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Table 6 Wild edible fruits that are less common in Tabora rural, Uyui, and Sikonge districts

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

Species

Frequency

FC

Extent of diminishing

Very quickly (3)

Quickly (2)

Slow (1)

Grewia flavescens

12

4.55

 

2

 

Vitex mombassae

25

9.47

3

  

Parinari curatellifolia

40

15.15

3

  

Thespesia garckeana

5

1.89

  

1

Friesodielsia obovata

39

14.77

3

  

Manilkara mochisia

7

2.65

 

2

 

Strychnos pungens

7

2.65

 

2

 

Microcos conocarpa

24

9.09

3

  

Strychnos spinosa

26

9.85

3

  

Vitex payos

34

12.88

3

  

Strychnos spinosa

7

2.65

 

2

 

Strychnos innocua

13

4.92

3

  

Berchemia discolor

4

1.52

  

1

Tamarindus indica

3

1.14

  

1

  1. FC Frequency of Citation confirms list of fruit species that have decreased from a period from 1999 to 2023
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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