About

The Edible Plant Database is a survival field guide containing 27,918 edible plant species across 569 botanical families, with 70,677 photographs, covering 207 countries and territories.

This offline edition is packaged as a ZIM file for use with Kiwix, enabling access without an internet connection — designed to be useful when you need it most.

Data Sources

• Food Plants International — primary botanical data, nutrition, cultivation information
• PFAF (Plants For A Future) — edible uses, medicinal uses, propagation, hazards
• Wikipedia — species descriptions and summaries
• iNaturalist — CC-licensed species photographs and observation data
• GBIF — additional species photographs
• Wikimedia Commons — botanical illustrations and photographs
• Community contributors — user-submitted photos and edits

Disclaimer

Plant data may contain errors. Always verify edibility with multiple authoritative sources before consuming any plant. Some plants may be edible only when properly prepared. Misidentification can be fatal. Read the Survival Foraging Guide before relying on this database.

Online Version

Visit edibleplantdb.org for the full online version with search, interactive maps, and community contributions.