Underutilized Indigenous Vegetables’ (UIVs) Business in Southwestern Nigeria: Climate Adaptation Strategies

Tanimonure, V. A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6_204

Table 1 Distribution of UIVs production in the study area

From: Underutilized Indigenous Vegetables’ (UIVs) Business in Southwestern Nigeria: Climate Adaptation Strategies

Local name	English name	Scientific name	Order of economic importance
Osun State
Tete Abalaye	White amaranth	Amaranth viridis	1
Red Tete/Tete Ijesa	Red amaranth	Amaranth cruentus	2
Ewedu	Jute mallow	Corchorus olitorius	3
Ugu	Fluted pumpkin	Telfairia occidentalis	4
Igbagba/Gboma	African eggplant	Solanum macrocarpon	5
Worowo	Bologi	Solanecio biafrae	6
Soko	Quail grass	Celosia argentea	7
Waterleaf	Waterleaf	Talinum fruticosum	8
Ebolo	Fire weed	Crassocephalum crepidoides	9
Elegede	Field pumpkin	Cucurbita moschata	10
Ogunmo	Garden huckleberry	Solanum scabrum	11
Oyo State
Osun	–	Solanum zuccagnianum	1
Tete Abalaye	White amaranth	Amaranth viridis	1
Ogunmo	Garden huckleberry	Solanum scabrum	2
Ewedu	Jute mallow	Corchorus olitorius	3
Igbagba/Gboma	African eggplant	Solanum macrocarpon	4
Soko	Quail grass	Celosia argentea	5
Ugu	Fluted pumpkin	Telfairia occidentalis	6
Odu	Black nightshade	Solanum nigrum	7
Ebolo	Fire weed	Crassocephalum crepidoides	8
Ondo State
Ugu	Fluted pumpkin	Telfairia occidentalis	1
Igbagba/Gboma	African eggplant	Solanum macrocarpon	2
Tete Abalaye	White amaranth	Amaranth viridis	3
Soko	Quail grass	Celosia argentea	4
Elegede	Field pumpkin	Cucurbita moschata	5
Ogunmo	Garden huckleberry	Solanum scabrum	6
Worowo	Bologi	Solanecio biafrae	7
Odu	Glossy nightshade	Solanum nigrum	8
Ekiti State
Abalaye	White amaranth	Amaranth viridis	1
Igbagba/Gboma	African eggplant	Solanum macrocarpon	2
Ugu	Fluted pumpkin	Telfairia occidentalis	3
Ewedu	Quail grass	Celosia argentea	4
Waterleaf	Fire weed	Crassocephalum crepidoides	5
Odu	Field pumpkin	Cucurbita moschata	6
Soko	Quail grass	Celosia argentea	7
Worowo	Bologi	Solanecio biafrae	8
Ogunmo	Garden huckleberry	Solanum scabrum	9

Source: Field survey, 2016

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