Book ID: 64942
Lost Crops of Africa
Volume 2: Vegetables. 2006. illustr. 374 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
This is the second volume in a series highlighting untapped promiseto be found among Africa's traditional food plants.- This volumecovers Amaranth/ Bambara Bean ( Vigna subterranea)/ Baobab (Adansoniadigitata) and related species/ Celosia (Celosia argentea)/ Cowpea(Vigna unguiculata)/ Dika (Irvingia species)/ Eggplant (Garden Egg)(Solanum aethiopicum)/ Egusi (Citrullus lanatus) and kindred plants/Enset (Ensete Ventricosum)/ Lablab (Lablab purpureus)/ Locust Bean(Parkia biglobosa)/ Long Bean (Vigna uncuilata)/ Marama (Tylosemaesculentum)/ Moringa (Moringa olifeira) and related species/ Nativepotatoes (Solenostemon rotundifolius and Plectranthus esculentus)/Okra (Ablemoschus esculentus)/ Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa)/ Yambean(Sphenostylis stenocarpa)