Cocoyam on the herbal hive spotlight

Cocoyam a plant with an umbrella leaf, the leaf can provide shade for a man, because it is mostly wide in range, when i was in primary school, we used to cut Cocoyam plant leaf to cover ourselves from rains.

At times not only rains that we used it for, if the sunlight is heavily we as well make used of Cocoyam leaf in taking shade.

Cocoyam grows faster than any other plant i have known, it body contains big amount of water.

It grows very well in an area where enough amount of water is stored in the soil, and that water is what it used to take up his growth rapidly.

How to plant Cocoyam:

Cocoyam can be plant by uprooting the tuber and cut it into pieces, "that is cutting the tuber in the numbers you want to plant".

then allow it to dry for a period of two to three days and then used a spade or a shovel to dig the ground an put the cutting part of the Cocoyam, put each of the parts cut in a hole, and then close the hole with sand.

you have just finished Planting your Cocoyam, now you are to wait for germination period.

Germination of Cocoyam do not take much time, because Cocoyam grows more bigger and faster than some other plants.

Herbal use of this plant, Cocoyam*:

1). The Cocoyam leaf can be cook as Vegetables and over here in my country, my tribe precisely, we used the Cocoyam leaf in preparing a dish called Ekpang Nkukwo.

Whereby we rap the Cocoyam leaf all over a grinded Plantain. "That is by, cutting a little grinding Plantain and cut a little cocoyam leaf, round the Cocoyam leaf in the body of the grinding Plantain.

As many as we want, then put them into water and pot, boil it and put source, it will come delicious.

2). higher protein: Eating of Cocoyam will enrich you with enough proteins in your body that will aids effective growth and maintain balance in your body.

3). content vitamin and mineral: Cocoyam also served as a source of vitamins and minerals in the body of a man, when vitamins is what you are lacking in your body, maybe your doctor told you that you need enough vitamins and minerals, do not forget to go close to Cocoyam, take it twice a day and see your health restore to normal.