Gum arabic is a leguminous tree species that is well adapted to sub-Saharan Africa. It is produced in as natural gum made of hardened sap from three species of the acacia tree; Acacia senegal (Grade 1...
Sorghum is a genus of grass flowering plants family Poaceae. Seventeen of the twenty-five species are native to Australia but the plants are naturalized in many places and cultivated in warm climates...
Sesame(Sesamum), also called benne is a genus of approximately 20 species in the flowering plant family Pedaliaceae. It is mostly wild and native to sub-Saharan Africa although it is widely naturalize...
This trumpet-shaped flowers thrive in tropical - sunny, warm climate and is originally from Africa although various species and hybrids can be found currently in most places of the world About 200 spe...
Nigeria is the third largest exporter of ginger in the world after China and India. Nigeria’s produce about 110,000 metric tons predominantly from six states; Kaduna, Nasarawa, Benue, Niger and Gomb...
Bitter Kola also known as Garcinia kola is a tropical flowering plant found in western and central African countries like Gabon, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin Democratic Republic o...
The kola nut is the fruit of the kola tree, a genus (Cola) of trees that are native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. The caffeine-containing fruit of the tree is used as a flavoring ingredient i...
West Africa collectively supplies two thirds of the world's cocoa crop, with Ivory Coast leading production at 1.65 million tonnes, and nearby Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Togo producing additional 1....
Africa was the largest producer of raw Cashew accounting for about 67.5% of world production in 1970. This subsequently declined to 35.6% by 2000, with Nigeria, Tanzania and Mozambique being largest p...