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Table 2 Listed wild fruit species (by number of users)

From: Traditional knowledge and consumption of wild edible plants in rural households, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Latin name

Local name

Part used

No. of consumers

Frequency index (%)

Vangueria infausta

Mmilo

Fruit

104

87

Ximenia caffra

Matshidi

Fruit

100

83

Sclerocarya birrea

Morula

Fruit

77

64

Grewia flava

Moretlwa

Fruit

76

63

Ficus burkei

Mokumo

Fruit

46

38

Carissa bispinosa

Morokolo

Fruit

43

36

Cordia grandicalyx

Makankane

tuber

39

33

Mimusops zeyheri

Mmupudu

Fruit

38

32

Englerophytum magalismontanum

Mahlatswa

Fruit

34

28

Searsia leptodictya

Mohlohlo

Fruit

26

22

Euclea undulata

Mokwerekwere

Fruit

22

18

Lannea discolor

Mokgokgothwane

Fruit

21

21

Ehretia rigida

Morobe

Fruit

10

8

Grewia caffra

Mofarelatshwene

Fruit

5

4

Ficus sansibarica

Mohlapu

Fruit

4

3

Ficus sycomorus

Mohlole

Fruit

3

3

Boscia albitrunca

Mohlopi

Fruit

2

2

Cyphostemma dasypleurum

Mokgampule

Fruit

2

2

Cissus cornifolia

Mokgoo

Fruit

2

2

Flueggea virosa

Mohlakauma

Fruit

1

1

Ziziphus mucronata

Mokgalo

Fruit

1

1

Zanthoxylum capense

Monokwane

Fruit

1

1