What is "edulis"

Edulis, edible in Latin, is a species name present in a number of species Latin names:

• Acioa edulis, the Castanha-de-cutia, a fruit and timber tree species
• Aglaia edulis, a plant species found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia
• Allophylus edulis, a plant species endemic to Guyanas, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay
• Amana edulis, a flowering bulb that is native to China, Japan, and Korea
• Aranea edulis, a synonym for the Australian spider Nephila edulis
• Bambusa edulis, a synonym for Phyllostachys edulis, a bamboo species
• Boletus edulis, the cep, a mushroom species
• Brahea edulis, the Guadalupe palm or palma de Guadalupe, a palm species native and almost endemic to Guadalupe Island, Mexico
• Canna edulis, the eatable species of the Canna genus
• Caralluma edulis, a succulent plant species
• Carissa edulis, the conkerberry or bush plum, a shrub species
• Carpobrotus edulis, a creeping, mat-forming succulent plant species
• Casimiroa edulis, the white sapote, custard apple and cochitzapotl in Nahuatl, a plant species
• Catha edulis, the khat, a flowering plant species
• Commiphora edulis, (Klotzsch) Engl., a plant species in the genus Commiphora
• Cordeauxia edulis, also known as the ye'eb, yeheb or jeheb nut, a tree species
• Coula edulis, a tree species native to tropical western Africa from Sierra Leone to Angola
• Dacryodes edulis, the safou, a fruit tree species native to Africa
• Dudleya edulis, the fingertip, a succulent plant species native to southern California and Baja California
• Echeveria edulis, a synonym of Dudleya edulis, the fingertips, a succulent plant species
• Euterpe edulis, the juçara, açaí-do-sul or palmiteiro, a palm tree species
• Gymnopilus edulis, a species of mushroom in the Cortinariaceae family
• Inga edulis, a fruit native to South America
• Lithocarpus edulis, a species of stone-oak native to Japan
• Maerua edulis (Gilg. & Ben.) De Wolf, a plant species in the genus Maerua
• Metteniusa edulis, a plant species endemic to Colombia
• Mytilus edulis, the blue mussel, a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc species
• Nephila edulis, a species of large spider of the Nephilidae family commonly found in Australia and in parts of New Guinea and New Caledonia
• Ostrea edulis, a species of oyster native to Europe
• Passiflora edulis, a plant species cultivated commercially in frost-free areas for its fruit
• Phyllostachys edulis, a bamboo species
• Pinus edulis, a pine species
• Plectranthus edulis, an annual plant species
• Plinia edulis, the cambucá, a tree species found in Brazil
• Pueraria edulis, a plant species belonging to the genus Pueraria
• Pyxicephalus edulis, the edible bullfrog, a frog species