Amunututu – yoruba – vegetable – nigerian – list – water – slimy – green – traditional – list – soup – spinach
efo amunututu (spinach)

Amunututu:

English Name: Malabar Spinach
Local Name: Amunututu (Yoruba)
Botanically: Basella alba, Family Basellaceae

Afang – okazi – soup – nigerian – recipe – vegetable – list – traditonal
Afang Leaves:

English Name: ?
Local Name: Afang (Ibibio), Okazi (Igbo)
Botanically: Gnetum africanum, Family Gnetaceae

Bitter – Leave – leaf – nigerian – soup – vegetable – traditional – leafy – 9jafoodie
Efo ewuro (Bitter leaves):

English Name: Bitter leaf
Local Name: Ewuro (Yoruba)
Botanically: Vernonia amygdalina, Family Compositae

Efo Yanrin (Wild Lettuce)

English Name:Dandelion greens
Local Name: Efo Yarin (Yoruba)
Botanically: Taraxacum officinale, Family Asteraceae

Efo – tete – nigerian – vegetable – yoruba – recipe – food – traditional – market – 9jafoodie
Efo Tete (African Spinach):

English Name: African Spinach, Callaloo
Local Name: Efo Tete (Yoruba)
Botanically: Amaranthus hybridus, Family Amaranthaceae

Efo – soko – vegetbale – nigerian – leafy – greens – smoothie – yoruba – traditional

Efo Shoko:

English Name: Lagos Spinach
Local Name: Shokoyokoto (Yoruba)
Botanically: Celosia argentea, Family Amaranthaceae

Efo Igbo (Eggplant leaves):

English Name: African Egg Plant leaf
Local Name: Efo Igbo (Yoruba)
Botanically: Solanum macrocarpon, Family Solanaceae

Gbure – water – leave- leaf – nigerian – vegetable – soup – list – traditional – list – 9jafoodie – plant
water leaf

Gbure (water leaves)

English Name: WaterLeaf
Local Name: Gbure (Yoruba)
Botanically: “Talinum Triangulare, Family Portulacaeae”

Igbo – efo – yoruba – vegetable – nigerian – soup – traditonal – list – greens
efo Igbo (Garden egg plant)

Scent Leave – Efirin – ntong – nchaun – inchaun – african – blue – basil – vegetable – soup – nigerian
scent leaf (efirin)

Efinrin: African blue basil (scent leaf)

English Name: African Basil
Local Name: Efirin (Yoruba), Nahianwu(Igbo), Daidoya(Hausa)
Botanically: Ocimum gratissimum, Family Labiatae

“Efirin” (scent leaf) is an important vegetable sold across the country because of its manifold medicinal usages, it’s also commonly grown around houses as a mosquito repellant.

ebolo – efo – nigerian – vegetable – green – list – soup – traditional
Ebolo:

English Name: Yoruban bologi
Local Name: Ebolo (Yoruba)
Botanically: Crassocephalum rubens, Family Comopositae

Ugu – flutted – pumpkin – vegetable – nigerian – list – green – smoothie
Ugu:

English Name: fluted pumpkin leaf
Local Name: Ugu
Botanically: ” Telfairia occidentalis, Family Cucurbitaceae