There are 225 edible plant species recorded in Phu Tho province. They belong to 77 families of 3 phyIums: Polypophyta (3 species, 2 genera and 2 families)
Pinophyta (1 species, 1 genus, 1 family)
Magnoliophyta (221 species, 151 genera, 74 families) with 191 species, 133 genera and 67 families in class Magnoliopsida, and 30 species, 18 genera and 7 families in Liliopsida class. Edible plants can be classified into 3 groups based on their uses: Vegetables (113 species of 96 genera and 48 families), fruits (115 species of 77 genera and 36 families, and food (10 species of 7 genus and 5 families). The report introduces 8 species which hold economic potential. They are: Melientha suaevis Pierre and Erythropalum scandens Blume (for vegetables), Michelia tonkinensis A. Chev, Musa paradisiacal L. Canarium album (Lour.) Raeusch. ex DC. and Canarium tramdenum Dai et Yakovl. (for fruits), Calocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. and Dioscorea persimilis Prain & Burk.