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The Africa Uganda Plants Guide
On this Uganda Plants Guide is where you find info about Useful flora in Uganda; Food crops, Cash crops, Trees, Medicines, Shrubs , grasses, fruits, vegetable and flowers growing in Africa.
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African plants in general have developed an overwhelming diversity of forms, functions, habitats and geographical distribution. Having said that however, there is a limited number of publications about these plants, and as a result you will find it quite problematic to correctly identify African plant species names in many taxonomic groups. But whether you're a Conservationist/botanist/ herbalist/ Chemist/businessman/Chef/Hotel owner or just a plant enthusiast, get ready to enjoy learning more and getting involved with the rich plant life in Uganda . I also think it wonderful to rush out to your home garden in case of a medical emergency and get some immediate and inexpensive relief..! |
We've thus created this Africa Uganda Plants guide to help you identify some of the useful plants you will find as you travel Uganda; from your backyard, to byways , on commercial farms, and in forests. We cover a wide range of important plant variaties including Trees, Shrubs Ground Cover plants, Vines, Bamboo, Grasses, Corms, Ferns, Perennials, Annuals, Rhizomes, Bulbs, Palms, Tubers and Gingers.
This Africa Uganda plants guide has further been designed to work as your online supermarket for the plants, fruits & vegetables we've listed; here you're free to make an order of any listed plant or plant product, and we shall deliver it to your door step.
In this Africa Uganda plants Guide you will find;
- Lists and photos of Food Crops,
- Cash Crops, and
- Fruit & Vegetable plants thriving in Uganda
- A List and photos of useful non-food plants growing in Uganda
- Uses and potential markets for each of these Uganda plants
- Where these plants typically grow in Africa
- Investment & Export business Opportunities within the Subsector plus
- Industry news & important updates
- You also have the opportunity to ask the plant guide and share your story
We have also included farming guides with gardening tips for growing some of these plants.
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- a food/plant sample for research purposes or
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- for Hotel/restaurant Consumption, or
- for home consumption, or
- for use as medicine
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Food Crops growing in Uganda
The list below shows you some of the common food plants grown in Uganda, several of these food crops are stapples for different regions and Tribes within Uganda and in Africa.
- Maize/corn
- Plantains/Bananas/Matooke
- Cassava
- sweet potatoes
- Irish Potatoes
- Finger Millet
- sorghum
- Beans
- Groundnuts
- Soybeans
- Sesame seeds
- Yams
Cash Crops growing in Uganda
This list covers some of the common plants grown primary/traditionally for sale to factories or for export, the farmers who normally grow them have little use for the unprocessed crop.
- Coffee
- Cotton
- Tobbacco
- Tea
- Vanilla
- Sugar Cane
Fruits, Vegetables & Flowers
In this section of the Uganda plants guide you will find lists of common vegetable plants which are used as additionals to food but do not normally form main dishes themselves. Under this section we also cover common flowers grown for export as well as fruit baring plants.
- Roses, Gerbera & Tropical flowers
- Fresh chilli
- Passion fruit
- Okra
- Garden Egg
- More Vegetables - Amaranthus (dodo), Nakati, & Borr
- Pineapples
- Mangoes
- Papaya
- Oranges
Non-Food plants growing in Uganda
This section covers those important plants with non food uses, although some produce fruits used for food; these rare germs of trees, shrubs and grasses of Uganda have uses ranging from cultural, construction and industrial but can only be identified by an experienced eye. Some of these plants listed are growing freely in your backyard, some in forests and some on byways.
- Prunus Africana (Red stinkwood)
- Cycad
- Santalum album (sandalwood)
- Alstonia boonei
- Anacardium occidentale (Cashew nuts)
- Aningeria adolfi-friedericii
- Annona senegalisis(wild custard apple)
- Albizia coriaria (bi-pinnate plant)
- Cordia millenii (drum tree)
- Combretum molle
- Combretum collinum
- Azadiracha indica (Neem)
- Averrhoa carambola (Star fruit)
- Balanites aegyptiaca (desert date)
- Aleurites moluccana (Candle nut-tree)
- Castor Oil (ricinus communis)
- Butyrospermum paradoxum (Shear butter)
- Cajanas cajana (Pigeon pea)
- Jatropha curcas (pig nut,fig nut, physic nut)
- Kigelia Africana (sausage tree)
- Borassus aethiopum (Borassus palm)
- Bridelia micrantha
- Moringaoleifera-(Horse radish tree)
- Morus alba (mulberry)
- Tamarindus indica (tamarind)
- Teclea nobilis
- Tetradenia riparia (iboza multiflora)
- Vitex doniana (black plum)
- Warburgia ugandensis (East African green wood)
- Zanthoxylum chalybeum
- Dracaena steudneri (steudner dragon tree)
- Dombeya torrida(Forest dombeya)
- Albizia lebbeck (sirris tree-woman’s tongue)
- Entandrophragma utile (Budongo heavy Mahogany)
- Erytrina abyssinica (Red-hot-poker)
- Olea europea (brown olive, wild olive)
- Parkia filicoidea (African locust bean)
- Goose berry
- Pseudospondias microcarpa
- Ricinonodendron heudelotii (cork wood tree)
- Java Fig (Ficus Benjamin), weeping fig, Chinese banyan
- Ficus natalensis (bark cloth fig)
- Ficus sur (F.capensis)
- Ficus vallis-choudae
- Ficus elastic (Indian rubber tree)
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How to grow MORINGA in Uganda
Moringa (Scientific Name: Moringa oleifera) is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Moringa, which is the only genus in the family Moringaceae. …
How to grow CHAYOTE in Uganda
Chayote (Scientific Name: Sechium edule) is an edible plant belonging to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, along with melons, cucumbers and squash. …
How to grow ALOE VERA in Uganda
Aloe Vera is a succulent, almost sessile perennial plant with radically arranged leaves and many fibrous supporting roots penetrating into the soil. …
How to grow TURMERIC in Uganda
Turmeric (Scientific name: Curcuma longa ) is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae.
Turmeric is typically …
How to grow STRAWBERRIES in Uganda
Strawberry is a dainty, red, heart-shaped fruit which has been grown way back in the memorials.
Because of its appearance the fruits of the strawberry …
How to grow LEMON BALM in Uganda
Lemon balm (Scientific name: Melissa officinalis) also known as balm, common balm, or balm mint, is a perennial herb from the mint family.
Its …
How to grow FERNS in Uganda
Ferns have been a common house plant for years.
The great places to start looking for ferns are the swamps; wooded areas and shrub corners.
The …
How to grow CHIA SEEDS in Uganda
Chia is an annual herbaceous plant in the mint family that is grown commercially for its seeds which are rich in omega-3 fatty acids.
The chia seeds …
How to grow CACTUS in Uganda
Cactus is a perennial arid or desert plant grown as a floor or house plant.
This strikingly succulent plant has of recent gained popularity amongst …
How to grow BAMBOO in your Uganda Lawn
Bamboo is a fast growing woody grass grown for its culms (stems).
The plant is an evergreen perennial flowering plant in the subfamily Bambusoideae …
How to grow TAMARIND FRUITS in Uganda
Tamarind (Scientific name: Tamarindus indica) is a large leguminous tree that grows to up to 3m tall.
Tamarind is indigenous to tropical Africa …
How to grow RICE in Uganda
Rice is one cereal crop that has become popular in Uganda over the past years. ”omuchele” as locally known is also one of the world’s most important …
How to grow LEMON FRUITS in Uganda
Lemon (Scientific name: Citrus limon) is a species of small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Rutaceae.
These fruits have been grown …
How to grow BITTER MELON/KARELA in Uganda
Karela ( Scientific Name: Momordica charantia) also known as bitter melon, bitter gourd, bitter squash, or balsam-pear is member of the cucurbit family, …
How to grow CAPE GOOSEBERRIES in Uganda
Cape gooseberry/ goldenberry (Scientific Name: Physalis peruviana) is a marble-sized fruit that is yellow to orange in color with a smooth, waxy skin. …
How to grow COWPEAS in Uganda
Cowpea is an annual, herbacious crop of the legume family.
The crop is one of the most ancient source of food to man, and its use is dated back …
How to grow BUTTERNUT SQUASH in Uganda
Butternut squash is a vine crop of the cucurbit family.
This tropical crop is an alternative choice four pumpkin lovers.
This is because the …
How to grow SPRING ONIONS in Uganda
Also known as salad onion, spring onion is another sweet vegetable of the onion family.
The plant gives long, slender green tops and the small white …
How to grow SOURSOP in Uganda
The soursop (Annona muricata) is a deciduous low, erect fruity tree. The sour sop fruit has an inner cream colored, fragrant, juicy, and somewhat fibrous …
How to grow POMEGRANATE in Uganda
Pomegranate is an attractive tropical shrub with showy flowers and colorful fruits.
The shrub is locally known as “Enkomamawanga” and is easy to grow …
How to grow JACKFRUIT in Uganda
Jackfruit is the largest tree borne fruit in the world.
The tree is common to most tropical regions of the world.
In Uganda the tree is locally …
How to grow AVOCADO in Uganda
Avocado is a tropical ever green fruit tree found in most home gardens in Uganda.
“Ova” as locally known in the central Uganda, the tree is organically …
How to grow PUMPKIN in Uganda
Pumpkins are a warm season vegetables belonging to the genus “Cucurbita”.
The gourd fruit grows on vines and is mainly grown for its culinary elements. …
How to grow TOMATOES in Uganda
Tomato is a vegetable of the solanaceae family locally know as “Enyanya” in luganda.
The vegetable is one of the most popular vegetable grown by …
How to grow SWEET PEPPER in Uganda
Sweet peppers or rather bell peppers are a tender, warm season vegetable.
Locally we know the bell peppers as “green pepper”, this is attributed …
How to grow COCOYAMS in Uganda
Cocoyam is one of the tuber crop used as food in Uganda.
The tuber is more pronounced in the Buganda region and is locally known as “Obukupa”. …
How to grow PINEAPPLES in Uganda
The pineapple is a tropical and sub tropical fruit grown in many African countries.
Locally the fruit is known as “Enanansi”. The fruit is trade-able …
How to grow PAPAYA in Uganda
Papaya/Pawpaw is a fast growing tree like herb that belongs to the cactus group of plants.
The fruit is usually referred to as the pawpaw and “Epapali” …
How to grow MANGOES in Uganda
A mango is an evergreen fruit tree locally known as “omuyembe”. The tree is so pronounced in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
The …
How to grow COLLARDS in Uganda
Collards are a popular leafy vegetable locally known as “Sukumawiki”.
The dark green leaves are borne in rosettes around an upright stocky main …
How to grow CHILLI in Uganda
Chilli production has been a fascination as a spice for a millennial now.
The plant is sometimes referred to as hot pepper, and in Uganda we have …
How to grow ONIONS in Uganda
Onions (allium cepa) locally known as “obutungulu” in luganda are cool season biennial crops. This vegetable is typically grown as an annual. The dry …
How to grow SWEET POTATOES in Uganda
Sweet potato is one of the most important starchy crops. It’s an herbaceous, perennial creeper cultivated as an annual crop.
In Africa, Uganda is …
How to grow STAR FRUIT in Uganda
The carambola aka star fruit is a geometrically stunning, tender sweet fruit that comes from the Averrhoa carambola plant.
The tree is native to the …
How to grow SPINACH in Uganda
Spinach is easy to grow, and nutritious.
This cool–season crop is among the first greens ready to harvest, as its quick to turn bitter and grow into …
How to grow SOYBEANS in Uganda
Soybean/Soyabean is one of the most important grain legumes grown in East Africa.
It is mainly used for extraction of cooking oil and in animal feeds. …
How to grow SIMSIM/SESAME in Uganda
Sesame or simsim is mainly grown in warm areas with little rainfall like Northen Uganda.
Simsim is an erect annual herbaceous plant whose height …
How to grow IRISH POTATOES in Uganda
Potato is a herbaceous starchy, tuberous crop and it’s locally known as the Irish potato cause of its originality.
Globally the Irish potatoes are …
How to grow OKRA Vegetables in Uganda
A member of the hibiscus family, okra makes one of the most beautiful blooms in the garden.
It’s an annual, warm weather vegetable which explains …
How to grow MUSHROOMS in Uganda
Since time memorial, mushrooms have made a significant contribution to human food and medicine.
Mushrooms are not real plants; they are fungi and …
How to grow LETTUCE Vegetables in Uganda
Lettuce is one of the oldest leafy vegetables known to man.
It is believed that Lettuce originated from India and central Asia.
Lettuce is the …
How to grow LEMON GRASS in Uganda
Lemon grass is a perennial herb with a light lemon scent and flavor.
Native to India, lemon grass is a common ingredient in Southeast Asian cuisine. …
How to grow HIBISCUS ROSELLE in Uganda
Hibiscus Roselle is an aromatic, astringent cooling herb that is much used in the tropical and sub tropical regions of the world.
Roselle is a short …
How to grow GROUNDNUTS in Uganda
Groundnut is one of the most important legumes grown and consumed in Uganda.
The plant is translated in Luganda as Ebinyebwa
Groundnuts are …
How to grow GARLIC in Uganda
Garlic is perennial vegetable bulb grown as an annual in Uganda.
Garlic is a member of the onion family, and has been cultivated for thousands of …
How to grow FINGER MILLET in Uganda
Finger millet is an annual cereal crop widely grown in the arid areas of Africa.
The crop grows to about 1.25m and produces tillers.
Each tiller produces …
How to grow EGG PLANTS in Uganda
Egg plants are short lived perennial vegetables which are native to Asia. They are mainly found in the tropical and sub tropical regions as they require …
How to grow CUCUMBER in Uganda
Cucumbers are a warm season vegetable which originated in India before spreading to other regions of the world.
Most cucumber varieties will grow …
How to grow COCOA in Uganda
All chocolate begins with cocoa beans, the fruit of a perennial cocoa tree.
Scientist say the tree originated somewhere in south or Central America. …
How to grow CARROTS in Uganda
Carrots are biennial vegetables, as they use leaves in their first year to gather energy from sun to build a big, starchy root.
They come in shapes …
How to grow BROCCOLI Vegetables in Uganda
Broccoli is a cool season crop that is a member of the cabbage family. It’s a descendant of wild Mediterranean kale.
Its head is comprised of functional …
How to grow AMARANTHUS in Uganda
The edible Amaranth/Amaranthus is an ancient food plant native to southern America.
So revered was Amaranthus in ancient Inca and Aztec cultures, …
How to grow PASSION FRUITS in Uganda
Passion fruit is a perennial vigorous vine, which grows to give oval or round shaped fruit.
This vine is native to tropical regions of southern Brazil; …
How to grow SAGE spices in Uganda
Sage is a perennial shrub with downy, gray-green foliage.
A classic herb for stuffing, sage is also used in salad as well as meat and poultry dishes …
How to grow ROSEMARY Spices in Uganda
Rosemary is a tender perennial shrub that is ever green with blue flowers.
This pungent and distinctive plant has a sweet resinous flavor which has …
How to grow OREGANO Spices in Uganda
Oregano is a perennial herb with rose purple or white flowers and a taste reminiscent of thyme.
Its zesty and strong taste has been an element used …
How to grow MARJORAM Spices in Uganda
Marjoram is a tender herb grown as an annual in cold regions and a perennial for growers in warmer regions like Uganda Africa.
Tracing its nativity …
How to grow FENNEL Bulb Spices in Uganda
Fennel is a hardy that grows to about 5ft in height, having a dark green feathery leaves.
This plant is native to the Mediterranean region, but is …
How to grow DILL Spices in Uganda
Dill is a tender annual herb of the carrot family, native to Asia and Mediterranean regions.
This spice has just been adopted in the Eastern African …
How to grow CILANTRO/Parsley Spices in Uganda
Cilantro is an herb with savory, deep green leaves that are harvested fresh and used to flavor food. Cilantro and coriander come from one and the same …
How to grow CHIVE spices in Uganda
Chive is tender perennial herb belonging to the onion family. In 30 days of planting chives gracefully put on succulent sheaths and delicate beautiful …
How to grow Chamomile Spice in Uganda
Chamomile is an erect annual herb with small daisy like flowers. The herb is used to make a very popular and soothing herb tea.
In the garden, pretty, …
How to grow the BASIL Spice in Uganda
Basil is a bushy annual herb 1 to 2 ft high, with glossy opposite leaves. The leaves are used in cooking to impart their flavor to dishes. The herb originates …
Guavas in Uganda
Apple Guava we have here in Uganda, Africa is also called the common guava (Psidium guajava; known as goiaba in Portuguese and guayaba in Spanish) is an …
Aleurites moluccana (Candle nut-tree)
What you can use the plant for:
Oil (seeds), firewood, food (seeds), shade, Ornamental etc.
The nut is often used cooked in Indonesian and Malaysian …
Balanites aegyptiaca (desert date)
What you can use the plant for:
Medicine (roots, bark, fruit), food (fruit, leaves) , firewood, Charcoal, poles, gum, fencing (branches), Oil (fruit), …
Averrhoa carambola , Star fruit
What you can use the plant for:
The tree is cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions for its edible fruits and for medicinal uses.
You can …
Azadiracha indica, Nimtee
On the Asian continent sits the origin of the Azidirachta indica tree.
Neem tree is one of the most valuable trees known to man, and the tree is …
Combretum molle Tree
What you can use the plant for:
You can use this tree as an important traditional medicine. Most African people use boiled root decoction to treat …
Kaduru and his American wife find fortune in Uganda Passion Fruit Farming
He walks with confidence–after all he drives a Land Cruiser VX, certainly an above average car for a rural folk. In the car, he carries golf equipment, …
Prunus Africana, the wonder anti-cancer tree in Uganda
PRUNUS africana trees in Kibale and Mt. Rwenzori national parks have been discovered to have the highest concentration of the active ingredients needed …
Cordia millenii tree
What you can use the plant for:
You can use this tree plant for The wood, often traded as ‘cordia wood’ or ‘pooli’, is commonly used for construction, …
Albizia coriaria tree
What you can use the plant for:
You can use this tree plant for Fodder: Foliage eaten by livestock.
Apiculture: The tree is a useful source of bee …
Annona senegalisis
What you can use the plant for:
You can use plant for Medicine (bark, root, gum, fruit); fodder (leaves); dye (bark); food (fruit -sweet pulp surrounding …
Aningeria adolfi-friedericii Tree
What you can use the plant for:
You can use plant's tree trunk for Timber (All uses, joinery, flooring, paneling, ply wood, veneer),the fruits for …
Anacardium occidentale
The cashew nut tree (Scientific name: Anacardium occidentale) is a tropical evergreen tree that produces the cashew seed and the cashew apple.
It …
Alstonia boonei
What you can use the plant for:
You can use plants bark for Medicinal purposes, and Carvings. The plant is also used for shade in Banana, Tea and …
Santalum album
What you can use the plant for:
You can use plant for Oral Medicinal purposes, and for Topical/skin Medical purposes like Antiseptic and Aroma therapy. …
Cycad plants
What you can use the plant for:
You can use Cycads as Medicinal Plants, for Ornamental purposes and some cultures in Africa use Cycads for ceremonial …
Prunus Africana Tree
What you can use the plant for:
You can use this plant as a Medicinal herb; the Bark, and leaves are used in some pharmaceutical Industries of France …
Uganda Extension Workers tipped on Matooke value addition
Wednesday, 6th April, 2011
JOLLY Gonahasa is a matooke expert, having started a cookery institute at Wandegeya, a Kampala suburb. She has mastered the …
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