|
Tree Species |
Uses |
|
Albizia zygia |
Stem-powdered as soup base |
|
Aningeria robusta |
Fruit |
|
Bombax buonopozense |
Leaves in soups |
|
Carica papaya |
Fruits |
|
Chrysophyllum albidum |
Fruit |
|
Chrysophyllum perpulchrum |
Fruit |
|
Cola nitida |
Fruit/nut |
|
Dacryodes klaineana |
Fruit |
|
Drypetes floribunda |
Fruit |
|
Elaeis guineensis |
Fruit/nut/oil/wine |
|
Ficus capensis |
Fruit as soup base |
|
Lecaniodiscus cupanioides |
Fruit |
|
Myrianthus arboreus |
Fruit |
|
Napoleona leonensis |
Fruit |
|
Psidium guajava |
Fruit |
|
Raphia hookerii |
Wine/oil |
|
Tetrapleura tetraptera |
Fruit in soups |
|
Vitex fosteri |
Fruit in soups |
|
|
|
|
Shrubs and Herbaceous
Plants |
Uses |
|
Aspilia latifolia |
Leaves as condiment |
|
Barleria opaca |
Leaves as soup base |
|
Byttneria catalpifolia |
Stem-water source |
|
Euphorbia hirta |
Leaves |
|
Hoslundia opposita |
Fruit |
|
Piper guineense |
Fruit as condiment |
|
Solanum indicum |
Fruit as soup base |
|
Synsepalum dulcificum |
Fruit (sweetener) |
|
Telfairia occidentalis |
Seeds as soup base |
Source: Osei-Owusu 1981.
