Category: Fruit and vegetables
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Fruits and vegetables:The medicinal and nutritional uses of Melanthera scandens (Ako yunrun)
Melanthera scandens is a fast growing climbing herb or shrub found widely in tropical Africa, especially in Nigeria. It has hairy stems, rough, toothed leaves, and bright yellow, daisy-like flowers. The plant produces small, hairy fruits and commonly grows along roadsides, forest edges, and riverbanks, where it forms dense ground cover or climbs over other…
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Fruits and Vegetables: Medicinal and Nutritional Use of Blueberry
Blueberries are natural antioxidants that are rich in fiber and Vitamin C. They can be found locally in many grocery stores, and farmers markets. Medicinal Use Blueberries can be used to reduce the effect of many disease conditions including reducing inflammation in cancer cells. They can also be used to… Nutritional Use Blueberries juice enhances…
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Fruits and Vegetables: Nutritional value of Lime Tree (Igi Orombo Wewe)
Lime is a citrus tree also called Igi Orombo Wewe by the Yourba people of West Africa has both nutritional and medicinal values. The fruits turn yellow when ripe and can be eaten fresh. Other parts of the tree such as the root, bark, stem-twigs, and leaves have medicinal use. The medicinal extract from all…
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Fruits and Vegetables: Medicinal and Culinary Use of Coconut Water (Omi Agbon)
Coconut is the fruit found on a specie of palm tree, one of the most useful trees in the world. Palm trees are often referred to as the “tree of life”. Coconuts are distinct from other fruits because their endosperm contains a large quantity of clear liquid, called coconut water or coconut juice. Coconut is…
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