Dry Bitter Leaves (Ndole, Onugbu)

Dry Bitter Leaves (Ndole, Onugbu)

Dry Bitter Leaves (Ndole, Onugbu) or Vernonia leaf (Vernonia amygdalina), also known as Cameroon’s Ndolé, Amharic’s Grawa, Yoruba’s Ewuro, Ibibio’s Etidot, Igbo’s onugbu, Tiv’s Ityuna, Edo’s Oriwo, Hausa’s chusar-doki, Luganda’s Mululuza, and Acholi’s Labwori and Rollo’s illusion. This plant is also called “kongo bololo” in Congo.

In Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, common tropical diseases are present in most tropical African countries and are grown as vegetables.