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    Scientific Names of different Crops that includes Forage Crop, Green Manure Crops, Cash/Emergency Crops, Miscellaneous Crops, Tuber Crops, Root Crops, Horticultural Crops, Cover Crops and etc. It is also a summary list of all scientific names of the crops that will help the students and teachers to distinguish its relevance of the study of the crops.

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    Scientific Names of different Crops that includes Forage Crop, Green Manure Crops, Cash/Emergency Crops, Miscellaneous Crops, Tuber Crops, Root Crops, Horticultural Crops, Cover Crops and etc. It is also a summary list of all scientific names of the crops that will help the students and teachers to distinguish its relevance of the study of the crops.

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    Category

    Common Name Family Name Scientific Name


    1. Cereals
    Rice Graminae Oryza Sativa Linn
    Pop Corn - do - Zea Mays var. overta
    Dent Corn - do - Zea Mays var. indentata
    Flint Corn - do - Zea Mays var. indurata
    Pop Maize - do - Zea Mays var. tunicata
    Flour Maize - do - Zea Mays var. amylacea
    Waxy Maize - do - Zea Mays var. ceratina
    Sweet Corn - do - Zea Mays var. sacharata

    Sorghum Graminae Sorghum bicolor
    Wheat - do - Triticum aestivum
    Barley - do - Hardeum sativum
    Millet - do - Panicum miliaceum
    Oats - do - Avena Sativa
    Rye - do - Secale cereal

    2. Pulse/Legumes
    Soybean Leguminoseae Glycine max
    Field Peas - do - Pisum sativum
    Mungbean - do - Vigna radiata
    Cowpea - do - Vigna unguiculata
    Peanut - do - Arachis hypogea

    B. Forage Crops
    Napier Grass Graminae Pennisetum purpureum
    Guinea Grass - do - Panicum maximum
    Cogon - do - Imperatea cylindrica
    Ipil-Ipil - do - Leucaena leucocephala
    Kakawate - do - Gliricidia sepium

    C. Fiber Crops
    Cotton Malvaceae Gossypium hirsutum
    Ramie Ulticaceae Boehmeria nivea
    Jute Tiliaceae Corchorus capsularis
    Kenaf Malvaceae Hibiscus cannabinus
    Sisal Asparagaceae Agave sisalana
    Maguey Agavaceae Agave atrovirens
    Pineapple Bromeliaceae Ananas comosus

    D. Sugar Crop
    Sugarcane Graminae Saccharum officinarum










    E. Root Crops
    Sweet Potato Convulvalaceae Lopmoea batatas
    Cassava Euphobiaceae Manihot esculenta
    Arrowroot Maranthaceae Marantha arundinaceae

    F. Tuber Crop
    Gabi or Taro Araceae Colocasia esculenta
    Yautia Araceae Xanthosama sagittifolium
    Ginger Zingeberaceae Zingiber officinale
    Irish Potato Solanaceae Solanum tuberosum

    D. Drug Crop
    Tobacco Solanaceae Nicotiana tabacum
    Marijuana (ganja) Cannabaceae Cannabis sativa

    H. Miscellaneous Field Crops

    All field crops not classified under the above categories are under this classification

    *Sugarbeet Chenopodiaceae Beta vulgaris
    *Avocados Lauraceae Persea Americana
    *Bananas Musaceae Musa paradisiaca
    *Cabbage/Kale, Brassicas Cruciferae/Brassicaceae Brassica spp.
    *Carrot Apiaceae Daucus carota
    *Cashew Anacardiaceae Anacardium occidentale
    *Cocoa Sterculiaceae Theobroma cacao
    *Coffee Rubiaceae Coffea spp. (C. arabica, C. canephora)
    *Cucumber Cucurbitaceae Cucumis sativus
    *Eggplant Solanaceae Solanum melongena
    *Mango Anacardiaceae Mangifera indica
    *Okra Malvaceae Abelmoschus esculentus
    *Onion Alliaceae Allium cepa
    *Papaya Caricaceae Carica papaya
    *Potato Solanaceae Solanum tuberosum

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