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
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
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:Cashew Description Anacardium occidentale is a medium-sized tree, spreading, evergreen, much branched; grows to a height of 12 m.… Read More »Anacardium occidentale
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
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: Fonio Description Digitaria exilis, with English common names white fonio, fonio millet, and hungry rice or acha rice,… Read More »Digitaria exilis
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.
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
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