Lavender Corn Snake

African Lemongrass: Cymbopogon citrates (Yourba: Eru Oba; Ibo: Achara EHI; akwukuo; Efik: Ikonta: Ibibio: myoyaka) easy to grow. Used for making tea and, in some pepper soup Delta and soups. As a deterrent to local tsetse fly and snakes.

Afzelia Bella Bella (IBO: Ule Ule) The fermented leaves of this plant can be purchased from the market women of the East. They are added to boil the yam to give the aroma and flavor.

Beletiention (Itsekiri) This plant is usually purchased dried and ground for women in Bendel State in local markets. Sprinkle coconut palm soup during cooking.

Bitter Leaf anyadalina Vernonia (Yoruba ewuro; Efik: etido) This shrib great, which only grows in the tropics, is botanically related to lettuce, chicory and daisies. To remove most of the bitterness on vacation, they are generally crushed and washed. Bitter leaf is easily grown and is also easily available on the market, either as fresh leaves or washed and cleaned. It can also be dried for storage. Bitter leaf is used as a vegetable in stews, often with egusi. It gives a bitter taste, slightly astringent quality of the dish. It is also widely used in powder used in life medicinally.The gumbo in Louisiana, USA is a mixture of herbs based on sassafras, which seems to have been adopted as a substitute by Africans on the spot). Another plant used to produce the same effect as bitter leaf in many parts of the East is the vine, ratifolia Crongronema (Ibo: UTAZAS-zi).

Tea Bush and the botanical family partminger Labietae includes thyme, oregano, marjoram, sage, rosemary, lavender and others. They are pungent herbs, many of which are available and used in Nigeria. Two of the most appreciated of the great tea-bush and partminger. None of these is generally perceived in the market because they are both easily from seed and can even be found as weeds. If they are not available, fresh or dried thyme or basil can be substituted.

Tea Bush: Ocimum gratissimum (Yoruba efinrin; Benin: ihiri; Efik: mfang, Amana, Ibo: nchaawu; Kalabari: Akeni, Kolokuma: furuegena) The fresh leaves are used in a variety of ways. In the Delta, they are used in soups and soup pepper in Kwara egusi for soups, in Igalla as a vegetable, and in other places, raw in salads. These sheets are widely considered to aid digestion.

If bleeding note, apply crushed leaves to stop the blood flowing.

Ocimum canum Partminger (Nigeria Common Name: Curry leaves America: basil, mint) Use as a tea-Bush.

Various flavors

Dried Dried crayfish crayfish (in fact, dried shrimp) is used in soups and stews primarily as a flavoring. It also provides valuable nutrients, especially proteins. It is convenient to buy in bulk, such as crayfish dry must be removed during remove foreign bodies and re-dry in the sun or a 2250F, 1100C oven. Small dried shrimps are generally used on the ground, and the greatest can be used together, after removing the heads, tails and paws. The removed parts can be ground and added to foods as well. Crushing can be done in a mortar on a stone in a coffee grinder or blender. any shop or on the ground. Keep very dry in an airtight container.

Dried okra (Hausa: Nuru: Yoruba orunla) dried okra is sold on the market sliced or ground. It can also be prepared at home by slicing into thin and sun-drying fresh okra. When crushed or ground. It is added to soups for a different flavor of fresh okra. And to thicken.

Potash and salt Keun indigenous forms of potash are prepared locally. They are used for flavoring and art