Landolphia spp
Common Name:Gumvines Description Apocynaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly… Read More »Landolphia spp
Meet the crops
Icacina oliviformis
Common Name:False yam Description The Icacinaceae are a family of flowering plants, consisting of trees, shrubs, and lianas, primarily of… Read More »Icacina oliviformis
Artocarpus altilis
Common Name:Breadfruit Description Artocarpus camansi is a moderately fast growing, single-stemmed, evergreen tree of 10-15 m or more with a… Read More »Artocarpus altilis
Anacardium occidentale
Common Name:Cashew Description Anacardium occidentale is a medium-sized tree, spreading, evergreen, much branched; grows to a height of 12 m.… Read More »Anacardium occidentale
Gnetum africanum
Common Name:African Gnetum Description Gnetum africanum is a dioecious forest perrenial liana up to 10 m long but sometimes longer;… Read More »Gnetum africanum
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
Annona senegalensis.
Common Name:Wild Custard Apple Description Annona senegalensis is a shrub or small tree 2-6 m tall but may reach 11… Read More »Annona senegalensis.
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Common Name:Roselle Description Hibiscus sabdariffa is an erect, mostly branched, annual shrub. Stem reddish in colour and up to 3.5… Read More »Hibiscus sabdariffa