Annuals

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

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

Common Name: Okra Description Abelmoschus caillei, the West African okra, is a plant species in the family Malvaceae. It occurs… Read More »Abelmoschus caillei

Common Name: Yams Description Dioscorea alata, known as purple yam and many other names, is a species of yam, a… Read More »Dioscorea alata

Common Name: Bittergourd Description Momordica charantia, known as bitter melon, bitter gourd, bitter squash, or balsam-pear in English, has many… Read More »Momordica charantia

Common Name: Vegetable amaranth Description Amaranthus tricolor is an ornamental plant known as tampala, tandaljo or tandalja bhaji in India,[3]… Read More »Amaranthus tricolor

Common Name: Yams Description Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that… Read More »Dioscorea rotundata

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