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This map shows the sites of domestication for a number of crop plants. Places, where crops were initially domesticated, are called centers of origin. This is a list of plants that have been domesticated by humans. The list includes individual plant species identified by their common names as well as larger formal and informal botanical ...
Oryza glaberrima, commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. [1] It was first domesticated and grown in West Africa around 3,000 years ago. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In agriculture, it has largely been replaced by higher-yielding Asian rice ( O. sativa ), [ 2 ] and the number of varieties grown is declining. [ 1 ]
The Neolithic founder crops (or primary domesticates) are the eight plant species that were domesticated by early Holocene (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) farming communities in the Fertile Crescent region of southwest Asia, and which formed the basis of systematic agriculture in the Middle East, North Africa, India ...
In subsaharan Africa, sorghum was domesticated in the Sahel region of Africa by 3000 BC, along with pearl millet by 2000 BC. [10] [11] Yams were domesticated in several distinct locations, including West Africa (unknown date), and cowpeas by 2500 BC. [12] [13] Rice (African rice) was also independently domesticated in West Africa and cultivated ...
Pages in category "Crops originating from Africa" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Digitaria exilis, referred to as findi or fundi [2] in areas of Africa, such as The Gambia, [a] [4] with English common names white fonio, fonio millet, and hungry rice or acha rice, [5] is a grass species. It is the most important of a diverse group of wild and domesticated Digitaria species known as fonio that are harvested in the savannas of ...
Its name is derived from the Bambara ethnic group. [6] The plant originated in West Africa. As a food and source of income, the Bambara groundnut is considered to be the third most important leguminous crop in those African countries where it is grown, after peanut and cowpea. The crop is mainly cultivated, sold and processed by women, and is ...
Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the order Poales, known as grasses. With around 780 genera and around 12,000 species, [1] the Poaceae is the fifth-largest plant family, following the Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae. [2]