Sources of Information

Literature

African Indigenous Vegetables: An overview of cultivated species by R.R.

Schippers. Published in 2000 and available from CTA (Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation), The Netherlands.

Cat’s Wiskers (Cleome gynandra L.) written by J.A. Chweya and N.A. Mnzawa

and published in 1997 by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome. 54 pages.

The Biodiversity of Traditional Leafy Green Vegetables edited by J.A. Chweya

and P.B. Eyzaguirre and published in 1999 by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Rome, Italy. 182 pages.

Traditional African Vegetables. Promoting the conservation and use of under-

utilized and neglected crops 16. Published in 1997 as the proceedings of a conference held by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), August 1995, ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya.  171 pages.

Traditional Food Plants in Kenya written by P.M. Maundu, G.W. Ngugi and

C.H.S. Kabuye and published in 1999 by the Kenya Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge, National Museums of Kenya. 270 pages.

Tropical and Sub-Tropical Foods by Susan Mayhew and Anne Penny.  Published

in 1988, 291 pages. Available from Macmilllan Publishers Ltd., London with associates in Nairobi.

Wild Food Plants and Mushrooms of Uganda written by A.B. Katende and others

and published in 1999 by the Regional Land Management Unit (RELMA), SIDA located at ICRAF House, Gigiri, P.O. Box 63403, Nairobi, Kenya. 490 pages.