Botanical family	Botanical name	Residence status in Malawi	Published geographic range	Advances in research on the species elsewhere	Plant part used
Malvaceae	Abelmoschus esculentus^⁑	Native	Tropical Africa, South Asia and Mediterranean Basin [85] [86]	All aspects of growth, value addition, marketing and consumption [87]	Leaves and fruits
Passifloraceae	Adenia cissampeloides^†	Native	Senegal to Cameroon and Angola [88]	Categorized as underutilized [89] and thus offers diverse research concepts	Leaves
Fabaceae	Afzelia quanzensis^†	Native	African savannah [90]	Not records of this species as a vegetable (could have been a mis-entry)	A forest tree known for its durable wood
Fabaceae	Albizia antunesiana^†	Native	DR Congo east to Kenya, and south to Namibia and South Africa [91]	Not known/popular as a vegetable but as a medicinal plant species [92]	Roots and leaves
Amaranthaceae	Amaranthus lividus^†,	Native	Cosmopolitan, Mediterranean region, Senegal, Ethiopia, South Africa [91]	Basic agronomy, value addition and Value chain analysis [93]	Leaves
Pedaliaceae	Ceratotheca sesamoides^⁑	Native	Africa, south of the Sahara [91]	Comparatively well studied. Its growth, chemical composition, and marketing [94]	Leaves
Solanaceae	Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme^⁑	Non-native	Andean region of South America [95]	All aspects are well studied species [96] . An appropriate taxon for replication research	Fruits (and leaves in the case of Malawi)
Fabaceae	Chrotalaria brevidens^⁑	Native	Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Southern Tanzania [91]	Well studied [97] . In Malawi, this remains an under-studied taxon	Leaves
Cucurbitaceae	Citrullus lanatus^⁑	Non-native	India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan [91] . Africa [98]	Adequately studied but not widely developed and considered underutilized in the region as reviewed by [98]	Leaves (fresh and dried) and Fruits (pulp and seeds)
Malvaceae	Corchorus trilocularis^†	Native	Africa and India [99]	The species is under-researched in the region. Still wild and rarely grown	Leaves and flowers
Cucurbitaceae	Cucumis metuliferus^⁑	Native	Tropical and subtropical Sub-Saharan regions of Africa [91]	Well studied elsewhere [100]	Fruits (pulp, peel and seeds)
Cucurbitaceae	Cucumis sativus^⁑	Non-native	Himallaya region of Asia [91]	All aspects studied are well reviewed by [101]	Fruits (pulp, peel and seeds)
Malvaceae	Hibiscus physaloides^†	Native	Southern Africa [102]	No traceable publications on this species as a vegetable. Could have been a misidentification	___
Malvaceae	Hibiscus sabdariffa (L.)^⁑	Native	Africa (Sudan) [91]	This plant has had extensive studied (its uses and economic applications) e.g. [103] [104]	Leaves fruits and petals
Brassicaceae	Local rape^† (Brassica juncea)	Non-native	Middle East then China and India [105]	The species adequately studied regarding growth nutritional composition and other aspects [106]	Leaves
Cucurbitaceae	Luffa cylindrica^⁑	Native	Africa or Asia [107]	The species is well studied regarding growth nutritional composition and other aspects [108]	Young shoots, leaves, flower bugs, and seed
Cucurbitaceae	Momordica balsamina (L.), Momordica foetida^⁑ in Malawi	Native	Africa, South of the Sahara [96]	Well studied as a vegetable. It is still considered underutilized with economic potential	Leaves and young fruits
Fabaceae	Phaseolus lunatus^⁑	Non-native	Andean region of South America [109]	There is little research on the species [110] but not as on Phaseolus vulgaris. More still needs studying	Fruits and leaves
Portulacaceae	Portulaca oleracea^⁑	Native	A tropical vegetable suspected of African origins [111]	Still considered as underutilized and with a lot of potential as reviewed in [112]	Young leaves and stems
Pedaliaceae	Sesamum angustifolium^⁑	Native	Africa (Uganda Kenya and Tanzania) [91]	Not adequately studied in the region. Room for research exploitation	Leaves
Malvaceae	Hibiscus acetosella^⁋	Native	Africa [113]	Not much studied and offers room for more research	Leaves
Pedaliaceae	Sesumum angolense^⁋	Native	Africa and India [114]	Limited research in Malawi	Leaves. Others as an oil source