Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
874 Cabbage-tree Palm Leaf Industrial The leaves are used for thatching and making hats 2,428
875 Buriti Palm Leaf Industrial The leaves are used for covering roofs 2,427
876 Buriti Palm Leaf Industrial Used to make fishing nets, ropes, hammocks, belts, hats, mats, and baskets 2,427
877 Buriti Palm Seed Industrial The hard seeds are made into buttons and other small objects 2,427
878 Swiss Cheese Plant Root Industrial The roots are also used to make strong baskets. 2,378
879 Anise Seed Industrial The oil from the seed enhance flavour in food. the oil also can be used in cosmetic industries, in perfumes and detergents and pharmaceutical industries 1,975
880 Sobu Bark Industrial The fibrous bark is used for matting, basketry, cordage and hut walls. 2,155
881 Chaulmoogra Oil Tree Whole Industrial Cosmetic and or dermatological application may be possible. 1,984
882 Chaulmoogra Seed Industrial Seeds yield a yellow oil used for burning lamps. 1,983
883 Chaulmoogra Stem Industrial Wood used for building purposes and packing cases.The wood is used as a fuel. 1,983
884 Bataua Seed Industrial The ripe mesocarp of the fruit yields a nutritious, oily beverage, from which an oil similar to olive oil is obtained and which also has medicinal value. The drink is milk-like and an important source of protein and energy. The oil can be used for food, soap and cosmetics. The milky residue from oil extraction (called "yacuta") is consumed as a beverage. The seed is edible and the "cabbage" of the palm is an excellent vegetable. 2,424
885 Bataua Leaf Industrial The leaves are used for thatching and for weaving e.g. baskets. 2,424
886 Thabut Tree Stem Industrial The wood is a straw yellow colour, with an exceedingly hard, bony grain; it is very tough, very strong, and yet pliable. This combination of exceptional strength, toughness, and elasticity in a wood which is also very light in weight, gives it a value that is unique. 2,158
887 Lanete Whole Industrial An indigo-yielding glucoside, used to dye clothes, can be obtained from the seeds, roots and leaves 2,303
888 Lanete Wood Industrial The wood is light, soft and fine-textured. It is very suitable for carving and turnery, and is also used for general construction, pencils, wooden shoes and packaging 2,303
889 Marula Extract (oil) Industrial The oil is also used for cooking and skin care. 2,097
890 Swamp Taro Petiole Industrial The fibrous outer layer of the petiole can be peeled off and used in fine grades of mat weaving. 2,417
891 Prickly Chaff Flower Leaf Industrial The leaves are burnt in order to make a vegetable salt. 2,066
892 Prickly Chaff Flower Whole Industrial The ash from the burnt plant, often mixed with mustard oil and a pinch of salt, is used as a tooth powder for cleaning teeth.It is believed to relieve pyorrhoea and toothache. 2,066
893 Spiny Amaranth Whole Industrial Yellow and green dyes can be obtained from the whole plant. 2,073