Purpose Against a milieu of fragmented research that documents indigenous practices
related to food security, and the heterogeneous settings from which the studies have been …

Leafy vegetables promote reparation of energy loss due to oxidative stress, and they have
the potential to alleviate hunger and malnutrition as well as other forms of metabolic …

This study seeks to review African indigenous and local knowledge in farming systems that
are used as instruments for the achievement of sustainable development. Hence the idea of …

Solanum nigrum complex (Black nightshade) is a wild leafy vegetable with phenolic
antioxidant compounds related to the reduction of oxidative stress. Changes in phenolics …

Abstract Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd. is a traditional leafy vegetable used by tribal
communities for ethnomedicinal and ethnoculinary preparations. This article reviews the …

Prior to consumption, African pumpkin leaves (Momordica balsamina L.) are generally
cooked. In this study, the effects of common household cooking methods (boiling, steaming …

Increasing vegetable consumption is being promoted as a critical step towards more
nutritious and sustainable diets. Despite the recognition that context shapes food …

African leafy vegetables such as amaranth have been utilized since time immemorial both
as food and as medicine. These vegetables grew naturally in most rural environments, but …

This study assessed the effect of traditional leafy vegetables (TLVs) on the level of food
security in the rural area of Dlangezwa, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. A …

Herbaceous vegetation in grassland ecosystems is characterised by grass dominance in a
species-rich forbgrass mixture. Forbs (ie the non-graminoid herbaceous component) …