Homegarden-based Indigenous Fruit Tree Production in Peninsular India - Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics: Domestication, Utilization and Commercialization - page 90

Frequency (%)

Species Mid-1990s a

Botanical name Common name Mean Range d Mid-2000s b Change c

Persea americana Mill. Avocado 0 .5 0 3 0

Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels Star gooseberry 13.9 3.4-25 . 14 0

Pimenta officinalis Lindl. Allspice 0 .5 0 14 +

Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. Bread and cheese tree 0 .5 0 1 0

Pouteria campechiana (Kunth.) Baehni Egg fruit 0 .5 0 17 +

Psidium guajava L. Guava 31.1 6.7-70 . 84 +

Psidium cattleyanum Weinw Red strawberry guava 0 .5 0 1 0

Punica granatum L. Pomegranate 0 .5 0 5 0

Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & Perry Clove 8.5 2.3-17.4 12 0

Syzygium malaccensis (L.) Merr. & Perry Malay apple 0 .5 0 30

Tamarindus indica L. Tamarind 32.9 6.7-48.1 66 +

Terminalia catappa L. Barbados almond 8.9 2.3-21.4 18 +

Theobroma cacao L. Cacao 8.1 1.7-20 . - *

a Survey conducted during 1992-1995, includes data on the 252 farms reported by Kumar et al . (1994) supplemented with 333 additional
farms (B.M. Kumar, 1995, unpublished results; total respondents = 585).
b Survey of 100 farms in Kerala, which constitutes a subset of the 544 samples enumerated by Patil (2005) during 2002-2004 from three
South Indian States.
c Shift in magnitude less than 10% in either direction is ignored ('0'), more than 10% increase in frequency is '+', and more than 10%
decrease is ''. * Indicates species such as cacao, plantains and coffee, which were not enumerated in the 2002-2004 survey.
d Range of values for different thaluks (strata) during the first sampling.