A number of plant species have flowers that can be consumed safely, in some cases only in small portions or specific parts. Otherwise they may be poisonous.
Blue borage is used as a sweet-flavored garnish.
Chinese flower cakes (common filling include rose, jasmine, wisteria, among others)
Chocolate cake with candied violets
The Vietnamese dish gỏi bông điên điển và tép đồng with Sesbania bispinosa flowers
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit that is botanically a berry produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, cooking bananas are cal
Edible flower
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Fruits of four different cultivars. Left to right: plantain, red banana, apple banana, and Cavendish banana
A corm, about 25 cm (10 in) across
Female flowers have petals at the tip of the ovary