Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
1,494 Self-heal Whole Medicinal Self heal has a long history of folk use, especially in the treatment of wounds, ulcers, sores etc. It was also taken internally as a tea in the treatment of fevers, diarrhoea, sore mouth, internal bleeding etc. In Korea it is used to treat oedema, nephritis, scrofula and goitre. 8,468
1,495 Quinoa Leaf Food The young leaves are cooked like spinach. It is best not to eat large quantities of the raw leaves due it's toxicity. 2,088
1,496 Job's Tear Grain Food The grain can be substituted for rice in all foodstuffs. The grain can also be roasted before husking and then used in porridge, cakes, soups and other foods or in the preparation of sweets. 8,486
1,497 Job's Tear Grain Beverages Both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks are prepared from it. A beer made from the pounded grain is popular among Indian hill tribes and in the Philippines. 8,486
1,498 Job's Tear Grain Feed (Forage/Fodder) The whole grain and the bran are fed to poultry and the flour can replace maize flour in poultry feed. Job’s tears is often given as a fodder, especially for cattle and horses. 8,486
1,499 Job's Tear Grain Medicinal The grain and flour of Job’s tears are easily digestible and given to people in weak condition. They are believed to have medicinal value with diuretic, depurative, anti-inflammatory and antitumour activity. 8,486
1,500 Job's Tear Leaf Medicinal A decoction of the leaves is drunk against headache, rheumatism and diabetes. 8,486
1,501 Job's Tear Stem Medicinal Sap of the stem is applied against insect bites. 8,486
1,502 Job's Tear Root Medicinal A decoction of the roots is used as a vermifuge and to treat dysentery, gonorrhoea and menstrual disorders. 8,486
1,503 Job's Tear Fruit Industrial Almost everywhere where Job’s tears grows, the decorative, hard-shelled false fruits of the wild types are used as beads for necklaces, rosaries, rattles, curtains etc. 8,486
1,504 Job's Tear Flower Industrial The whole inflorescence is sometimes used in dried flower arrangements. 8,486
1,505 Gemsbok Bean (Tylosema esculentum) Seed Food The seeds are eaten boiled or roasted. They may be boiled with maize meal or ground into flour to prepare a porridge or a coffee- or cocoa-like drink. 8,487
1,506 Gemsbok Bean (Tylosema esculentum) Seed Oil (Food) The seed oil is used in Botswana for cooking and for making butter. 8,487
1,507 Gemsbok Bean (Tylosema esculentum) Tuber Oil (Food) Young tubers are eaten baked, boiled or roasted, as a vegetable dish. Tubers older than 2 years become fibrous and bitter and are usually not eaten, but they are an important emergency source of water for humans and animals. 8,487
1,508 Gemsbok Bean (Tylosema esculentum) Pod Feed (Forage/Fodder) The pods and tubers are recorded to be eaten by animals. 8,487
1,509 Gemsbok Bean (Tylosema esculentum) Pod Ornamental Marama bean may have potential as a ground cover or ornamental. 8,487
1,510 Niger Seed Seed Food The seed is eaten fried, used as a condiment or dried then ground into a powder and mixed with flour etc to make sweet cakes. 5,707
1,511 Niger Seed Seed Oil (Food) The seeds yield about 30% of a clear, excellent, slow-drying edible oil. It is used as a substitute for olive oil, can be mixed with linseed oil, and is used as an adulterant for rape oil, sesame oil etc. 5,707
1,512 Niger Seed Seed Medicinal The oil from the seeds is used in the treatment of rheumatism. It is also applied to treat burns. A paste of the seeds is applied as a poultice in the treatment of scabies. 5,707
1,513 Fonio Forage (dry) Industrial The straw is also used as fuel for cooking or to produce ash for potash. 8,488