Product Development: Nutritional Value, Processing and Utilization of Indigenous Fruits from the Miombo Ecosystem - Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics: Domestication, Utilization and Commercialization - page 297

Minerals and vitamins (mg/100 g)

Fruit

Vitamin A a

Fruit species Source part Phosphorus Calcium Magnesium Iron Potassium Sodium Vitamin C

Adansonia digitata Mw Pulp 450 1,156 2,090 58 28,364 188 179.1 11 21

Kernel 5.8 888 456 - 0.5 1 1,186 75.2 11 -

Azanza garckeana Mw Pulp 1,476 95 1,453 84 26,190 202 20.5 11 67

Tz Pulp 220 600 170 3,130 230 24.7 11 -

Flacourtia indica Mw Pulp 1,057 354 1,380 734 24,281 589 10.2 11 303

Parinari curatellifolia Mw Pulp 339 129 830 103 10,380 252 10.4 11 357

Kernel - - - - - - - -

Tz Pulp 180 360 160 4,230 2,640 60.7 1 -

Kernel 340 1,050 140 2,640 150 61.8 11 -

Syzygium guineense Mw Pulp 1,081 149 430 136 19,683 253 11.9 11 226

Tz Pulp 20 280 210 2,740 70 81.8 11 -

Sclerocarya birrea Mw Pulp 3 16 27 1.7 1 309 4 - 35

Kernel - - - - - - - -

Kenya Pulp 200 300 100 21.8 2,400 - 160.8 11 -

Kernel 900 100 400 5.23 600 - - -

Strychnos cocculoides Mw Pulp 2,106 60 1,633 60 28,670 459 22.9 11 22

Tz Pulp 20 1,040 250 1,680 1,110 46.2 11 -

Uapaca kirkiana Mw Pulp 3,164 ND 1,129 43 13,017 146 16.8 11 67

Tz Pulp 480 720 170 - 3,090 340 98.7 11 -

Vitex doniana Mw Pulp 823 132 1,811 283 18,208 245 19.6 11 175

Tz Pulp 320 1,090 250 - 3,210 270 98.7 11 -

Vitex mombassae Tz Pulp 320 870 70 - 3,210 110 111.0 -

Vangueria infausta Mw Pulp 555 33 1,106 451 13,682 365 16.8 11 -

Ziziphus mauritiana Tan Pulp 320 550 140 - 2,040 270 93.7 11 -

Mw Pulp 2,162 135 507 ND 17,318 226 13.6 11 35

a Value in

g/100 g.
Mw, Malawi; Tz, Tanzania; ND not detected; -, data not available.
Sources: Saka (1994), Saka and Msonthi (1994), Ndabikunze et al. (2000), Tiisekwa et al. (2004), E.M.T. Henry and J.D.K. Saka