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Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I, Grains
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