surface of the water.
Water lettuce – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Water lettuce (Ceratopteris species) Water Lettuce, also known as Water Fern or Watersprite, is an aquatic or subaquatic fern buoyed via internal air pockets in its fronds. The soft, pale green to brown (color depends upon how much light it receives) leaves of water lettuce are much like lettuce and are very tender and succulent.…
Water Caltrop – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
The water Caltrop (also known as Water Chestnut, Buffalo Nut, Bat Nut, Devil Pod, and Singhara) is an aquatic plant that roots in the mud and has finely divided leaves that grow underwater.
