Tropical legumes, roots, tubers, and musaceous are plants yielding
grains, roots, tubers, rhizomes, and fruit cluster that have been sub
utilized. In spite, that all of them are potential sources for flours, and
starches that have not yet been exploited; only a few of them are utilized.
It is due that they are highly perishable, difficult to store and to handle,
and transporting to distant markets