Latin Name: Tilia

Family: Malvaceae

Other common name: Basswood

Culinary use

You can eat both the flowers and leaves of linden trees. The leaves in salad, and in tea.

Medicinal use

Helps with cough, cold remedies and helps people with fever.

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Latin Name: Cassia grandis

Culinary use

Can be used to make juices. The pulp can also be mixed with milk or water and then served as a perfect dish for young children.

Medicinal use

Used mostly by indigenous tribes for treating anemia, skin ulcers and diabetes. It also improves appetite, weight gain and treats skin problems. The leaves prevent ringworms.

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Family: Musaceae

Other Names: Plantain

Culinary use

The banana is one of the most popular fruits over the world. Botanically a berry, it comes in many different varieties. It is often eaten raw, on its own or added to smoothies and deserts. It can also be cooked, for example steamed, baked or mashed, in curries, fried as fritters or chips. The blossom is also edible, raw or cooked, as is the inner stem, which can be boiled, or dried and made into a flour. Banana leaves are frequently used to wrap food for cooking or as a plate for food.

MEDICINAL USE

The fruit of the banana has a soothing effect on the gut and can help with digestion. All parts of the banana have been used in traditional medicines for managing a range of ailments, including bronchitis, digestive disorders, diabetes, diarrhea, dysentery and ulcers. The leaves have been used for soothing burns and other skin afflictions.

SOURCES

Plants of the World Online

Useful Tropical Plants

Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

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Latin Name: Hibiscus sabdariffa

Family: Malvaceae

Other names: Roselle hibiscus flower, rosa de Jamaica Jamaican sorrel, red-sorrel

Culinary use

Outer part of the flower eaten raw or cooked. Eaten in salads. Cooked and used as a flavouring in cakes. Used in jellies, soups, sauces, pickles. Used commonly in teas. seeds are roasted and eaten as snack, or ground into a powder and used in oily soups and sauces. Roasted seeds also used as a coffee substitute.

Medicinal use

Used in herbal supplements and remedies. Lowers blood pressure, lowers cholesterols, prevents clogged arteries, anti-diabetic, diuretic, keeps heart healthy, helps treat hypertension. Aromatic, astringent, cooling herb.

Other information

Nutrients: Pectin, citric acid

Origin: Tropical central or western Africa

Region: Tropics, subtropics. Lowland, humid, tropical climates

Sources

Rain-tree

The ferns

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