Gardens of OceaniaGardens of Oceania summarises available knowledge about numerous food plants with commercial potential, in order to assure the development of an agriculture that can produce a sufficient amount to cope with a formidable population growth while at the same time preserving the Vanuatu environment. |
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Abelmoschus manihot Alimentary Allium areas Asia banana bean Bislama Brassica oleracea Brassica rapa breadfruit BUSHES GARDENS cabbage Capsicum CD-ROM Citrus cm in diameter cm long colour Complementary food plant cooked corm Cucurbita cultivars Cultivation and production Description Dioscorea dishes edible English esculenta flesh flowers forms French fruits GARDENS OF OCEANIA genus genus comprises gourd green Greindl grow grown harvested HERBACEOUS PLANTS GARDENS inflorescence introduced to Vanuatu Ipomoea aquatica islands kava lap-lap leaf leaflets Lebot lobes manihot markets minor species Morphological variability ni-Vanuatu nowadays numerous Ochse & Bakhuizen onion orange papaya Papua New Guinea petiole Plant occasionally eaten Polyscias Port Vila present in Vanuatu propagated PROSEA Purseglove 1991 region ROOT AND TUBER root crops Santo sativum seeds shape SHRUBS AND BUSHES Smartt & Simmonds soil Species present spread stalk stem sweet potato taro tree tropical TUBER CROPS tubers Vanuatu varieties vegetable villages Weightman 1989 wild yellow Zeven