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Africa's edible indigenous crops
« on: September 25, 2014, 08:40:04 AM »
A great PDF on Africa's edible indigenous crops including Marula.

http://www.worldwatch.org/system/files/NtP-Africa's-Indigenous-Crops.pdf

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Re: Africa's edible indigenous crops
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2014, 05:49:45 AM »
Thanks! I got curious about the Monkey Orange, where there was a huge demand and sell for high prices.

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Re: Africa's edible indigenous crops
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2014, 05:58:05 AM »
Your welcome. I have one monkey orange in the ground and I am working on sprouting a companion.  I hear good things.  At one point Stuart Daly had seeds.  He still may. 

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« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2014, 06:17:04 AM »

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Re: Africa's edible indigenous crops
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2014, 06:30:35 AM »
 Thanks! The Maluku fruit look fantastic:)

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Re: Africa's edible indigenous crops
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2014, 06:39:16 AM »
I wouldn't call the canistel a very nice fruit. After i ate it i didn't want to grow it anymore.

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Re: Africa's edible indigenous crops
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2014, 06:16:20 PM »
I don't have seeds at the moment as I planted all ihad left but I can get more probably if people want:)

Damn the strychnos spinosa are hard to germinate! Rot so easily the way I succeeded best was seeds ontop of soil semi buried with highish humidity they did not like being fully buried.

Thanks for an interesting pdf!
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Re: Africa's edible indigenous crops
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2014, 04:45:10 PM »
My pleasure Stuart   Yeah. I am waiting for germination too. Best, dave

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Re: Africa's edible indigenous crops
« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2014, 10:12:13 PM »
Thank you for the great link to African subsistence crops.   I should try some in my poor soil.
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Re: Africa's edible indigenous crops
« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2014, 10:44:22 PM »
Another good African edible to check out is Coccinia abyssinica. A tuber root crop from Ethiopia. Tubers are suppose to be large and tasty.
Grow mainly fruits, vegetables, and herbs.