Annuals

Common Name: Favabean Description Vicia faba, also known as the broad bean, fava bean, faba bean, field bean, bell bean,… Read More »Vicia faba

Common Name: Horned Melon Description Cucumis metuliferus, horned melon or kiwano, also African horned cucumber or melon, jelly melon, hedged… Read More »Cucumis metuliferus

Common Name: Enset Description Ensete ventricosum, commonly known as the Ethiopian banana, Abyssinian banana, false banana, or ensete, is an… Read More »Ensete ventricosum

Common Name: Mungbean Description The mung bean (Vigna radiata), alternatively known as the moong bean, green gram, is a plant… Read More »Vigna radiata

Common Name: Pumpkin Description Cucurbita maxima, one of at least five species of cultivated squash, is one of the most… Read More »Cucurbita maxima

Common Name: Cape tomato Description Cyphomandra betacea is a semi-woody shrub or small tree 2-3 m high, rarely 5 m.… Read More »Cyphomandra betacea

Common Name: Lentils Description The lentil (Lens culinaris) is an edible pulse. It is a bushy annual plant of the… Read More »Lens culinaris

Common Name: Elephant ears Description In Bolivia, it is called walusa, in Colombia bore, in Costa Rica tiquizque or macal,… Read More »Xanthosoma sagittifolium