Vigna radiata
Common Name: Mungbean Description The mung bean (Vigna radiata), alternatively known as the moong bean, green gram, is a plant… Read More »Vigna radiata
Meet the crops
Cucurbita maxima
Common Name: Pumpkin Description Cucurbita maxima, one of at least five species of cultivated squash, is one of the most… Read More »Cucurbita maxima
Ziziphus mauritiana
Common Name:Jujube, ber Description Ziziphus mauritiana is a spiny, evergreen shrub or small tree up to 15 m high, with… Read More »Ziziphus mauritiana
Garcinia mangostana
Common Name:Mangosteen Description The mangosteen is a small, evergreen tree, very slow-growing, erect with a pyramidal crown; attains 6-25 m… Read More »Garcinia mangostana
Lablab purpureus
Common Name: Lab lab Bean Description Lablab purpureus is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae. It is native… Read More »Lablab purpureus
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
Cyphomandra betacea
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
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