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Table 11.3. Nutritional composition of fruits and seeds of priority indigenous fruit trees of Eastern Africa

Total Total

Plant Energy protein fat CHO Vitamin C Fe Ca P K

part (kJ/100 g) (g/100 g) (g/100 g) (g/100 g) (mg/100 g) (mg/100 g) (mg/100 g) (mg/100 g) (mg/100 g)

Adansonia digitata Fruit pulp 1480 3.1 4.3 79.4 270 1.7 341 73.3 2836

Seeds 1803 19.6 30.6 4.8 - 1.8 395 614 1275

Balanites aegyptiaca Fruit pulp 1151 5 0.1 70 35 3.1 141 62 -

Seeds 2140 27 34 - - - - 720 -

Cordeauxia edulis Fruits 446 13.3 11.6 36.5 - - 32 226.5 625

Sclerocarya birrea Fruit pulp 225 3.6 0.4 12 194 2.49 481 264 317

Seeds 2703 5.6 57.3 3.7 - 2.78 156 212 601

Tamarindus indica Fruit pulp 1490 4.1 1.6 85 9 1.39 183 100 1226.9

Seeds - 17.3 5.5 - - 2.67 185 228 -

Vitellaria paradoxa Fruit pulp 393 4.13 - - - 24 184 74 1320

Seeds 2422 8.5 39.7 - - 1.5 82 58.7 -

Vitex payos Fruits 1809 6.72 0.61 65.2 - - - - -

Ziziphus mauritiana Fruits 1588 4.1 9.5 73 24 3.0 13.5 216.2 1731.8

Sources: Hall and Walker, 1992; Saka and Msonthi, 1994; Hall et al. , 1996, 2002; Glew et al ., 1997; Ajiwe et al. , 1998; ICUC, 1999;
Leakey, 1999; Maundu et al. , 1999; Atkinson et al ., 2000; Pareek, 2001; Sidibe and Williams, 2002; Teklehaimanot, 2003.