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
Plectranthus esculentus
Common Name: African Potato Description Plectranthus esculentus, with English common names kaffir potato, and Livingstone potato, is a species of… Read More »Plectranthus esculentus
Celosia argentea
Common Name: Celosia Description Celosia argentea, commonly known as plumed cockscomb, or the silver cock’s comb,is a herbaceous plant of… Read More »Celosia argentea
Passiflora edulis
Common Name: Passion Fruit Description Passiflora edulis is a vine species of passion flower that is native to Brazil, Paraguay… Read More »Passiflora edulis