Crops, fruits & vegetables Posted on 23/12/2014 by bobovese Crops, fruits & vegetables Chimanga (maize. zea mays) Chimanga / Pops (maize grains for popcorn) Mpunga (rice) Mpunga (rice) Mapira (sorghum) Mawere (millet) Chimera (germinated seeds) Nzimbe (sugar cane) Mbatata (sweet potatoes. impomea batatas) Mbatata (sweet potatoes) Huge sweet potato Kachewere (Irish potatoes) Matimati (tomatoes. lycopersicon lycopeersicum) Anyezi (green onion) Anyezi (onion from Limbe) Anyezi (red onion) Kabichi (cabbage) Chinese cabbage Mnkhwani (pumpkin leaves) Mpiru (mustard leaves) Nkhwani (beans leaves) Thobve (kind of relish similar to okra) Koko (cocoyam/taro. colocasia esculenta) Chinangwa (cassava-root. manihot esculenta) Chinangwa (cassava) Chinangwa (dried cassava-root) Mtapasya (cassava leaf) Therere (okra) Nyemba (beans. phaseolus vulgaris) Nyemba za mbwanda (common beans) Nyemba (beans) Nyemba – beans Nyemba – Beans Dzitheba (green beans) Nandolo (pigeon peas) Chipere (broken beans of pigeon peas) Mimseula (lentils) Soya seeds Chitowe (seeds of Brachystegia longifolia) Mimnkhaka (cucumbers) Khwasa khwasa (‘sponge’) Mphonda (gourd) Maungu (pumpkins in Nsanje) Makaloti (carrots from Limbe) Mabiringano (aubergines / egg-plants from Limbe) Beet root (from Limbe) Radish (from Limbe) Adyo (garlic from Limbe) Tsabola wowawa kwambiri (chillies) Chitowe (seeds of Brachystegia longifolia) Chikasu (ginger root) Nyika (water lily) Mango (green mangos) Mango Mango Nthochi za sukuwali (bananas) Nthochi (green bananas) Zanda* (sweet bananas) Nthochi (bananas in Mua) Zomba nthochi (red bananas) Papaya (paw-paw) Papaya (red paw-paw) Mapeyala (avocado pears) Masuku (sugar plums. uapaca kirkiana) Chinanazi (pineapple) Malalanje (green oranges) Nachesi (tangerine) Manachesi (tangerines) Manyumwa (grapefruit) Mandimu (lemons) Ndimu (green lemon) Akoko (coconuts in Blantyre) Phoza (African custard apple. annona senegalensis) Gwafa (guava) Gwafa (guava) Mageregedera (granadilla in Mulanje) Geregedera (granadilla skin) Geregedera (granadilla) Geregedera (granadilla) Malambe (baobab fruit) Mapichesi (peaches in Limbe) Nthengeni (wild plums in Limbe) Vwende (watermelon in Lake Chilwa) Nkanda nkhuku ~ Scratch the chicken (tickberries. fruits of Lantana camara) Mulunguzi berries (yellow-berries in Zomba) Cape gooseberries (in Zomba) Green masawu Masawu Thondo (wild mango) Mgoza (African star-chestnut. sterculia africana in Liwonde Chipuzi (Lagenaria sphaerica) Nthula (bitter apple bush) Mfula / Msewe (fruits of marula tree. Sclerocarya caffra) Mtedza (ground nuts) Bwemba (tamarind fruit) Kofi (coffee beans in Satemwa) Tiyi (tea) Lemon grass *chisena language
