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
Meet the crops
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
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
Annona reticulata
Common Name:Custard Apple Description Annona reticulata is a low, erect tree, with a rounded or spreading crown and trunk 25-35… Read More »Annona reticulata