Optimization of African indigenous vegetables production in sub Saharan Africa: a review

Table 1 Most cultivated African indigenous vegetables in sub–Saharan Africa

Region/country	African indigenous vegetable	Reference(s)
Zimbabwe	Cleome gynandra, Vigna unguiculata, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.), Cucurbita maxima, Amaranthus spp. and Bidens pilosa spp.	Wangolo et al. (2015), Alfred (2011), and Shava (2005)
Tanzania	Amaranthus cruentus, Solanum villosum and Cleome gynandra	Mamboleo et al. (2018)
South Africa	Corchorus olitorius, Amaranthus cruentus, Citrullus lanatus, Vigna unguiculata, Cleome gynandra, Cucurbita spp. and Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis	Maseko et al. (2017)
Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Ghana, Cameroon, Namibia and Swaziland	Cleome gynandra	Wangolo et al. (2015)
Uganda	Solanum aethiopicum L., Amaranthus blitum L. and Gynadropsis gynandra L.	Semalulu et al. (2020)
Kenya	Brassica carinata, Amaranthus spp., Corchorus olitorius, Solanum scabrum spp., Crotalaria spp., Cleome gynandra, Crotalaria brevidens, Vigna sp.	Pincus et al. (2016) and Nambafu (2018)
	Corchorus olitorius and Vigna unguiculata	Ekesa et al. (2016)
Ethiopia	Brassica carinata	Dinssa et al. (2016)
Benin, Madagascar, and Mali	Amaranth spp., S. aethiopicum L., Abelmoschus esculentus and Hibiscus sabdariffa	Dinssa et al. (2016)

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