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.
Fufuja gatuhet duke zier një lloj bananeje, e cila është shumë e ngjashme me bananen e zakonshme, dhe me maniokë, një bimë me rrënjë me zhardhokë, e cila kultivohet në gjithë vendet tropikale.