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 |
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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.