Plants and Plant Products in Local Markets Within Benin City and Environs

Osawaru, Moses Edwin; Ogwu, Matthew Chidozie

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6_159

Table 3 Utilization pattern of plants and plant products in local markets within Benin City and environs

From: Plants and Plant Products in Local Markets Within Benin City and Environs

Botanical name	Common name	Cereal	Legumes	Root and tubers	Vegetables	Fruits and nuts	Fats and oil	Sugar crop	Fiber crop	Condiments and spices	Beverage and stimulant	Corm and rhizome	Medicinal	Other
Abehmoshus esculentus	Okra				●	●
Adensonia digitata	Baobab					●
Allium cepa	Onion										●
Allium sativum	Garlic										●		●
Amaranthus caudatus	Spinach				●
Anacardium occidentalis	Cashew					●
Ananas comosus	Pineapple					●
Annona mutricata	Sour sop					●
Arachis hypogeaa	Groundnut		●
Azadirachta indica	Dogoyaro												●
Bombax buonopozense						●
Brassica oleracea	Cabbage				●
Calotropis procera														●
Capsicum annum	Pepper					●				●
Capsicum frutescens	Pepper					●
Carica papaya	Pawpaw					●
Celosia argentea	Celosia				●
Citrus aurantifolia	Lime					●							●
Citrus limon	Lemon					●							●
Citrus sinensis	Orange					●
Cochorus olitoriu	Jute				●				●
Cocos nucifera	Coconut					●
Cocus nucifera	Vegetable oil						●
Cola acuminate	Kolanut					●
Cola nitida	Kolanut					●
Colocasia esculenta	Cocoyam											●
Crescentia cujele	Calabash													●
Cucumeropsis mannii	Melon		●
Cucumis sativus	Cucumber					●
Cucurbita pepo						●
Cucurma longa										●			●
Cymbopogon citrates	Lemmon grass												●
Cyperus esculentus	Tiger nut											●
Dacryodes edulis	African pear					●
Daucus carota	Carrot			●	●
Dennettia tripetala	Pepper fruit					●
Dialium guineense						●
Dioscorea alata	Water yam			●
Dioscorea rotundata	Yam			●
Elaeis guineensis	Palm oil					●	●							●
Garcina cola	Bitter cola					●
Glycine max	Soy bean		●
Gnetum africanum					●
Gossypium hirsutum	Cotton					●			●
Hibiscus cannabinus											●
Hibiscus sabdarifa	Roselle										●
Ipomea batata	Sweet potato			●
Irvingia gabonensis	Bush mango					●
Lycopersicum esculentum	Tomato					●
Mangifera indica	Mango					●
Manihot esculatua	Cassava			●
Murraya koenigii	Curry									●
Musa paradisiaca	Banana					●
Musa sapientum	Plantain					●
Myristica fragrans	Nutmeg									●
Ocimum gratissimum	Scent leaf				●
Oryza sativa	Rice	●
Parkia clappertorniana	Locust bean		●
Pennisitum glaucum	Millet	●
Pentaclethra macrophylla	African oil bean		●
Persea americana	Avocado Pear					●
Phaseolus vulgaris	Beans		●
Phoenix dactylifera	Date palm					●
Piper guineense	African pepper					●
Psidium guajava	Guava					●
Rauwolfia vomitoria	Rauwolfia												●
Ricinus communis	Castor oil		●
Saccharum officinarum	Sugar cane							●
Sesanum orientale						●
Solanum melogena	Garden-egg					●
Solanum tuberosum	Irish potato			●
Sorghum bicolour	Guinea corn	●
Spondias mombin	Hug phem					●							●
Talfairia occidentalis	Pumpkin				●
Talinum triangulare	Water leaf				●
TamarindusindicaL.					●
Tetrochidium didymostemon													●
Thaumatococcus danielli								●
Theobroma cacao	Cocoa					●					●
Thymus vulgaris	Thyme									●
Treculia africana							●
Trilepisium madagascariensis										●
Triticum aestivum	Wheat	●
Vernonia amygdalina	Bitter leaf				●
Vigna unguiculata	Cow pea		●
Vitellaria paradoxa	Shea butter						●
Xylopia aethiopica										●			●
Zea mays	Maize	●
Zingiber officinale	Ginger					●					●	●	●

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