mc5 - AVMA Take 2

Licorice?

If I'm right, someone else needs to carry the torch...

The mighty oak?

My "other" computer is an Acorn but I've never eaten one.

Is the edible bit a vegetable?

[CdM] - Good summary, But you forgot to mention that the edible part can be eaten raw and it is mainly used for non-edible products.

[Raak] - No
[Botherer] - No
[Rosie] - No
[Irouléguy] - No, the whole thing is a tree.

Willow

The bark is edible in small quantities but is mostly used for medicinal ones

[ImNotJohn] - No, but you're thinking along the right lines

Is the edible part the sap?

Alder?

[Raak] - Yes, but also the bark.
[Inkspot] - No

Is it from the salicaceae family of trees?

[Inkspot] - No

Family Fagaceae?

Jesuit's bark aka cinchona?

[Darren] - No
[Irouléguy] - I've never heard quinine bark called that before... No

Would a clue be useful at this point?

WE will ask the questions, Mr Login. Er, yes please. :-)

Very well.

It's a conifer and easy to recognise from a distance.

The Larch?

[Darren] - YES! Well done, it would have been easier if no one had asked about it being edible, which it is, apparently.

Ah, but it's the unexpected questions that can produce misleading answers which are so much fun!

So, this one is primarily VEGETABLE but I wouldn't be surprised if MINERAL or indeed ANIMAL could be involved in some cases.