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Table 16.2. Indigenous fruits and their products reported in Zimbabwe.

Vernacular
name of

Product type Fruit species Fruit part used product

Alcoholic beverage Parinarii curatellifolia Whole fruit except pip Mahanya

Sclerocarya birrea Juice and pulp Mukumbi

Ziziphus mauritiana Whole fruit (crushed together with the seed) Kachasu

Non-alcoholic beverage Parinari curatellifolia Whole fruit except pip Mahewu

Sclerocarya birrea Juice and pulp Mahewu

Ziziphus mauritiana Whole fruit (crushed) Mahewu

Fermented solid form Ziziphus mauritiana Whole fruit (crushed together with the seed) Gununzvu

Parinari curatellifolia Pulp

Confectionery Sclerocarya birrea Whole raw or roasted ground kernels Nzungu, dovi

Parinari curatellifolia Whole raw or roasted ground kernels Nzungu, dovi

Adansonia digitata Whole raw or roasted ground kernels Nzungu, dovi

Uapaca kirkiana Dried pulp Chipapata

Ziziphus mauritiana Dried ground pulp

Peanut butter and oil Sclerocarya birrea Whole raw or roasted nut, ground nut Dovi, mafuta

Parinari curatellifolia Whole raw or roasted nut, ground nut Dovi, mafuta

Food additives Adansonia digitata Whole raw or roasted nut, ground nut Dovi

Adansonia digitata Powder (used to flavour cereal porridge) Bota

Strychnos cocculoides Juice (use the juice to prepare cereal porridge) Bota

Dried fruit Azanza garckeana Whole fruit -

Ziziphus mauritiana Whole fruit -

Parinari curatellifolia Whole fruit -

Baking soda Sclerocarya birrea Pip or stone (burn and use the ashes) -

Seed 'cake' Sclerocarya birrea Residue after oil extraction from nuts Chisikinya

Jam Sclerocarya birrea Rind and pulp -

Coffee Adansonia digitata Roasted and ground seeds Masamba

Yoghurt Adansonia digitata Powder mixed with water or milk Bozo

Baking soda Adansonia digitata Shells (burn and use ashes) -

Fruit powder Ziziphus mauritiana Powder -

Source: Kadzere et al. (2004).

Ziziphus mauritiana (SAFIRE, 2005). For example, U. kirkiana makes juices, jams
and fruit leathers, while A. digitata pulp makes juices and jams. The A. digitata
seed kernel is processed into commercial oil which is exported to Europe through
a regional network, PhytoTrade.

16.3.3 Processing of indigenous fruits in Tanzania

In the fruit-rich Uluguru mountain area of Tanzania, communities know and
value the importance of indigenous fruits. Fruits are also acceptable for human
consumption by urban consumers and processors in Tanzania (Tiisekwa et al .,
2004). The communities consume both fresh and processed forms and attach
greater utility value to indigenous fruits because they are 'natural' and provide