Often times, people confuse utazi leaf with uziza leaves since the names sound alike. Uziza how I differentiate it. Proximate analysis reveals that the plant contains crude protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins and minerals. It is known as Uziza in Igbo and Iyere in Yoruba. I believe it got the double z from the zing, the spiciness. Thank u4 putting dis special soup up here. #grinningexcitedly#. GANGRONEMA latifolium (utazi) is a climbing shrub with broad, heart-shaped leaves that has a characteristic sharp, bitter and slightly sweet taste, especially when eaten fresh. Lawsonia inermis – henna, cypress shrub, egyptian privet, alkanna – laali in yoruba, uhie inine in Igbo. Piper guineense known as iyere in Yoruba and uziza in Igbo is in the family Piperaceae. There is a post on okro soup with ewedu leaves cooked differently from the Yoruba ewedu soup. It is a West African spice plant commonly called ashanti pepper (Okoye and Ebeledike, 2013). All these vegetables have at least one Z in the name. Because of the spiciness, uziza is … Uziza leaves (a handful of thinly sliced leaves) 3. Olufunke Faluyi. Uziza Recipes. I jst reproduced ur version of ‘Ofe Uziza’ ds evni, tell u wot, sis! On the hand, the leaves of uziza are also green but it has a spicy scent unlike utazi leaves. Uziza is the only one that has two Zs. The crude fiber content of uziza leaf was also found to be high, so consumption of this leaf could aid digestion, Ogbono Seeds (a 170g milk tin size) 2. Chubby Ella posted Okro soup cooked without meat . Dooney dearie, u r simply God-sent! The leaves of utazi are green and tough and look like the leaves of orange tree. English Name: Bitter Leaf Local Name: Onugbu (Igbo), Efo Ewuro (Yoruba), Shakwa shuwaka (Hausa), Etidot (Cross River State of Nigeria) Botanical Name: Vernonia amygdalina As the name implies, the plant is actually bitter and is used in preparing the popular Nigerian bitter leaf soup. leaves of Senecio biafrae – worowo in Yoruba; leaves of Talinum triangulare (water leaf) or Basella alba, Indian spinach in English, Amunututu in Yoruba Hubby (half Ibo,half yoruba) said i nailed it,afta it went down wt yellow garri. The igbo readers on my Facebook page confirmed to me that Uziza is spelt with a “U” not “O”, I used to be confused. leaves of Talinum triangulare (water leaf) or Basella alba, Indian spinach in English, Amunututu in Yoruba West African black pepper/Ashanti pepper (Piper guineense, Uziza in Igbo and Ata iyere in Yoruba That’s what I use to match the name to the leaf. Not only dt, I also made Oha soup n Ayamase stew….for d 1st time! 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