| Banana |
Various fruits of Musa, of the family Musaceae, cultivated throughout
the tropical regions of the Old World since ancient times. Many
varieties of sweet bananas are popular in Africa. See also: Plantains.
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| Grapefruit |
(Pomelo Citrus paradisi), citrus fruit and tree, probably first
cultivated in the 1800s in Jamaica as a hybrid of other citrus species.
Grown throughout tropical Africa.
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| Mango
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(Mangifera indica) plant and fruit tree, thought to be native to
eastern Asia, widely cultivated throughout the world's tropics,
very popular in India. May have been brought to Eastern Africa in
ancient times.
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| Papaya
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(Pawpaw, Paw-paw, Carica papaya) Fruit and tree, possibly native
to Central America, usually eaten as a snack, in fruit salad, or
used for juice. In Africa, sliced unripe papaya is used as a meat
tenderizer.
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| Plantains |
(Matoke, Ndizi) Native to the Southeast Asia and the nearby Pacific
region, Plantains, or "cooking bananas" are the fruit of the Musa
Paradisiaca, a type of banana plant. The plants were probably brought
to Africa nearly two thousand years ago by Malayo-Polynesian migrants
to Madagascar and Arab-Persian migrants to Eastern Africa. Plantains
are more starchy than sweet and must be cooked before being eaten.
They are a staple crop in much of Africa, and are served boiled,
steamed (sometimes wrapped in their own leaves ), baked, or fried.
They are also used to make Fufu and a kind of beer or wine.
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