Vegetables are rich sources of vital ingredients in healthy
and balanced human diets (Osuagwe, 2008). They are
important low cost foods containing low levels of fat and
high levels of vitamins, minerals, fibre and protein (Bolaji
et al., 2008). These nutrients are usually in short supply
in daily diets (Mosha and Gaga, 1995). The indigenous
leafy vegetables (ILVs) have long been part of traditional
diets in communities worldwide and are important
sources of vitamins, minerals, fiber, proteins and other
phytochemicals with health-promoting effects (Kimura
and Rodriguez-Amaya, 2003). This renders the ILVs
potential candidates useful in contributing to food security
and improved health.