Small availability of vegetables and fruit

Cashew nuts for sale

Tamarind for sale

Agriculture in Senegal mainly consists of peanuts, witch is used for the production of oil. Some temperate vegetables and herbs(!) and few tropical vegetables, such as onions, parsly, potatoes, tamarind, rice, ... Peanuts was a syndicated daily comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950 to the day after Schulzs death, February 13, 2000. ... For the parody newspaper, see The Onion. ... Binomial name Solanum tuberosum L. The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, grown for its starchy tuber. ... Binomial name Tamarindus indica L. The Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is the only species of the genus Tamarindus in the family Fabaceae. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice is two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southern & southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans[1]. (The term wild rice can refer to wild species...

Horticulture

Few tropical fruits are available, due to Senegals defunct economy, and consists mainly of oranges, mango, cashewnuts, ... When in season, papayas and guaves are available too. Orange blossoms and oranges on tree For other uses of orange, see orange (disambiguation) The Orange Citrus x sinensis is a Citrus tree, and the fruits of this tree. ... Species About 35 species, including: Mangifera altissima Mangifera applanata Mangifera caesia Mangifera camptosperma Mangifera casturi Mangifera decandra Mangifera foetida Mangifera gedebe Mangifera griffithii Mangifera indica Mangifera kemanga Mangifera laurina Mangifera longipes Mangifera macrocarpa Mangifera mekongensis Mangifera odorata Mangifera pajang Mangifera pentandra Mangifera persiciformis Mangifera quadrifida Mangifera siamensis Mangifera similis Mangifera... Binomial name Anacardium occidentale L. The Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. ... Binomial name Carica papaya L. The papaya, also known as mamão, tree melon, fruta bomba, lechosa (Venezuela and the Dominican Republic), or pawpaw is the fruit of the tree Carica papaya, in the genus Carica. ...

Conclusions

It is clear that Senegal's defunct economy has contributed to the lack of spread of tropical crops. Indeed, at this moment, people in Senegal have failed to exploit the countries agricultural and horticultural potential, something witch is all too strange, given that it the countries main employment is food production. It also comes as a surprise that few, if any, cultivars have been created for growing Senegalese crops efficiently, besides (again), being an country where most people work in agriculture. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require rewriting and/or reformatting. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ...

See also

• Tropical agriculture
• Tropical fruit
• List of tropical fruittrees