This page lists bulbous or geophytic genera or species whose parts are used as food or in cooking, or as a culinary or medicinal herb or spice.
*The PBS wiki doesn't condone using bulbs for food or medicine without the proper knowledge and training, or under the care and guidance of a professional. The information provided here is for historical interest only.
- Allium ampeloprasum
- Allium cepa
- Allium sativum
- Amorphophallus konjac
- Bongardia chrysogonum
- Calochortus nuttallii
- Camassia
- Claytonia caroliniana
- Claytonia lanceolata
- Claytonia virginica
- Colocasia esculenta
- Crocus sativus
- Cyperus
- Dipterostemon capitatus
- Gladiolus italicus
- Gynandriris sisyrinchium²
- Helianthus tuberosus
- Kaempferia galanga
- Lilium davidii
- Lilium pardalinum
- Manihot esculenta
- Maranta
- Moraea sisyrinchium
- Musa ×paradisiaca
- Nelumbo nucifera
- Oxalis tuberosa
- Phaseolus coccineus
- Smallanthus
- Solanum tuberosum
- Streptopus amplexifolius
- Tigridia pavonia
- Tropaeolum tuberosum
- Zingiber officinale
² = synonym
Some of the plants included in the PBS wiki have medicinal applications in various herbal medicine doctrines, but should or could not be eaten due to harmful constituents. They are as follows:
- Acorus
- Alpinia
- Asclepias
- Asphodelus albus
- Belamcanda chinensis
- Boophone
- Bowiea
- Cimicifuga racemosa
- Colchicum
- Convallaria
- Epimedium
- Hydrastis canadensis
- Hypoxis
- Impatiens
- Iris missouriensis
- Liatris
- Paris
- Paeonia
- Sanguinaria
- Streptopus amplexifolius
- Symphytum
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