The tropical rainforests of Africa produce many native plants that take in regular sunlight , an teemingness of rainfall and prosper in warm temperatures . improbable trees tower over the rainforest ’s story , create shaded region for partial- and full - wraith tropical plants , many of which are favored as houseplant in homes around the world for their ability to boom with small or collateral sun . aboriginal works in Africa grow in the other climactic regions throughout Africa — some inhuman - atmospheric condition - tolerant and others drouth - tolerant in the dry heat of the red-hot African Sunday .
Coffee
Native to Ethiopia and Yemen , coffee ( Coffea arabica ) grows from a flowering chaparral that make the coffee berry or beans . Coffee is brew from the roasted coffee seeds . earlier coffee seed were chewed for their stimulating effect . Coffee is develop in many character of Africa as well as in Latin America and Asia .
Babul Acacia
Babul acacia ( Acacia nilotica L. ) , a tropic flowering and fruiting evergreen tree that turn to 25 meter tall , has a deep rooting system and is easily propagated by seed . Found in many mid- and southern African countries , Babul Acacia ’s seed pod are used in leather flagellation and fabric dyeing , ranging from tan to dark brown and grey when mixed with other agents . Other name include perfumed thorn , Babla , Mjungu and scented - seedpod acacia .
Guinea Millet
Native to the African savannah , Guinea millet ( Brachiaria deflexa ) grows as a pot in throughout central to South Africa — from the east to the west . Guinea millet is a food grain collected from the wild or cultivated on farm as a food grain or ground into flour for baking . Other usual name for Guinea millet let in animal fonio and false signal forage .
Black Fonio
inglorious fonio ( Digitaria iburua ) is an one-year grass native to Nigeria , Cameroon , Guinea and the hem in land . The smoke grow to more than one m improbable , and its grain is consume as cereals or fix like Timothy Miles Bindon Rice and couscous . Some of its other epithet are iburu , manne noire and mordant acha .
Guinea Yam
aboriginal to West Africa and grown as far east as Ethiopia , Guinea yam ( Dioscorea cayenensis ) is an one-year plant school for its tuberous roots . The vine - like stem of the two master groups of Guinea yam — yellow Guinea yam and white Guinea yam — spring up to heights 12 meters long . Yams are boiled , sunbaked , fried , pounded or dried and ground into flour . Nigeria is the largest manufacturer of Guinea yams .
