Resources Tagged: Useful Plants

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  1. FM 2004 LEISA Magazine Vol 20 #1

    20.03.2004 Underutilized plant species Roselle in Senegal and Mali Canahua deserves to come back Genetic erosion of canahua Growing and marketing Andean grains Fonio: a small grain with potential Taro in Vanuatu Masuku Home gardens Native fruits Marugu Women reintroducing neglected crops The slow food...
    Useful Plants Taro Home Garden Native Plants home gardening Mali Senegal Roselle Underutilized Crops

  2. Chrysopogon zizanioides - Vetiver Grass

    Edible portion:Root - oil for flavouring A tropical grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It has stout roots. It grows 2 m high. It grows in dense tufts. The leaf blades are 90 cm long by 4-10 mm wide. The flower panicle is oblong and 13-30 cm long. It is a tropical plant. It grows in areas...
    Plant Information Grasses FPI Roots and Tubers Roots Useful Plants Vetiver Grass

  3. Water Hyacinth

    From problem to productive free resource: this book explains that, although the water hyacinth has become a problem, it can be very useful. It uses material from thePractical Action's "Technical Brief - Water Hyacinth", with kind permission. This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by...
    Downloads Invasives Useful Plants

  4. Helpful Weeds

    01.10.2021 This book looks at three weeds that farmers may find beneficial to their crops, and a fourth that can be used to treat a common disease of chickens. It uses material fromFootsteps 48and65, the literacy publication of Tearfund with kind permission and from an article by James Biscoe in Journal...
    Downloads Disease Control Useful Plants