Cucurbita maxima
Common Name: Pumpkin Description Cucurbita maxima, one of at least five species of cultivated squash, is one of the most… Read More »Cucurbita maxima
Annuals
Lablab purpureus
Common Name: Lab lab Bean Description Lablab purpureus is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae. It is native… Read More »Lablab purpureus
Vigna subterranea
Common Name: Bambara groundnut Description Vigna subterranea (also known by its common names Bambara groundnut, Bambara-bean, Congo goober, earth pea,… Read More »Vigna subterranea
Cyphomandra betacea
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
Lens culinaris
Common Name: Lentils Description The lentil (Lens culinaris) is an edible pulse. It is a bushy annual plant of the… Read More »Lens culinaris
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Common Name: Elephant ears Description In Bolivia, it is called walusa, in Colombia bore, in Costa Rica tiquizque or macal,… Read More »Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Digitaria exilis
Common Name: Fonio Description Digitaria exilis, with English common names white fonio, fonio millet, and hungry rice or acha rice,… Read More »Digitaria exilis
Macrotyloma geocarpum
Common Name: Geocarpa groundnut Description Macrotyloma geocarpum is also known as the ground bean, geocarpa groundnut, Hausa groundnut, or Kersting’s… Read More »Macrotyloma geocarpum
Abelmoschus caillei
Common Name: Okra Description Abelmoschus caillei, the West African okra, is a plant species in the family Malvaceae. It occurs… Read More »Abelmoschus caillei
Dioscorea alata
Common Name: Yams Description Dioscorea alata, known as purple yam and many other names, is a species of yam, a… Read More »Dioscorea alata