An ethnobotanical study of wild edible fruits in miombo woodlands of Tabora region in Western Tanzania

Mgalula, Michael Elias

doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00668-x

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Table 4 List of wild edible fruits utilised by the locals in Tabora rural, Uyui and Sikonge districts and the different indices

From: An ethnobotanical study of wild edible fruits in miombo woodlands of Tabora region in Western Tanzania

Vernacular name	Scientific name	Botanical family	Life forms	Voucher number	Frequency food use	FC	f	Frequency medicine use	UR	CI
Mpunguswa	Grewia flavescens Juss	Malvaceae	Scrambling shrub	MEM 01	35	2.48	0.14	5	43	0.2
Msingilwa	Flacourtia indica (Burm.f.) Merr	Salicaceae	A deciduous shrub or small tree	MEM 02	8	0.57	0.03		8	0.0
Msungwi/Mtalali	Vitex mombassae Vatke	Verbenaceae	A small deciduous tree	MEM 03	205	14.53	0.84	56	276	1.1
Bonga pori/ Ungoungo	Landolphia parvifolia K.Schum	Apocynaceae	An evergreen climbing shrub	MEM 04	54	3.83	0.22		54	0.2
Mkwadunda	Hexalobus monopetalus (A.Rich.) Engl. & Diels	Annonaceae	A deciduous shrub or small with a scattered spreading canopy	MEM 05	40	2.83	0.16		40	0.2
Sekela	Antidesma venosum E.Mey.ex Tul	Phyllanthaceae	an evergreen to semi-deciduous tree or shrub	MEM 06	3	0.21	0.01		3	0.0
Nguwalu	Vangueria infausta Burch	Rubiaceae	A deciduous tree	MEM 07	111	7.87	0.45		111	0.5
Msaada/Saada	Vangueria madagascariensis J.F.Gmel	Rubiaceae	A shrub or small deciduous tree	MEM 08	7	0.50	0.03		7	0.0
Mgogwa	Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich.) Hochst	Anacardiaceae	A deciduous tree	MEM 09	8	0.57	0.03		8	0.0
Msalasi/Salasi	Friesodielsia obovata (Benth.) Verdc	Annonaceae	Scrambling shrub or very small tree	MEM 10	106	7.51	0.43	22	136	0.6
Tundwa	Ximenia americana L	Olacaceae	A semi scandent bush-forming shrub or small tree	MEM 11	19	1.35	0.08		19	0.1
Makulwa/Mkome	Strychnos pungens Gagnep	Loganiaceae	A deciduous to sometimes evergreen tree	MEM 12	8	0.57	0.03		8	0.0
Mtonga	Strychnos spinosa Lam	Loganiaceae	A deciduous tree	MEM 13	199	14.10	0.82	14	228	0.9
Nkonze	Manilkara mochisia (Baker) Dubard		A shrub or small tree	MEM 14	33	2.34	0.14		33	0.1
Mkoma	Grewia bicolor Juss	Tiliaceae	A multi-stemmed shrub or small tree	MEM 15	5	0.35	0.02	1	6	0.0
Mwange/Mwage	Strychnos spinosa Lam	Loganiaceae		MEM 16	18	1.28	0.07		18	0.1
Ukwaju	Tamarindus indica L	Fabaceae		MEM 17	93	6.59	0.38	37	137	0.6
Gogondi	Phyllogeiton discolor (Klotzsch) Herzog	Rhamnaceae	Evergreen tree with drooping twigs	MEM 18	111	7.87	0.45	56	175	0.7
Mkamu	Canthium burttii Bullock	Rubiaceae	A shrub or a small tree	MEM 19	42	2.98	0.17		42	0.2
Mtowo	Thespesia garckeana F.Hoffm	Malvaceae	A small shrub or semi-deciduous tree	MEM 20	13	0.92	0.05	1	15	0.1
Mpulu	Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr	Verbenaceae	A shrub or small tree with a rounded crown	MEM 21	2	0.14	0.01		2	0.0
Mfulu genge	Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr	Verbenaceae		MEM 22	136	9.64	0.56	4	150	0.6
Mtinje	Lannea humilis (Oliv.) Engl	Anacardiaceae	A deciduous shrub	MEM 23	1	0.07	0.00		1	0.0
Muyongoyongo	Multidentia crassa (Hiern) Bridson & Verdc	Rubiaceae	A deciduous shrub or small tree	MEM 24	1	0.07	0.00		1	0.0
Mpundu	Strychnos innocua Delile	Loganiaceae		MEM 25	39	2.76	0.16		39	0.2
Mbula/Mbola	Parinari curatellifolia (Planch. ex Benth.)	Chrysobalanaceae	An evergreen shrub or tree with a dense, mushroom-shaped crown	FMM4209	61	4.32	0.25		61	0.3
Ndati	Microcos conocarpa Burret	Malvaceae subfamily Grewioideae	A deciduous shrub	FMM4212	53	3.76	0.22		53	0.2

CF Frequency of Citation, f utilisation frequency, UR Use Reports, CI Cultural Importance index
CI Cultural Importance index was computed based on participant consensus; CI index indicates the spread of the use (number of respondents) of each species and the diversity of its uses. The additional use category determines the relative importance of each fruit species; therefore, the higher the CI value is an indicator of multiple uses

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