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ID 1,314
Crop ID Pearl Millet
Part Grain
Use Category Medicinal
Notes In African traditional medicine the grain has been applied to treat chest d... more
In African traditional medicine the grain has been applied to treat chest disorders, leprosy, blennorrhoea and poisonings, and the ground grain as an anthelmintic for children.
Metadata ID 8,430
ID 1,315
Crop ID Pearl Millet
Part Root
Use Category Medicinal
Notes A root decoction is drunk to treat jaundice.
Metadata ID 8,430
ID 1,316
Crop ID Pearl Millet
Part Flower
Use Category Medicinal
Notes The vapour of inflorescence extracts is inhaled for respiratory diseases in... more
The vapour of inflorescence extracts is inhaled for respiratory diseases in children.
Metadata ID 8,430
ID 1,317
Crop ID Pearl Millet
Part Whole
Use Category Feed (Forage/Fodder)
Notes Outside Africa and India pearl millet is mostly grown as a green fodder cro... more
Outside Africa and India pearl millet is mostly grown as a green fodder crop for silage, hay making and grazing.
Metadata ID 8,430
ID 1,318
Crop ID Pearl Millet
Part Whole
Use Category Environmental
Notes Following the discovery that pearl millet can suppress root-lesion nematode... more
Following the discovery that pearl millet can suppress root-lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus penetrans) it is increasingly being used as an alternative to soil fumigation in tobacco and potato cropping in Canada.
Metadata ID 8,430
ID 1,319
Crop ID Soybean
Part Seed
Use Category Food
Notes The seeds furnish one of the world's most important sources of oil and prot... more
The seeds furnish one of the world's most important sources of oil and protein, they can be eaten as they are in soups, stews etc, though they are also very commonly used in the preparation of various meat substitutes. The dried seed can be ground into a flour and added to cereal flours or used for making noodles etc.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,320
Crop ID Soybean
Part Seed
Use Category Beverages
Notes The seed is also used to make soya milk.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,321
Crop ID Soybean
Part Pod
Use Category Food
Notes The young seedpods are cooked and used like French beans.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,322
Crop ID Soybean
Part Seed
Use Category Oil (Food)
Notes An edible semi-drying oil is obtained from the seed. It is cooked or can be... more
An edible semi-drying oil is obtained from the seed. It is cooked or can be used as a dressing in salads etc and for manufacture of margarine and shortening.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,323
Crop ID Soybean
Part Leaf
Use Category Food
Notes Young leaves - raw or cooked.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,324
Crop ID Soybean
Part Seed
Use Category Medicinal
Notes The fermented seed is weakly diaphoretic and stomachic. It is used in the t... more
The fermented seed is weakly diaphoretic and stomachic. It is used in the treatment of colds, fevers and headaches, insomnia, irritability and a stuffy sensation in the chest. Soybean is listed as a major starting material for stigmasterol, once known as an antistiffness factor. Sitosterol, also a soy by-product, has been used to replace diosgenin in some antihypertensive drugs.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,325
Crop ID Soybean
Part Leaf
Use Category Medicinal
Notes The bruised leaves are applied to snakebite.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,326
Crop ID Soybean
Part Flower
Use Category Medicinal
Notes The flowers are used in the treatment of blindness and opacity of the corne... more
The flowers are used in the treatment of blindness and opacity of the cornea.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,327
Crop ID Soybean
Part Stem
Use Category Medicinal
Notes The ashes of the stems are applied to granular haemorrhoids or fungus growt... more
The ashes of the stems are applied to granular haemorrhoids or fungus growths on the anus.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,328
Crop ID Soybean
Part Pod
Use Category Medicinal
Notes The immature seedpods are chewed to a pulp and applied to corneal and small... more
The immature seedpods are chewed to a pulp and applied to corneal and smallpox ulcers.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,329
Crop ID Soybean
Part Whole
Use Category Environmental
Notes The plant is sometimes grown as a green manure.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,330
Crop ID Soybean
Part Seed
Use Category Industrial
Notes The seed contains up to 20% of an edible semi-drying oil. The oil is used i... more
The seed contains up to 20% of an edible semi-drying oil. The oil is used industrially in the manufacture of paints, linoleum, oilcloth, printing inks, soap, insecticides, and disinfectants.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,331
Crop ID Soybean
Part Plant Fiber
Use Category Fibre
Notes The straw can be used to make paper, stiffer than that made from wheat stra... more
The straw can be used to make paper, stiffer than that made from wheat straw.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,332
Crop ID Soybean
Part Seed
Use Category Oil (Fuel)
Notes The oil from the seeds can be used as a diesel fuel.
Metadata ID 8,432
ID 1,333
Crop ID Sorghum
Part Grain
Use Category Food
Notes In the simplest food preparations, the whole grain is boiled (to produce a ... more
In the simplest food preparations, the whole grain is boiled (to produce a food resembling rice), roasted (usually at the dough stage), or popped (like maize). More often the grain is ground or pounded into flour, often after hulling. Sorghum flour is used to make thick or thin porridge, pancake, dumplings or couscous, opaque and cloudy beers and non-alcoholic fermented beverages.
Metadata ID 8,433

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