TI: Nutritional
value of edible fruits of indigenous wild trees in Malawi.
AU: Saka-JDK; Msonthi-JD; Maghembe-JA
AD: Department of Chemistry, Chancellor College, University of Malawi, P.O. Box
280, Zomba, Malawi.
SO: Special Issue: Agroforestry research in the African miombo ecozone. Proceedings
of a regional conference on agroforestry research in the African miombo ecozone
held in Lilongwe, Malawi, 16-22 June 1991. Forest-Ecology-and-Management. 1994,
64: 2-3, 245-248; 14 ref.
PY: 1994
LA: English
AB: The edible portions of 16 wild fruits were analysed for contents of moisture,
protein, fat, crude fibre, ash and minerals (Ca, Mg, Fe, P, K, and Na), and total
carbohydrate and energy contents (calorific values) calculated. Trichilia emetica,
Strychnos spinosa, Azanza garckeana, Ximenia caffra and Parinari curatellifolia
gave the highest levels of protein (17.0%), fat (31.2%), fibre (45.3%), ash (11.2%)
and carbohydrate (88.2%), respectively. The highest and lowest energy values were
found for Strychnos spinosa (1923 kJ/100 g) and Azanza garckeana (810 kJ/100 g),
respectively. Bauhinia thonningii afforded the highest dry matter content (91.6%).
The highest contents of Ca, Mg, Fe, P, K and Na were found for Adansonia digitata
(1156 µg/g), Syzygium guineense (2247 µg/g), Syzygium guineense (758
µg/g), Trichilia emetica (3164 µg/g), Ximenia caffra (41 791 µg/g)
and Flacourtia indica (589 µg/g), respectively. The other species for which
data are reported are Annona senegalensis, Strychnos innocua, Tamarindus indica,
Uapaca kirkiana, Vangueria infausta, Vitex doniana and Ziziphus mauritiana.
DE: plant-composition; chemical-composition; carbohydrates-; calorific-value;
moisture-content; proteins-; fats-; crude-fibre; ash-; mineral-content; multipurpose-trees;
edible-species; fruits-; chemistry-; fruit-trees; nutritive-value; tamarinds-
OD: Bauhinia-; Syzygium-; Euphorbiaceae-; Rubiaceae-; Vitex-; Trichilia-emetica;
Azanza-garckeana; Parinari-curatellifolia; Adansonia-digitata; Flacourtia-indica;
Annona-senegalensis; Strychnos-innocua; Tamarindus-indica; Ziziphus-mauritiana
GE: Malawi-
ID: Ximenia-caffra; Strychnos-spinosa; Bauhinia-thonningii; Syzygium-guineense;
Uapaca-kirkiana; Vangueria-infausta; Vitex-doniana; Agroforestry-research-in-the-African-miombo-ecozone
BT: trees; woody-plants; Spermatophyta; plants; Caesalpinioideae; Fabaceae; Fabales;
dicotyledons; angiosperms; Myrtaceae; Myrtales; Euphorbiales; Rubiales; Verbenaceae;
Lamiales; Trichilia; Meliaceae; Sapindales; Azanza; Malvaceae; Malvales; Parinari;
Chrysobalanaceae; Rosales; Adansonia; Bombacaceae; Flacourtia; Flacourtiaceae;
Violales; Annona; Annonaceae; Magnoliales; Strychnos; Loganiaceae; Gentianales;
Tamarindus; Ziziphus; Rhamnaceae; Rhamnales; SADCC-Countries; ACP-Countries; Anglophone-Africa;
Commonwealth-of-Nations; East-Africa; Africa-South-of-Sahara; Africa; Least-Developed-Countries;
Developing-Countries
CC: KK600; FF040; QQ500; KK540; KK100; QQ070; QQ000; KK110; FF000
CD: Agroforestry; Plant-Composition; Food-Composition-and-Quality; Forest-Products-Miscellaneous,-including-Minor-Forest-Products;
Forestry-General; Other-Produce; Food-Science-and-Food-Products-Human; Silviculture;
Plants-of-Economic-Importance-General
PT: Conference-paper; Journal-article
IS: 0378-1127
UD: 950516
AN: 940605501