Condiments, Spices Or Flavouring Agents (Ghana)

Ghana, a tropical country in the West Africa sub-region abounds in over 2,000 medicinal plants of various potent ACTIVE INGREDIENTS used in the manufacture of Orthodox medicines or drugs for the treatment of diseases. Locally, too, there is a breakthrough in the treatment of chronic diseases through indigenous herbs. Below are the lists of some plants.

CONDIMENTS, SPICES OR FLOVOURING AGENTS SPICES PART USED SEASON Xylopia aethiopica Fruits Jan March Mandora myristica Seeds Aug Dec Aframomum melegueta Seeds Aug September Piper guineese Fruits Sept Oct Zingeiber offincinale Rhizomes Throughout the year Capsicum annum Fruit Throughout the year Myristica fragrans Seeds and Mace June September Curcuma domestica Rhizomes Sept Oct Tetrapleura tetraptera Fruits Throughout the year Lantana meamsi Seed Monodora tenuifolia Seed Xylopia parviflora Seed Moringa pterygospema Seed Carissa edulis Roots Cinnamomum zeylanicum Bark, leaves Adansaonia digitata Abrus precatorius OTHER USEFUL PLANTS OR WHOLE PLANTS Cissampelos owariensis Quassia amara Desmodium adscendens Adianthum spp.

Momordica charantia Phyllanthus niruri Mirabilis jalapa Cassia occidentalis Stachytarpheta spp Paullinia cupana Physelis andulata Bidens pilosa Scoparia dulcis Centella asiastica Mallotus oppositifolia Cocos nuicfera fruit Aspillia sp. Argyereia Nevosa Combretum Micranthum Bambusa arundinacea Corynanthe sp.

Mucana Pruriens Walthoria Indica Leonotis Nepetifolia Harungana Madascarienses Catharanthus roseus Desmodium Adscendens Okuobaka Bark