From: Ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants used by Baka people in southeastern Cameroon
Vernacular name | Species | Family | Voucher # | Season | Distance | Citations (n) | Plant part | Type of usage | Literature |
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Bitantan | Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench | Malvaceae | Bil73 | d + r | c | 1 | Leaf | Vegetable | Cameroon [47] |
Pouloue | Adenia cissampeloides (Planch. ex Hook.) Harms | Passifloraceae | Bil230 | r | c | 6 | Fruit | Fruit | Congo [22] |
Ndiyi na gbeugbeu | Aframomum daniellii (Hook. f.) K. Schum. | Zingiberaceae | Bil2 | ? | f | 3 | Leaf | Ingredient | |
Fruit | Fruit | ||||||||
Ndiyi na gdi | Aframomum sulcatum (Oliv. & Hanb. ex Bak.) K. Schum. | Zingiberaceae | Bet 15 | ? | c | 3 | Leaf | Ingredient | |
Fruit | Fruit | Cameroon [20] | |||||||
Nguimba | Afrostyrax lepidophyllus Mildbr. | Huaceae | Nat 70 | d + r | Both | 108 | Bark | Ingredient | |
Flower | Ingredient | ||||||||
Fruit | Ingredient | ||||||||
Leaf | Ingredient | ||||||||
Root | Ingredient | ||||||||
Root | Vegetable | ||||||||
Seed | Ingredient | ||||||||
Wood | Ingredient | ||||||||
Pwa kata | Agelaea pentagyna (Lam.) Baill. (syn: A. obliqua) | Connaraceae | Bet314 | d + r | c | 8 | Leaf | Vegetable | |
Pwa Yando | Alchornea floribunda Müll. Arg. | Euphorbiaceae | Bil35 | d + r | c | 11 | Leaf | Vegetable | |
Ngongou | Anonidium mannii (Oliv.) Engl. & Diels | Annonaceae | Bil115 | ? | f | 16 | Fruit | Fruit | Cameroon [20] |
Mgbé | Antrocaryon klaineanum Pierre | Anacardiaceae | Bil287 | r | Both | 7 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Mabé | Baillonella toxisperma Pierre | Sapotaceae | Bil75 | r | Both | 112 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Seed | Ingredient | ||||||||
Fhandako | Calpocalyx dinklagei Harms | Mimosaceae | Bil146 | d + r | Both | 5 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Alamba na bélé | Capsicum frutescens L. | Solanaceae | Bil18 | d + r | Both | 15 | Fruit | Ingredient | |
Motoubéloubé | Carapa procera DC. | Meliaceae | Bil136 | r | Both | 7 | Seed | Fruit | Congo [22] |
Monono | Carpolobia alba G. Don | Loganiaceae | Bil155 | r | c | 2 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Ligo | Cola acuminata (P. Bwaterv.) Schott & Endl. | Sterculiaceae | Bil161 | r | Both | 3 | Seed | Fruit | |
Mécor | Cola rostrata K. Schum. | Sterculiaceae | Bil137 | r | Both | 6 | Seed | Fruit | Congo [22] |
Mengoumé | Coula edulis Baill. | Olacaceae | Bil 322 | d + r | Both | 6 | Seed | Fruit | |
Fawouaboka | Desbordesia glaucescens (Engl.) Tiegh. | Combretaceae | Bil130 | ? | f | 2 | Seed | Fruit | |
Mgbii | Dicranolepis disticha Planch. | Thymeleaceae | Bil323 | d + r | Both | 14 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Leaf | Ingredient | ||||||||
Tuber | Main | ||||||||
Y-leaf | Ingredient | ||||||||
Kèkè | Dioscorea burkilliana Miège | Dioscoreaceae | Bil324 | d + r | Both | 35 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Esssendé | Dioscorea hirtiflora Benth | Dioscoreaceae | Bil325 | d + r | f | 13 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Ba’a | Dioscorea mangenotiana Miège | Dioscoreaceae | Bil39 | d + r | f | 56 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Koukou | Dioscorea munutiflora Engl. | Dioscoreaceae | Bil295 | d + r | Both | 42 | Tuber | Main yam | Congo [22] |
Saba | Dioscorea praehensilis Benth | Dioscoreaceae | Bil31 | d + r | Both | 61 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Essouma | Dioscorea semperflorens Uline | Dioscoreaceae | Bil 326 | d + r | Both | 58 | Leaf | Vegetable | |
Tuber | Main yam | Congo [22] | |||||||
Y-leaf | Vegetable | ||||||||
Baloko | Dioscorea smilacifolia De Wild. | Dioscoreaceae | Bil94 | d + r | f | 25 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Ndondo | Dioscorea sp1 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil309 | d + r | f | 32 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Booli | Dioscorea sp2 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil327 | d | f | 9 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Boto | Dioscorea sp3 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil328 | d | f | 2 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Koubé | Dioscorea sp4 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil329 | r | f | 8 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Djakaka | Dioscorea sp5 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil330 | d | f | 43 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Efhanguè | Dioscorea sp6 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil331 | d | f | 34 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Ekorra | Dioscorea sp7 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil264 | d | Both | 1 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Esopo | Dioscorea sp8 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil332 | d + r | f | 6 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Fhafhè | Dioscorea sp9 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil333 | d + r | f | 2 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Mbooto | Dioscorea sp10 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil334 | d + r | f | 2 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Moussokofandè | Dioscorea sp11 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil335 | d + r | Both | 1 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Paper | Dioscorea sp12 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil336 | d | f | 2 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Scèndè | Dioscorea sp13 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil337 | d | c | 1 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Diya | Dioscorea sp14 | Dioscoreaceae | Bil30 | d | f | 3 | Tuber | Main yam | |
Bii | Dioscoresphyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels. | Menispermaceae | Bil338 | d + r | f | 23 | Tuber | Main | Congo [22] |
Manjoubou | Diplazium welwitschii (Hooker) Diels | Athyriaceae | Bil163 | d + r | Both | 28 | Teaf | Vegetable | Congo [22] |
Y-leaf | Vegetable | ||||||||
Vin de palme (Gobila) | Elaeis guineensis Jacq. | Arecaceae | Bil339 | ? | ? | 4 | Exu-date | Drink | Congo [22] |
Tokomboli | Eriocoelum macrocarpum Gilg ex Radlk. | Sapindaceae | Bil271 | r | Both | 38 | Fruit | Main | Congo [22] |
Fruit | Fruit | ||||||||
Seed | Main | ||||||||
Seed | Fruit | ||||||||
Bambou | Gambeya africana (G. Don. ex Bak.) Pierre | Sapotaceae | Bil256 | r | Both | 27 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Seed | Fruit | Congo [22] | |||||||
Mpkom | Garcinia kola Heckel | Clusiaceae | Bil340 | ? | f | 1 | Seed | Fruit | |
Bemba | Gilbertiodendron dewevrei (De Wild.) Léonard | Caesalpiniaceae | Bil341 | r | c | 1 | Fruit | Fruit | Congo [22] |
Koko | Gnetum africanum Welw. | Gnetaceae | Bil147 | d + r | Both | 57 | Leaf | Vegetable | Cameroon [10, 20, 21, 47, 48, 50, 53,54,55,56], Congo [22], Democratic Republic of Congo [57] |
Yoloyolo | Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch. Bip. ex Walp. | Asteraceae | Bil29 | ? | c | 1 | Leaf | Vegetable | |
Essang | Hibiscus sabdarifa L | Malvaceae | Bil342 | ? | c | 1 | Leaf | Ingredient | |
Mingaignai | Hua gaboni Pierre ex De Wild. | Huaceae | Bil343 | ? | f | 4 | Bark | Ingredient | |
Seed | Ingredient | ||||||||
Payo | Irvingia excelsa Mildbr. | Irvingiaceae | Bil160 | d + r | Both | 48 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Seed | Ingredient | ||||||||
Pféké | Irvingia gabonensis (Aub. Lec. Ex O’R.) Baill. | Irvingiaceae | Bil65 | r | Both | 89 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Seed | Ingredient | Cameroon [10, 20, 21, 47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54, 56, 58], Congo [22] | |||||||
Bokoko | Klainedoxa gabonensis Pierre | Irvingiaceae | Bil344 | ? | f | 3 | Seed | Fruit | Congo [22] |
Mapkwa | Landolphia foretiana (Pierre ex Jumelle) Pichon | Apocynaceae | Bil141 | d + r | oth | 13 | Fruit | Fruit | Congo [22] |
Kwakata | Lasiodiscus sp. | Rhamnaceae | Bil345 | ? | f | 12 | Leaf | Vegetable | |
Ngoka | Lophira alata Banks ex Gaertn. | Ochnaceae | Bil346 | ? | f | 1 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Ngongo | Megaphrynium macrostachyum (Benth.) Milne-Redh. | Maranthaceae | Bil347 | ? | f | 1 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Mbée | Momordica charantia L | Cucurbitaceae | Bil348 | r | c | 2 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Djingo | Monodora tenuifolia Benth | Annonaceae | Bil191 | ? | f | 18 | Seed | Ingredient | |
Kombo | Musanga cecropioides R. Br. | Moraceae | Bil55 | r | Both | 8 | Exu-date | Drink | |
Fruit | Fruit | Congo [22] | |||||||
Ngatta | Myrianthus arboreus P. Beauv. | Moraceae | Bil49 | r | Both | 12 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Mossé | Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild. & T. Durand) Merr. | Rubiaceae | Bil134 | r | Both | 8 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Nganako | Occimum gratissimum L | Lamiaceae | Bil349 | d + r | c | 3 | Leaf | Ingredient | |
Koungou | Pachypodanthium barteri (Benth.) Hutch. & Dalz. | Annonaceae | Bil350 | r | Both | 2 | Fruit | Fruit | Congo [22] |
Kana | Panda oleosa Pierre | Pandaceae | Bil149 | d + r | Both | 40 | Seed | Ingredient | |
Léca-mgbi | Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth | Leguminoseae-Caesalpinioidaea | Bil66 | r | c | 1 | Fruit | Fruit | Cameroon [20] |
Mbalaka | Pentadiplandra brazzeana Bail. | Pentadiplandraceae | Bil80 | r | c | 14 | Seed | Ingredient | |
Poivre | Piper guineense Schum. & Thonn. | Piperaceae | Bil19 | d + r | f | 9 | Fruit | Ingredient | |
Po’o | Poga oleosa Pierre | Anisophylleaceae | Bil57 | d + r | Both | 63 | Fruit | Ingredient | |
Fruit | Main | ||||||||
Fruit | Fruit | ||||||||
Seed | Ingredient | ||||||||
Seed | Main | ||||||||
Seed | Fruit | ||||||||
Botounga | Polyalthia suaveolens Engl. & Diels | Annonaceae | Bil114 | d + r | c | 1 | Leaf | Vegetable | |
Ndémbélembé | Potomorphe umbellata (L.) Miq. (syn : Piper umbellatum) | Piperaceae | Bil154 | d + r | c | 9 | Y-leaf | Vegetable | Cameroon [55] |
Péké | Raphia mombuttorum Drude | Arecaceae | Bil103 | d + r | c | 6 | Exu-date | Drink | Cameroon [20] |
Gobo | Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) P. ex Heck. | Euphorbiaceae | Bil69 | d + r | Both | 19 | Fruit | Ingredient | |
Seed | Ingredient | Cameroon [10, 20, 21, 47,48,49,50,51,52,53, 56, 58], Congo [22] | |||||||
Moudongué | Salacia sp | Hypocrataceae | Bil351 | ? | Both | 20 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Libaba | Santiria trimera (Oliv.) Aubreville | Burseraceae | Bil121 | d + r | Both | 14 | Fruit | Fruit | Congo [22] |
Ekoungou | Smilax anceps Wild. | Smilacaceae | Bil352 | d | f | 5 | Tuber | Main | |
Kasso | Tetracarpidium conophorum (Müll. Arg.) Hutch. Et Dalz. | Euphorbiaceae | Bil 353 | ? | f | 7 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Seed | Fruit | ||||||||
Kpwo-ngo | Tetracera alnifolia Willd. Subsp. Alnifolia | Dilleniaceae | Bil105 | ? | f | 13 | Exu-date | Drink | Congo [22] |
Basapa | Tetracera sp | Dilleniaceae | Bil354 | ? | f | 4 | Exu-date | Drink | |
Gwassafhè | Tetracera sp2 | Dilleniaceae | Bil355 | ? | f | 1 | Exu-date | Drink | |
Djaga | Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum. & Thonn.) Taub. | Mimosaceae | Bil356 | ? | f | 11 | Seed | Ingredient | |
Poussa | Treculia africana Desc. | Moraceae | Bil297 | ? | f | 1 | Seed | Main | |
Ngoyo | Trichoscypha acuminata Engl. | Anacardiaceae | Bil249 | r | Both | 51 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Seed | Fruit | ||||||||
Mongolla | Trichoscypha arborea (A. Chev.) A. Chev. | Anacardiaceae | Bil274 | r | Both | 28 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Séngui1 | Uapaca paludosa Aubrév. & Léandri | Euphorbiaceae | Bil357 | r | Both | 14 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Séngui2 | Uapaca guineensis | Euphorbiaceae | Bil50 | ? | f | 5 | Fruit | Fruit | |
Moundiyè | Xylopia hypolampra Mildbr. | Annonaceae | Bil79 | ? | f | 7 | Flower | Ingredient | |
Leaf | Ingredient | ||||||||
Seed | Ingredient |