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Crop
Other plants (sapling/tree)
Local name in Twi
Common English name
Botanical name
Use
Local name in Twi
Common English name
Botanical name
Use
Bankye
Cassava/manioc
Manihot
F
Pepea
?
Phylanthus
Fu
esculenta
discordens
Aburow
Maize/corn
Zea mays
F
Emire
?
Terminalia
T
ivorensis
Abe
Oil-palm
Elaes
F
Ofosow
?
Fu
guineensis
Mako
Pepper
Capsicum
F
Osese
?
Horralhaena
F/C
annum
floribunda
Ase
Cowpea
Vigna
F
Osensrema
?
Neuboldia
M
unguiculata
laevis
Mango
Mango
Mangifera
F
Owudifo akete
?
Anthocleista
M
indica
vogelli
Okronoo
Red-flowered
Bombax
M
silk cotton tree
buonopozense
Awonwee
?
Olax
M
subscorpioidea
Opanpan
?
Fu
Osena/yooye
Velvet tamarind
Dialium
F/O
guineese
Nyamedua
Pagoda tree
Alstonia boonei
M
Akakapenpen
?
Rauvolfia
M/Fu
vomitora
Agyama
Christmas bush
Alchonea
M
cordifolia
Odwen
Camwood
Baphia nitida
M
Bronyadua
Brimstone tree
Morinda lucida
M
F - Food; M - Medicinal; Fu - Fuelwood; O - Other use; T - Timber; C - Carving; ? - Not known.
