This book is designed as a very simple introduction to the more common food plants seen around Papua New Guinea. It is hoped people will take a greater pride and interest in these plants and become proud and informed about how to grow and use them well.Many of the traditional food plants of Papua New Guinea are very good quality foods. Unfortunately, people are often rejecting traditional food plants and growing more of the introduced vegetables such as cabbage. These do not have the same high food value as many of the traditional, tropical, dark green leafy vegetables.Papua New Guinea has over 1,000 different species of edible plants. Some of these are only harvested from the wild and others are only known in small areas. Many others occur with hundreds of varieties and are the main food for people in the different regions.