| Acacia nilotica , |
Mimosaceae |
Acacia, Egyptian Mimosa, Gum Arabic Tree, Thorn Mimosa |
Bagawura (Hausa, Nigeria), Moore-nenga (Burkina Faso), Baganayiri bogonan (Dioula, Burkina Faso), Gaoudi (Fulfulde, Burkina Faso), Odawoma (Akan, Ghana), Bagana (Bambara, Mali), Baani (Djema, Niger), Gonaki (Wolof, Senegal), Nep nep (Serer, Senegal), Gaud |
4 |
NMP-001 |
| Borreria verticillata. |
Rubiaceae |
African Borreria, Shrubby False Buttonweed, Whiteweed |
Irawo ile (Yoruba, Nigeria), Uniedi (Yoruba, Nigeria), Karya garma (Hausa, Nigeria), Mkonokono (Swahili, East Africa), Tooga (Moore, Burkina Faso), Soyo-na (Susu-Dyalonke, Sierra Leone), Eribun (Diola, Senegal) |
19 |
NMP-012 |
| Erythrophleum suaveolens |
Leguminosae |
Sasswood, Ordeal Tree, Sassy Bark, Red Water Tree, Forest Ordeal Tree |
Erun Obo, Olu-Obo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Gwaska (Hausa, Nigeria) , Ajeku (Akan, Ghana), Mwavi (Swahili, Kenya), Mancone (Lingala, DR Congo) |
4 |
NMP-059 |
| Ficus exasperata |
Moraceae |
Sandpaper Tree, Rough-Leaf Fig, Forest Sandpaper Fig |
Epin, Ewe-Ipin (Yoruba, Nigeria), Anwirinwa (Igbo, Nigeria), Kawuse (Nupe, Nigeria), |
14 |
NMP-070 |
| Parinari curatellaefolia |
Rosaceae |
Rough-Skinned Plum, Mobola Plum, Hissing Tree, Sand Apple |
Abo-idofun (Yoruba, Nigeria), Rura, Farar rura (Hausa, Nigeria), Tutu (Bambara, Mali), Mmupudu (Tswana, South Africa), Mupundu (Shona, Zimbabwe) |
4 |
NMP-125 |
| Pennisetum purpureum |
Poaceae |
Elephant Grass, Napier Grass, Uganda Grass, Merker Grass |
Esu-funfun,Esusun-funfun (Yoruba, Nigeria), Achara (Igbo, Nigeria), Dawarkada, Kyambama, Yambama (Hausa, Nigeria), Tamben (Fula-Pulaar, Sierra Leone), Ngara (Loko, Sierra Leone) |
14 |
NMP-127 |
| Phyllanthus amarus |
Euphorbiaceae |
Gale-O-Wind, Hurricane Weed, Stonebreaker, Seed-under-leaf |
Eyin-olobe, Ehinbinisowo, Yoloba (Yoruba,Nigeria), Geron-tsuntsaye (Hausa, Nigeria), Ngwu (Igbo,Nigeria), Abomaguwakyi (Twi) |
19 |
NMP-133 |
| Sterculia setigera |
Sterculiaceae |
Sterculia gum, African tragacanth, karaya gum tree |
Ose-awere (Yoruba, Nigeria), Kukuki, Shafo (Hausa, Nigeria), Bobori (Fulani, Nigeria) |
1 |
NMP-169 |
| Vernonia amygdalina |
Compositae |
Bitter Leaf, African Bitter Leaf, Ironweed |
Ewuro (Yoruba, Nigeria), Onugbu (Igbo, Nigeria), Shiwaka (Hausa, Nigeria), Olubu (Edo, Nigeria), Grawa (Amharic, Ethiopia), Etidot (Efik, Nigeria) |
23 |
NMP-192 |
| Musa acuminata |
Musaceae |
Dwarf banana, Edible banana, Dessert banana, Plantain |
- |
10 |
NMP-230 |
| Rauvolfia vomitoria |
Apocynaceae |
African serpent wood, African snakeroot |
Wadda (Hausa, Nigeria), Akanta (Igbo, Nigeria), Ira-igbo (Yoruba,Nigeria), Akata, Aeugor (Edo, Nigeria) |
26 |
NMP-238 |
| Schrebera arborea |
Olacaceae |
White-heart tree, African teak |
- |
7 |
NMP-239 |
| Ficus thonningii |
Moraceae |
Wild Fig, Fiddle-Leaf Fig, Common Wild Fig, Bark-Cloth Fig, Strangler Fig |
Afrikaans: Gewone Wurgvy | Arabic: Jammeiz al-Abiad | French: India-Laurel Fig | Fula: Bikeshi | Hausa: Chediya | Shona: Gerina | Spanish: Laurel| Yoruba: Odan | Zulu: UmBombe |
26 |
NMP-071 |
| Tamarindus indica |
Fabaceae |
Tamarind, tamarin tree, Indian date, tamarindo |
Tsamiya (Hausa, Nigeria), Ajagbon , Pala (Yoruba, Nigeria), Icheku ovibo (Igbo, Nigeria), Amlika (Sanskrit, India) |
17 |
NMP-175 |
| Piliostigma reticulatum |
Fabaceae |
Camel’s foot, Monkey bread, Leather tree |
Nguiguis (Wolof, Senegal), Korobo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Bani (Hausa, Nigeria), Musacanca (Portuguese, Guinea-Bissau), Barke (Fulfulde, Mali) |
11 |
NMP-137 |