Table 6 Popular wild edible plants
From: Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Metema and Quara districts, Northwestern Ethiopia
Scientific name | Part(s) eaten | No. of informant citations | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Balanites aegyptiaca | Fresh raw fruit, raw seed, and cooked seed | 311 | 78.5 |
Diospyros mespiliformis | Fresh raw fruit | 303 | 76.5 |
Ximenia americana | Fresh raw fruit | 285 | 71.9 |
Ziziphus spina-christi | Dry raw fruit | 278 | 70.2 |
Tamarindus indica | Dry raw fruit | 252 | 63.6 |
Ficus sycomorus | Fresh raw fruit | 251 | 63.4 |
Corchorus olitorius | Cooked leaves | 239 | 60.4 |
Cordia africana | Fresh raw fruit | 231 | 58.3 |
Carissa spinarum | Fresh raw fruit | 227 | 57.3 |
Dioscorea praehensilis | Boiled tuber, fresh raw tuber, dry raw tuber, roasted tuber | 206 | 52.0 |