Cheung, Tsz-Yan https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7121-681X
Kafoutchoni, Konoutan M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9153-4272
Agoyi, Eric E.
Chan, Ting-Fung https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0489-3884
Chapman, Mark A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7151-723X
Funding for this research was provided by:
RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/X512035/1)
Royal Society (KTP\R1\211008, KTP\R1\231030)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (N_CUHK488/22, N_CUHK488/22)
Hong Kong Research Grants Council Area of Excellence Scheme (AoE/M-403/16) General Research Fund
Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel
Article History
Received: 23 November 2024
Accepted: 27 May 2025
First Online: 4 June 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Local researchers have been included in the research process where possible, and all researchers who provided personally collected material are included as authors. Other samples come from recognised seed banks. All data are freely available to any researcher, including those from where the samples were collected. Biological materials (leaves and seeds) have been sent from their origin to the UK for DNA sequencing, but are available from K.M.K. and E.A.A. at the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin (leaves) or the seed banks (seeds).