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What name is SPINACH called in our local markets?

In yoruba, its called efo.

In my tribe Zulu,it is called 'green'

Queendo: In yoruba, its called efo.

it is call efo tete popo

ikechukz: In my tribe Zulu,it is called 'green'

thanks a bunch!

Its called Alayyahu in Hausa.

What of Igbo?

ngwababe:
What of Igbo?

It is called "green" in Igbo

ikechukz:
In my tribe Zulu,it is called 'green'

"Green" is instead instead name for the local Amaranthus vegetable. That isn't spinach though.

Gen2jaynee:
What name is SPINACH called in our local markets?

Spinach is a leafy green flowering plant native to central and western Asia. It is of the order Caryophyllales, family Amaranthaceae, subfamily Chenopodioideae. Its leaves are a common edible vegetable consumed either fresh, or after storage using preservation techniques by canning, freezing, or dehydration.

I never see Spinach for our markets before.

Favour315:


It is called "green" in Igbo

Green is not Igbo language na.
Instead, we call it akwukwo nri in Igbo.

Kobojunkiee:
Spinach is a leafy green flowering plant native to central and western Asia. It is of the order Caryophyllales, family Amaranthaceae, subfamily Chenopodioideae. Its leaves are a common edible vegetable consumed either fresh, or after storage using preservation techniques by canning, freezing, or dehydration.

I never see Spinach for our markets before.

This specie is called indian spinach and we have the reddish variety as well...The thing plenty everywhere jaare....Even have it in my place sef..

It goes to our market based on order...And very commonly consumed by the aged, men with prostrate issues and fertility wahala.

Munzy14:

This specie is called indian spinach and we have the reddish variety as well...The thing plenty everywhere jaare....Even have it in my place sef..

It goes to our market based on order...And very commonly consumed by the aged, men with prostrate issues and fertility wahala.

I don't know about the specie you refer to since the picture I posted is instead of Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) which is commonly eaten here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinach

Kobojunkiee:
I don't know about the specie you refer to since the picture I posted is instead of Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) which is commonly eaten here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinach

The spinach belongs to a family of Amaranths.

Even the popular green amaranth is a spinach as well...Reason it is commonly referred to as lagos spinach.

Munzy14:

The spinach belongs to a family of Amaranths.

Even the popular green amaranth is a spinach as well...Reason it is commonly referred to as lagos spinach.

This is "Green" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthus_hybridus

Kobojunkie:
This is "Green" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthus_hybridus

Lol...Rest.

Favour315:


It is called "green" in Igbo

Thank you.

Kobojunkie:
This is "Green" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthus_hybridus

na alefo be spinach? lol

kkins25:
na alefo be spinach? lol

I don't follow.... isn't the plant there the one referred to as efo tete or is it sokoyokoto?

Queendo:
In yoruba, its called efo.

Doesn't the word 'Vegetable' translate "Efo"?

In my dialect (Liberia) it’s called borbor John or water green

Kobojunkie:
I don't follow.... isn't the plant there the one referred to as efo tete or is it sokoyokoto?

efo tete, i dont know sokoyokoto

kkins25:
efo tete, i dont know sokoyokoto

sokoyokoto (Celosia argentea) Traditional greens throughout western and central Africa; the most widely eaten greens in Nigeria. Leaves, tender stems, and young flowers can all be used like spinach. Culture is similar to the closely related Callaloo. https://www./526850856415515737/

Kobojunkie:
sokoyokoto (Celosia argentea) Traditional greens throughout western and central Africa; the most widely eaten greens in Nigeria. Leaves, tender stems, and young flowers can all be used like spinach. Culture is similar to the closely related Callaloo. https://www./526850856415515737/

familiar buy haven't eaten it before. maybe cause i stayed in the north.
Alefo(efo in yoruba), uwguw, bitter leaves, variety of scent leaves, okro, ewedu- whats the name of the leaves though? (if no yoruba around you then you are no it getting it) were the most common.