Research Article
Ethnobotanical Study on Wild Edible Plants in Metema District, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia
Table 6
Marketability of underutilized wild edible trees and shrubs in Metema District.
| Scientific name | Plant part | Unit | Average unit price (ETB) | Seller group |
| Adansonia digitata | Fruit | kg, quintal | 7/kg, 700/quintal | All | Balanites aegyptiaca | Fruit | Cup, kg | 1.2/cup, 8/kg | All | Corchorus olitorius | Leave | Fistful | 5 | All | Cordia africana | Fruit | Cup | 0.6 | Younger | Diospyros abyssinica | Fruit | Cup | 0.75 | Younger | Saba comorensis | Fruit | Number | 1.2 | All | Syzygium guineense | Fruit | Cup | 1 | Younger | Temarindus indica | Fruit | kg, quintal | 5/kg, 400/quintal | All | Ximenia americana | Fruit | Cup | 1 | Younger | Ziziphus spina-christi | Fruit | Cup or highland | 0.5/cup, 2.5/highland | All |
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