Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
432 Squirting Cucumber Whole Ornamental It is sometimes grown in gardens as a curiosity. 7,646
433 Watermelon Fruit Food Citrullus lanatus comprises overlapping groups of cultivars that yield seed or edible fruits. 7,658
434 Watermelon Seed Feed (Forage/Fodder) The residue from oil extraction is made into balls that are fried to produce a local snack called ‘robo’ in Nigeria, or is used as cattle feed. 7,658
435 Watermelon Seed Oil (Food) A highly prized vegetable oil is extracted from the seed. This oil is used for cooking. 7,658
436 Watermelon Extract (oil) Industrial This oil is used for cooking and for cosmetic purposes and is of interest to the pharmaceutical industry. 7,658
437 Colocynth Fruit Medicinal Dried pulp of unripe fruit is used medicinally for its drastic purgative and hydragogue cathartic action on the intestinal tract. When the fruit is ripe its pulp dries to form a powder used as a bitter medicine and drastic purgative. 7,659
438 Gemsbok Cucumber Fruit Food The mature fruits of Acanthosicyos naudinianus are eaten raw or roasted; unripe fruits cause a burning sensation of the tongue and lips when eaten raw. The fruit also provides an important source of water. 7,660
439 Sweet Gourd Fruit Food The immature fruits are a well-known vegetable. 7,662
440 Sweet Gourd Extract (oil) Industrial The seeds contain an oil which is used as an illuminant in Indo-China and may be applied in the formulation of paint and varnishes. 7,662
441 Sweet Gourd Root Industrial The roots froth in water and may be used as a soap and to kill head lice. 7,662
442 Ivy Gourd Fruit Food C. grandis is used in cooking and medicine. The immature fruit and shoot tips are used in Asian cooking, and the fruit is eaten in India and Ethiopia. C. grandis is commonly used as a wild vegetable in rural areas of Kannauj districts in Uttar Pradesh, India. 7,663
443 Ivy Gourd Fruit Medicinal C. grandis is reported to have a wide range of medicinal properties. Pekamwar et al. (2013) reported C. grandis to have ‘analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiulcer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, hypoglycemic, hepatoprotective, antimalarial, antidyslipidemic, anticancer, antitussive [and] mutagenic’ properties. Very low concentrations of crude extract of C. grandis were shown to have an inhibitory effect on the cervical cancer cell line HeLa. 7,663
444 White-seed Melon Seed Oil (Food) Egusi-itoo is mainly grown for its oily seed. An expensive semi-drying oil is extracted from the kernel, whereas the residue is fed to animals or used in the preparation of local snacks. The oil is suitable for cooking, soap making and, less commonly, illumination. It can readily be refined into superior products for table use. It is of better quality and higher value than cottonseed oil. The flesh of the fruit, though edible, is not commonly eaten. 7,666
445 White-seed Melon Seed Food The kernels are milled into a whitish paste which is used in soups and stews. The seeds (including seedcoat) are also roasted and served as a snack. They resemble groundnut in flavour. 7,666
446 Coachwood Bark Industrial Coachwood was highly sought after in WWII for its timber use in rifle stocks, it is a light weight timber and was also used for aircraft frames in WWII. The wood was also popular for furniture and cabinet manufacturing. 7,678
447 Crabapple Fruit Food Fruit can be eaten raw. A sour flavour. The fruit is a white to yellowish, ovoid to globose drupe about 10 - 15mm in diameter. 7,682
448 Crabapple Bark Industrial The tree seldom grows large enough to produce a millable log in the tropical northern part of its range, but produces a useful timber in the warm temperate and subtropical areas. The wood is not durable, but is easily worked, peels and turns well, glues readily and is easily stained. A useful wood for cabinet making and general purposes. 7,682
449 Leatherwood Bark Industrial The pink to brown heartwood is straight grained with a fine uniform texture. The wood is tough, of medium strength and with visible growth rings. It has good working properties, glues, nails, bends and polishes well. 7,683
450 Leatherwood Bark Medicinal A fragrant resin exuded by the plant is antiseptic, styptic. 7,683
451 Leatherwood Whole Ornamental It is often grown as an ornamental, where it can be used as a hedge. 7,683