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Appendix 3 - Commonly Consumed Forest and Farm Tree Foods in the West African Humid Zone

1.

Afzelia bella

Seed spices and condiments, fermented leaf vegetables

2.

Afzelia bipindensis

Seed spices and condiments

3.

Aframomum melegueta

Fruit/seeds

4.

Afzelia africana

Seed spices and condiments

5.

Alchornea cordifolia

Leaves as vegetables

6.

Alchornea floribunda

Fruit

7.

Anacardium occidentale

Fruit

8.

Anisophyllea laurina


9.

Annona muricata

Fruit

10.

Artocarpus communis

Fruit

11.

Bailonella toxisperma

Fruit

12.

Blighia unijugata

Leaves as vegetables

13.

Borassus aethiopum

Fresh seed

14.

Brachystegia eurycoma

Seed spices and condiments

15.

Brachystegia kennedy

Seed spices and condiments

16.

Brachystegia nigerica

Seed spices; condiments

17.

Bucholzia coriacea

Fresh seeds

18.

Canarium schweinfurthii

Fruit pulp and seed oil/fat

19.

Carissa edulis

Fruit

20.

Ceiba pentandra

Fresh leaf vegetables

21.

Ceratotheca sesamoides

Leaves as vegetables

22.

Chrysophyllum albidum

Fruit pulp; fruit jam and jellies

23.

Cleistopholis patens

Fruit

24.

Cocos nucifera

Fruit

25.

Cola acuminata

Fresh seed

26.

Cola gigantea

Seed spices and condiments

27.

Cola hispida

Fruit pulp

28.

Cola lepidota

Fruit pulp

29.

Cola millenii

Fruit pulp

30.

Cola pachycarpa

Fruit pulp

31.

Dacryodes edulis

Fruit pulp; seed oil/fat; animal food

32.

Daniellia oliveri

Vegetables

33.

Dennettia tripetala

Whole fruit

34.

Detarium microcarpum

Seed spices and condiments

35.

Detarium senegalense

Seed spices and condiments

36.

Dialium guineense

Fruit pulp; fresh seed; fermented leaf vegetables; seed oil/fat and animal food

37.

Elaeis guineensis

Fruit pulp; fresh seed; fermented leaf vegetables; seed oil/fat and animal food

38.

Fagara macrophylla

Leaves

39.

Ficus spp.

Leaves

40.

Garcinia cola

Fresh seed; chewing sticks

41.

Garcinia polyantha

Fresh seed; chewing sticks

42.

Gnetum spp.

Leaves as vegetables

43.

Hibiscus esculentus

Leaves

44.

Hildegardia barteri

Seed spices; condiments

45.

Irvingia gabonensis var. gabonensis

Oil/fat; fruit jam and jellies; chewing sticks

46.

Irvingia gabonensis var. excelsa

Seed spices and condiments; seed oil/fat; chewing sticks

47.

Landolphia owariensis

Fruit

48.

Lasianthera africana

Leaves

49.

Maesobotrya barteri

Fruit pulp; fruit jam and jellies

50.

Maesobotrya dusenii

Fruit pulp; fruit jam and jellies

51.

Mammea africana

Fruit

52.

Mimusops djave

Fruit

53.

Momordica charantia

Leaves

54.

Monodora myristica

Seed spices and condiments

55.

Monodora tenuifolia

Seed spices and condiments

56.

Mucuna sloanei


57.

Myrianthus arboreus

Fresh leaf vegetables

58.

Myrianthus muellerianthus

Fruit

59.

Nauclea latifolia

Fruit

60.

Pachylobus edulis

Fruit

61.

Pachypodanthium confine

Fruit

62.

Pachystela brevipes

Fruit pulp

63.

Parinari excelsa


64.

Parkia bicolor

Seed spices and condiments; fresh vegetables

65.

Parkia clappertoniana

Fermented seed; seed spices and condiments

66.

Pentaclethra macrophylla

Fermented seeds

67.

Persea gratissima

Fruit

68.

Phyllanthus muellerianus

Leaves

69.

Plectranthus grandiflora

Flavouring from leaves

70.

Poga oleosa

Seed oil/fat

71.

Prosopis africana

Fermented seed; seed spices and condiments

72.

Pterocarpus mildbraedii

Fresh leaf vegetables

73.

Pterocarpus santalinoides

Fresh leaf vegetables

74.

Pterocarpus soyauxii

Fresh leaf vegetables

75.

Raphia hookerii

Fruit drink/wine

76.

Raphia vinifera

Fruit drink/wine

77.

Ricinodendron heudelottii

Oil seeds; fruit

78.

Sacoglottis gabonensis

Bark

79.

Spondias mombin

Fruit pulp; fruit jam and jellies

80.

Struchium sparganophora

Leaves

81.

Synsepalum stipulatum

Fruit pulp; fruit jam and jellies

82.

Tamarindus indica

Fruit drink/wine; fruit pulp; fruit jam and jellies

83.

Terminalia catappa

Seed

84.

Tetrapleura tetraptera

Seed spices and condiments

85.

Treculia africana

Fresh seed; bark; animal food

86.

Triumfetta rhomboidea

Leaves as vegetables

87.

Uapaca spp.

Fruit

88.

Uvaria chamae


89.

Vernonia amygdalina

Leaves

90.

Vitex cerkowski

Fruit

91.

Vitex doniana

Fruit pulp; fresh leaf vegetables; animal food

92.

Xanthosoma mafaffa

Leaves

93.

Xylopia aethiopica

Seed spice and condiments

94.

Xylopia staudtii

Seed spice and condiments


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