Uda is the igbo name for Negro Pepper, (Xylopia Aethiopica), known as Chimba in Hausa, Eeru alamo in Yoruba (because the fruit opens to discharge the seeds when ripe), other names of this plant include; hwentia, grains of Selim, Ethiopian pepper and African grains of Selim. Uda is a multipurpose tree that is very important […]