Cleomaceae
30 species
Flowering plants with showy four-petaled flowers, including peppery-fruited spider flowers.
Cleome allamanii
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Cleome arabica
Edible: Seeds, Leaves
Cleome brachycarpa
Edible: Leaves - flavouring
Cleome briquetii
Edible: Leaves
Cleome chelidonii
Spider-flower
Edible: Seeds, Spice, Leaves
Cleome felina
Cat spider flower
Edible: Flowers - flavouring
Cleome gallaensis
Edible: Leaves, Shoots
Cleome gynandra
Spider flower, Cat's-whiskers
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Pods, Seeds, Vegetable, Caution, Seeds - oil
Cleome hanburyana
Gemedo
Edible: Leaves
Cleome hirta
Pretty lady, Spider flower, Sticky purple cleome
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable
Cleome iberidella
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Cleome icosandra
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Cleome isomeris
Edible: Pods, Fruit
Cleome kalachariensis
Edible: Leaves ?
Cleome macrophylla
Large-leaved cleome
Edible: Leaves, Stem, Flowers
Cleome maculata
Edible: Vegetable, Leaves, Stem, Flowers
Cleome monophylla
Single-leaved cleome
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Fruit, Seeds - oil, Seeds - flavouring, Vegetable
Cleome ornithopodioides
Bird Spider-flower
Edible: Seeds
Cleome refracta
Spectacle fruit
Edible: ?
Cleome rutidosperma
Fringed spiderplant
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Cleome schimperi
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Cleome spinosa
Spiny spider flower
Edible: Leaves
Cleome strigosa
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Cleome usambarica
Edible: Leaves
Cleome viscosa
Sticky Cleome, Asian spiderflower
Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Seeds, Oil, Vegetable, Spice
Cleomella lutea
Yellow spiderflower, Yellow bee plant
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Cleomella multicaulis
Slender spiderflower
Cleomella plocasperma
Twisted cleomella
Cleomella serrulata
Rocky mountain beeplant
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Flowers
Cleoserrata speciosa
Spider plant
Edible: Leaves