Welcome to the main entry page. The purpose of this part of the site is to provide information about the cultivated plants of Zambia.
It is intended eventually to include all families, genera and species which are cultivated in Zambia but at this stage only a very few species are included.
There are 3 columns of information.
See here for a list of recently updated cultivated species.
Click on a letter below to take you to the first family whose name begins with that letter.
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Acanthaceae | Family description, Sample image | Checklist |
Agavaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Amaranthaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Amaryllidaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Anacardiaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Annonaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Apocynaceae subfamilies Apocynoideae and Rauvolfioideae | Family description | Checklist |
Apocynaceae subfamilies Asclepiadoideae and Secamonoideae | Family description, Sample image | Checklist |
Araceae | Family description | Checklist |
Arecaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Asphodelaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Asteraceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Basellaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Bignoniaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Boraginaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Cannaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Caricaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Caryophyllaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Casuarinaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Convolvulaceae | Family description, Sample image | Checklist |
Cucurbitaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Elaeagnaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Euphorbiaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae | Family description | Checklist |
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae | Family description | Checklist |
Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae | Family description | Checklist |
Fagaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Hernandiaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Iridaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Lamiaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Malvaceae subfamily Bombacoideae | Family description, Sample image | Checklist |
Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae, Helicteroideae & Sterculioideae | Family description | Checklist |
Meliaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Moraceae | Family description | Checklist |
Moringaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Musaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Myrtaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Oleaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Passifloraceae | Family description | Checklist |
Pedaliaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Poaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Rubiaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Rutaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Scrophulariaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Solanaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Verbenaceae | Family description | Checklist |
Family | Content | Display checklist |
Zingiberaceae | Family description | Checklist |