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 |
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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
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