SeedBox.comEdible Seeds
A variety of species of plants produce edible seeds, which means you can eat them. Seeds are a great source of protein and should be included in all diets. They do play an important role in vegetarian diets. Most edible seeds are angiosperms, which means the seeds are enclosed in a capsule. There are also some edible seeds that are gymnosperms, which means they have naked seeds. The most important source of food from seeds is cereal, followed by legumes and nuts.
The following are edible seeds in the cereal category:
- Barley
- Fonio
- Kamut
- Corn
- Oats
- Rice
- Rye
- Sorghum
- Spelt
- Wheat
- Wild rice
- Breadnut
- Buckwheat
- Cattail
- Quinoa
- Cockscomb
The list of edible seeds in the beans category includes:
- Chickpeas
- Cowpeas
- Dry beans
- Boraid beans
- Lentils
- Lupins
- Peas
- Peanuts
- Pigeon peas
- Yam beans
- Soybeans
In the nuts category, you can eat:
- Almond
- Beech
- Butternut
- Brazil nut
- Cashews
- Chestnuts
- Filberts
- Pecan
- Hickory
- Kola nut
- Macadamia
- Oak acorns
- Walnut
- Water Caltrop
Sunflower seeds are also edible and are often found packaged as snack foods. When carving a pumpkin for Halloween, the seeds are edible and are quite tasty. Cocoanut is another seed that is great to eat on its own, shaved to use in baking and the milk of the cocoanut is delicious as well as nutritious.