Category

Common Name Family Name Scientific Name

1. Cereals
Rice Graminae Oryza Sativa Linn E. Root Crops
Pop Corn - do - Zea Mays var. overta Sweet Potato Convulvalaceae Lopmoea batatas
Dent Corn - do - Zea Mays var. indentata Cassava Euphobiaceae Manihot esculenta
Flint Corn - do - Zea Mays var. indurata Arrowroot Maranthaceae Marantha arundinaceae
Pop Maize - do - Zea Mays var. tunicata
Flour Maize - do - Zea Mays var. amylacea F. Tuber Crop
Waxy Maize - do - Zea Mays var. ceratina Gabi or Taro Araceae Colocasia esculenta
Sweet Corn - do - Zea Mays var. sacharata Yautia Araceae Xanthosama sagittifolium
Ginger Zingeberaceae Zingiber officinale
Sorghum Graminae Sorghum bicolor Irish Potato Solanaceae Solanum tuberosum
Wheat - do - Triticum aestivum
Barley - do - Hardeum sativum D. Drug Crop
Millet - do - Panicum miliaceum Tobacco Solanaceae Nicotiana tabacum
Oats - do - Avena Sativa Marijuana (ganja) Cannabaceae Cannabis sativa
Rye - do - Secale cereal
H. Miscellaneous Field Crops
2. Pulse/Legumes
Soybean Leguminoseae Glycine max All field crops not classified under the above categories are under this classification
Field Peas - do - Pisum sativum
Mungbean - do - Vigna radiata *Sugarbeet Chenopodiaceae Beta vulgaris
Cowpea - do - Vigna unguiculata *Avocados Lauraceae Persea Americana
Peanut - do - Arachis hypogea *Bananas Musaceae Musa paradisiaca
*Cabbage/Kale, Brassicas Cruciferae/Brassicaceae Brassica spp.
B. Forage Crops *Carrot Apiaceae Daucus carota
Napier Grass Graminae Pennisetum purpureum *Cashew Anacardiaceae Anacardium occidentale
Guinea Grass - do - Panicum maximum *Cocoa Sterculiaceae Theobroma cacao
Cogon - do - Imperatea cylindrica *Coffee Rubiaceae Coffea spp. (C. arabica, C. canephora)
Ipil-Ipil - do - Leucaena leucocephala *Cucumber Cucurbitaceae Cucumis sativus
Kakawate - do - Gliricidia sepium *Eggplant Solanaceae Solanum melongena
*Mango Anacardiaceae Mangifera indica
C. Fiber Crops *Okra Malvaceae Abelmoschus esculentus
Cotton Malvaceae Gossypium hirsutum *Onion Alliaceae Allium cepa
Ramie Ulticaceae Boehmeria nivea *Papaya Caricaceae Carica papaya
Jute Tiliaceae Corchorus capsularis *Potato Solanaceae Solanum tuberosum
Kenaf Malvaceae Hibiscus cannabinus
Sisal Asparagaceae Agave sisalana
Maguey Agavaceae Agave atrovirens
Pineapple Bromeliaceae Ananas comosus

D. Sugar Crop
Sugarcane Graminae Saccharum officinarum