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Local name | Botanical name | Family | Use | Rank | Consumption (%) |
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Gokwe communal area |
Wild loquat (Eng), mushuku/muzhanje (Sh), umhobohobo (Nd) | Uapaca kirkiana | Euphorbiaceae | Fruit eaten raw without seeds | 1 | 70 |
Monkey orange (Eng), mutamba (Sh), umkhemeswane (Nd) | Strychnos cocculoides | Strychnaceae | Fruit eaten raw | 2 | 55 |
Bird plum (Eng), munyii (Sh), umnyiyi (Nd) | Berchemia discolor | Rhamnaceae | Fruit pulp eaten raw | 3 | 45 |
Chocolate berry (Eng), mutsubvu (Sh), umtshwankela (Nd) | Vitex payos | Lamiaceae | Fruit eaten raw | 4 | 40 |
Snot apple (Eng), mutohwe (Sh) | Azanza garckeana | Malvaceae | Fruit is chewed raw without seeds | 5 | 35 |
Kazangarare communal area |
Chocolate berry (Eng), mutsubvu (Sh), umtshwankela (Nd) | Vitex payos | Lamiaceae | Fruit pulp eaten raw | 1 | 74 |
Wild loquat (Eng), mushuku/muzhanje (Sh), umhobohobo (Nd) | Uapaca kirkiana | Euphorbiaceae | Fruit eaten raw | 2 | 70 |
Bird plum (Eng), munyii (Sh), umnyiyi (Nd) | Berchemia discolor | Rhamnaceae | Fruit pulp eaten raw | 2 | 62 |
Snot apple (Eng), mutohwe(Sh) | Azanza garckeana | Malvaceae | Fruit is chewed raw without seeds | 3 | 47 |
Monkey orange (Eng), mutamba (Sh), umkhemeswane (Nd) | Strychnos cocculoides | Strychnaceae | Fruit eaten raw | 4 | 40 |
Bakota plum (Eng); munhunguru (Sh), umqokolo (Nd) | Flacourtia indica | Salicaceae | Fruit is eaten raw | 5 | 35 |
Bikita communal area |
Wild loquat (Eng), mushuku/muzhanje (Sh), umhobohobo (Nd) | Uapaca kirkiana | Euphorbiaceae | Fruit eaten raw | 1 | 76 |
Chocolate berry (Eng), mutsubvu (Sh), umtshwankela (Nd) | Vitex payos | Lamiaceae | Fruit pulp raw | 1 | 60 |
Monkey orange (Eng), mutamba (Sh), umkhemeswane (Nd) | Strychnos cocculoides | Strychnaceae | Fruit eaten raw | 2 | 53 |
Bird plum (Eng), munyii (Sh), umnyiyi (Nd) | Berchemia discolor | Rhamnaceae | Fruit pulp eaten raw | 3 | 51 |
Bakota plum (Eng), munhunguru (Sh), umqokolo (Nd) | Flacourtia indica | Salicaceae | Fruit eaten raw | 4 | 48 |
Waterberry (Eng), mukute (Sh) | Syzygium cordatum | Myrtaceae | Fruit eaten raw | 4 | 45 |
Mobola plum (Eng), muhacha/muchakata (Sh) | Parinari curatellifolia | Chrysobalanaceae | Fruit pulp eaten raw | 5 | 36 |
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