Strychnos cocculoides
Common Name:Natal orange Description Strychnos cocculoides is a shrub or small tree, 2-8 m high, with a compact, rounded crown;… Read More »Strychnos cocculoides
Annuals
Saba senegalensis
Common Name:Nsaban, kabaa Description Saba senegalensis is a liana up to 40 m long, often shrub like; trunk up to… Read More »Saba senegalensis
Eragrostis tef
Common Name:Tef Description Eragrostis tef is an annual cereal grass belonging to the family of the Poaceae.Teff is a C4 plant and is an intermediate between… Read More »Eragrostis tef
Detarium microcarpum
Common Name:Sweet Detar Description Detarium microcarpum (Bambara: Ntamajalan), commonly known as sweet detar, sweet dattock or tallow tree, is an under-utilized tree legume that… Read More »Detarium microcarpum
Allanblackia stulhmanii
Common Name:Allanblackia Description Allanblackia stuhlmannii is a tall evergreen forest tree to 40 m tall, with a straight, occasionally buttressed… Read More »Allanblackia stulhmanii
Solanum scabrum
Common Name:African Nightshade Description Solanum scabrum, also known as garden huckleberry,is an annual or perennial. The origin of the species… Read More »Solanum scabrum
Dioscorea dumetorum
Common Name:Bitter yam Bitter yam is a perennial climbing plant producing spiny stems up to 10 metres long from a… Read More »Dioscorea dumetorum
Vangueria madagascariensis
Common Name: African Medlars Description Vangueria madagascariensis is a profusely branched shrub or small tree, 2-15 m tall, with smooth… Read More »Vangueria madagascariensis
Crassocephalum rubens
Common Name: Yoruban bologi Description Crassocephalum rubens, also called Yoruban bologi, is an erect annual herb growing up to 80… Read More »Crassocephalum rubens
Amaranthus cruentus
Common Name: Grain amaranth Description Amaranthus cruentus is a flowering plant species that yields the nutritious staple amaranth grain. It… Read More »Amaranthus cruentus