African leafy vegetables in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorJansen van Rensburg, W.S.
dc.contributor.authorVan Averbeke, W.
dc.contributor.authorSlabbert, R.
dc.contributor.authorFaber, Mieke
dc.contributor.authorVan Jaarsveld, P.
dc.contributor.authorVan Heerden, I.
dc.contributor.authorWenhold, Friedeburg Anna Maria
dc.contributor.authorOelofse, Andre
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-07T09:25:11Z
dc.date.available2008-04-07T09:25:11Z
dc.date.issued2007-06
dc.description.abstractIn this article the term 'African leafy vegetables' was adopted to refer to the collective of plant species which are used as leafy vegetables and which are referred to as morogo or imifino by African people in South Africa. Function is central in this indigenous concept, which is subject to spatial and temporal variability in terms of plant species that are included as a result of diversity in ecology, culinary repertoire and change over time. As a result, the concept embraces indigenous, indigenised and recently introduced leafy vegetable species but this article is concerned mainly with the indigenous and indigenised species. In South Africa, the collection of these two types of leafy vegetables from the wild, or from cultivated fields where some of them grow as weeds, has a long history that has been intimately linked to women and their traditional livelihood tasks. Among poor people in remote rural areas the use of these types of leafy vegetables is still common but nationwide there is evidence of decline, particularly in urban areas. Cultivation of indigenous or indigenised leafy vegetables is restricted to a narrow group of primarily indigenised species in South Africa. Seven groups of indigenous or indigenised African leafy vegetables that are important in South Africa were given special attention and their local nomenclature, ecology, use and cultivation are discussed.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis article is based on work done in terms of a research project that is being supported financially by the South African Water Research Commission (WRC Project No. K5/1579//4).en
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dc.identifier.citationJansen van Rensburg, WS, Van Averbeke, W, Slabbert, R, Faber, M, Van Jaarsveld, P, Van Heerden, I, Wenhold, F & Oelofse, A 2007, 'African leafy vegetables in South Africa', Water SA, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 317-326. [http://www.wrc.org.za/publications_watersa.htm]en
dc.identifier.issn1816-7950
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/4875
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWater Research Councilen
dc.rightsWater Research Councilen
dc.subjectAfrican leafy vegetablesen
dc.subjectMorogoen
dc.subjectImifinoen
dc.subjectHistoryen
dc.subjectEcologyen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectCollectionen
dc.subjectCultivationen
dc.subjectUseen
dc.subjectProcessing methodsen
dc.subjectStorageen
dc.subject.lcshEdible greens -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcshWeeds as feed -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcshEndemic plants
dc.subject.lcshPlants, Cultivated
dc.titleAfrican leafy vegetables in South Africaen
dc.typeArticleen

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