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Mandate Crops

Crop

Scientific name

Family

Cassava

Manihot esculenta Crantz

Euphorbiaceae

Sweet potato

Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.

Convolvulaceae

Greater yam

Dioscorea alata L.

Dioscoreaceae

White yam

Dioscorea rotundata Poir.

Dioscoreaceae

Lesser yam

Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill

Dioscoreaceae

Aerial yam

Dioscorea bulbifera L.

Dioscoreaceae

Other yams

Dioscorea hispida Dennst.

Dioscoreaceae

Dioscorea pentaphylla L.

Dioscoreaceae

Arvi/Taro

Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum (L.) Schott

Araceae

Bunda

Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta (L.) Schott

Araceae

Swamp taro

Colocasia Stoloniferum (L.) Schott

Araceae

Tannia

Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott

Araceae

Elephant foot yam

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson

Araceae

Giant taro

Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don

Araceae

Giant swamp taro

Cyrtosperma chamissionis (Schott) Merr.

Araceae

Country potato

Solenostemon rotundifolius (Poir) J.K. Morton

Labiatae

Arrowroot

Maranta arundinacea L.

Marantaceae

Canna

Canna edulis Ker-Gawler/ Canna indica L.

Cannaceae

Winged bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.

Leguminoceae

Yam bean

Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb

Leguminoceae

Vigna

Vigna capensis (L.) Walp.

Leguminoceae

Typhonium

Typhonium spp.

Araceae

Costus

Costus speciosus (Koenig) Sm. (J. Konig) C. Specht.

Costaceae

Shoti

Curcuma  spp.

Zingiberaceae

Mandate

  • Basic, strategic and applied research on genetic resource management, crop improvement, sustainable production and utilization of tropical tuber crops.

  • Coordinate research and validation of technologies through AICRP on Tuber Crops.