Potential Role of African Fermented Indigenous Vegetables in Maternal and Child Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 3

Fermented vegetables of Africa.

Products	Plant	Latinized name	Use	Reference
Kawal	Sickle pod	Cassia obtusifolia	Meat substitute	[11, 24]
Dawadawa/Iru/Sumbala	African locust beans	Parkia biglobosa	Condiment	[11, 63]
Ntoba mbodi	Cassava leaves	Manihot esculenta	Condiment	[11, 22]
Fermented cowpea leaves (Kunde)	Cowpea leaves	Vigna unguiculata	Condiment	[11, 22, 63]
Fermented Ethiopian kale	African kale	Brassica carinata	Condiment	[11, 63]
Fermented African black nightshade leaves	African black nightshade	Solanum scabrum	Condiment	[11, 17, 63]
Okpehe	Iron tree	Prosopis africana	Condiment	[11, 63]
Maari	Baobab seeds	Adansonia digitata	Condiment	[11, 63]
Bikalga/Furundu	Oiselle	Hibiscus sabdariffa	Condiment	[11, 63]
Ugba	African oil bean seed	Pentaclethra macrophylla	Condiment	[11, 63]
Sigda	Sesame oil seeds press cake	Sesamum indicum	Meat substitute	[11]
Teshnuti	Okra seeds	Abelmoschus esculentus	Meat substitute	[11]
Kirjigil	Sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, cowpea	Sesamum indicum, Cucurbita spp., Vigna unguiculata	Meat substitute	[11]
Rob-heb	Watermelon seeds	Citrullus lanatus	Condiment	[11]
Urn-Zummatah	Watermelon juice	Citrullus lanatus	Beverage	[11]