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Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I, Grains
APPENDIX I
Lost Crops of Africa Series
This is the first in a series of books highlighting the promise to be found in food plants native to Africa. The second and third volumes in the series are now being prepared for publication, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth are in the planning stage. Following are lists of the plants now being considered.
Volume 2: Cultivated Fruits
Balanites (Desert Date)
Balanites aegyptiaca
Baobab
Adansonia digitata
Butterfruit (Africado)
Dacryodes edulis
Carissa
Carissa spp., esp. C. macrocarpa
Horned Melon
Cucumis metuliferus
Kei Apple
Dovyalis caffra
Marula
Sclerocryo caffra
Melon
Cucumis melo
Tamarind
Tamcarindus indica
Watermelon
Citrullus lanatus
Ziziphus
Ziziphus mauritiana
Volume 3: Wild Fruits
African Medlars
Vangueria madagascariensis
Aizen
Boscia spp.
Chocolate Berries
Vitex spp.
Custard Apples
Annona senegalensis
Figs
Ficus spp.
Gemsbok Cucumber
Acanthosicyos naudinianus
Gingerbread Plums
Parinari spp.
Grapes
Vitis spp.
Icacina (False Yam)
Icacina oliviformis
Imbe (African Mangosteen)
Garcinia livingstonei
Milkwoods
Mimusops spp.
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Monkey Apple
Anisophyllea laurina
Monkey Orange
Strychnos spp.
Nara
Acanthosicyos horrida
Raisin Trees
Grewia spp.
Rubber Fruits
Landolphia spp.
Sour Plum
Ximenia spp.
Star Apples
Chrysophyllum spp.
Sugar Plums
Uapaca spp.
Sweet Detar
Detarium senegalense
Tree Grapes
Lannea spp.
Tree Strawberry
Nauclea spp.
Velvet Tamarind
Dialium guineense
Water Berry
Syzygium guineense
Wild Plum
Pappea capensis
Volume 4: Vegetables
African Eggplant
Solanum macrocarpon
Amaranths
Amaranthus spp.
Bitterleaf
Vernonia amygdalina
Bitter Melon
Momordica spp.
Baobab
Adansonia digitata
Bologi
Crassocephalum biafrae
Bungu
Ceratotheca sesamoides
Bur Gherkin
Cucumis spp.
Celosia
Celosia spp.
Cleome
Cleome gynandra
Crotalaria
Crotalaria spp.
Dayflowers
Commelina spp.
Edible Flowers
Various species
Edible Mushrooms
Various species
Edible Trees
Various species
Egusi-ito
Cucumeropsis mannii
Enset
Ensete ventricosum
Ethiopian Mustard
Brassica carinata
Fluted Pumpkin
Telfairia occidentalis
Garden Cress
Lepidium spp.
Gherkins
Cucumis spp.
Horned Melon (Kiwano)
Cucumis metuliferus
Jilo
Solanum gilo
Mock Tomato
Solanum aethiopicum
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Ogunmo
Solanum melanocerasum
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Oyster Nut
Telfairia pedata
Spirulina
Spirulina spp.
Water Leaf
Talinum spp.
Volume 5: Legumes
Bambara Groundnut
Vigna subterranea
Cowpea
Vigna unguiculata
Grass Pea
Lathyrus spp.
Guar
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
Groundbean
Macrotyloma geocarpa
Lablab
Lablab purpureus
Locust Beans
Parkia spp.
Marama Bean
Bauhinia esculenta
Pigeon Pea
Cajanus cajan
Sword Bean
Canavalia spp.
Velvet Tamarind
Dialium spp.
Volume 6: Roots and Tubers
African Yam Bean
Sphenostylis spp.
Anchote
Coccinia spp.
Guinea Yam
Dioscorea x cayenensis
Potato Yam
Dioscorea esculenta
Other Yams
Dioscorea spp.
Hausa Potato
Solenostemon rotundifolius
Sudan Potato
Solenostemon parviflorus
Livingstone Potato
Plectranthus esclentus
Wing bean Roots
Psophocarpus spp.
Tiger Nut (Chufa)
Cyperus esculentus
Vigna Roots
Vigna spp., especially V. vexillata
We hope that this set of reports will alert everyone to the wealth of foods that are Africa's own heritage. We also hope to continue the series with volumes on nuts, oilseeds, spices, beverage plants, and others. Collectively, the resulting wealth of knowledge and guidance might well lead to a "second front" in the war on hunger in what is now the most hunger-ravaged part of the world.
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We would very much like to hear from readers who would like to contribute to these future volumes. Send your name and the crop in which you're interested to:
Noel D. Vietmeyer, FO 2060
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20418, USA
Fax: (202) 334-2660
Email: nvietmey@nas.edu
Above all, we'd like to appeal for photographs. Locating pictures for this book on grains has been a monumental headache; finding interesting shots for the future volumes will likely be even harder.
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