List of cultivated plant families

Welcome to the main entry page. The purpose of this part of the site is to provide information about the cultivated plants of Tanzania

It is intended eventually to include all families, genera and species which are cultivated in Tanzania but at this stage the list is provisional and incomplete.

There are 3 columns of information.

  1. The first column is a series of links to the families. Click on a link to enter the family pages.
  2. The purpose of the second column, which is headed 'Content', is to indicate in a simple way whether there is any content for that particular family. Specifically, it indicates whether the family description has been done and whether there is a sample image for the family.
  3. The third column provides links to the genera and species laid out in a checklist format.

See here for a list of recently updated cultivated species.

Click on a letter below to take you to the first family whose name begins with that letter.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Links to families


A
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Amaryllidaceae Family description Checklist
Anacardiaceae Family description Checklist
Annonaceae Family description Checklist
Apocynaceae subfamilies Apocynoideae and Rauvolfioideae Family description Checklist
Arecaceae Family description Checklist
Aristolochiaceae Family description Checklist
Asteraceae Family description Checklist

B
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Bignoniaceae Family description Checklist
Bixaceae Family description Checklist
Brassicaceae Family description Checklist
Bromeliaceae Family description Checklist

C
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Cactaceae Family description Checklist
Cannabaceae Family description Checklist
Cannaceae Family description Checklist
Caricaceae Family description Checklist
Convolvulaceae Family description Checklist
Crassulaceae Family description Checklist
Cucurbitaceae Family description Checklist

E
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Euphorbiaceae Family description Checklist

F
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae Family description Checklist
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae Family description Checklist
Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae Family description Checklist

L
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Lamiaceae Family description Checklist

M
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Malvaceae subfamily Malvoideae Family description Checklist
Meliaceae Family description Checklist
Moringaceae Family description Checklist
Myrtaceae Family description Checklist

N
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Nyctaginaceae Family description Checklist

P
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Papaveraceae Family description Checklist
Passifloraceae Family description Checklist
Poaceae Family description Checklist

R
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Rutaceae Family description Checklist

S
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Solanaceae Family description Checklist

V
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Verbenaceae Family description Checklist

No. of families found: 34


Copyright: The Tanzania flora team, 2026

The Tanzania flora team (2026). Flora of Tanzania: List of cultivated plant families.
https://www.tanzaniaflora.com/cult/index.php, retrieved 29 September 2026

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