Fufu is made from boiled plantain, a fruit closely related to the common banana, and from cassava ​ — also called manioc — ​ a plant with tuberous roots, which is cultivated throughout the tropical world.
Fufu gatavo no vārītiem miltu banāniem un maniokas — auga, ko ēdamo gumu dēļ audzē gandrīz visās tropiskajās zemēs.