Strychnos cocculoides
Common Name:Natal orange Description Strychnos cocculoides is a shrub or small tree, 2-8 m high, with a compact, rounded crown;… Read More »Strychnos cocculoides
Annuals
Saba senegalensis
Common Name:Nsaban, kabaa Description Saba senegalensis is a liana up to 40 m long, often shrub like; trunk up to… Read More »Saba senegalensis
Eragrostis tef
Common Name:Tef Description Eragrostis tef is an annual cereal grass belonging to the family of the Poaceae.Teff is a C4 plant and is an intermediate between… Read More »Eragrostis tef
Detarium microcarpum
Common Name:Sweet Detar Description Detarium microcarpum (Bambara: Ntamajalan), commonly known as sweet detar, sweet dattock or tallow tree, is an under-utilized tree legume that… Read More »Detarium microcarpum
Allanblackia stulhmanii
Common Name:Allanblackia Description Allanblackia stuhlmannii is a tall evergreen forest tree to 40 m tall, with a straight, occasionally buttressed… Read More »Allanblackia stulhmanii
Solanum scabrum
Common Name:African Nightshade Description Solanum scabrum, also known as garden huckleberry,is an annual or perennial. The origin of the species… Read More »Solanum scabrum
Dioscorea dumetorum
Common Name:Bitter yam Bitter yam is a perennial climbing plant producing spiny stems up to 10 metres long from a… Read More »Dioscorea dumetorum
Musa acuminata AAA Group
Common Name: Bananas Description Musa acuminata is an evergreen perennial, not a tree. The trunk (known as the pseudostem) is… Read More »Musa acuminata AAA Group
Basella alba
Common Name: Vine spinach Description Basella alba is an edible perennial vine in the family Basellaceae. It is found in… Read More »Basella alba
Eleusine coracana
Common Name: Finger Millet Description Eleusine coracana is an annual plant widely grown as a cereal in the arid areas… Read More »Eleusine coracana