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Table 1.9. Priority indigenous fruit trees in southern Africa.

Country Type of survey Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Rank 5 Reference

1. Household ( n = 128) a Malawi Uapaca Parinari Strychnos Flacourtia Azanza

kirkiana curatellifolia cocculoides indica garckeana Malembo et al. (1998)

2. Market survey a Uapaca Casimiroa Parinari Azanza Flacourtia

kirkiana edulis curatellifolia garckeana indica Minae et al. (1995)

3. Farmer survey ( n = 155) a

Uapaca Casimiroa Annona Ziziphus Strychnos F.K. Akinnifesi (unpublished

kirkiana edulis senegalensis mauritiana cocculoides data)

4. Farmer survey ( n = 223) b

Uapaca Ziziphus Adansonia Strychnos Parinari J. Mhango and F.K. Akinnifesi

kirkiana mauritiana digitata cocculoides curatellifolia (unpublished data)

Household ( n = 156) a

Mozambique Adansonia Ziziphus Tamarindus Uapaca Strychnos E.C. Sambane

digitata mauritiana indica kirkiana cocculoides (unpublished data, 2004)

1. Household ( n = 70) a Tanzania Strychnos Uapaca Parinari Vitex Vitex Ramadhani et al. (1998)

cocculoides kirkiana curatellifolia mombassae doniana

2. Market survey ( n = 118) c Vitex Vitex Strychnos Parinari Syzygium Mumba et al. (2004)

mombassae doniana cocculoides curatellifolia guineense

1. Household ( n = 153) c

Zambia Uapaca Parinari Anisophyllea Strychnos Syzygium Simwaza and Lungu (1998)

kirkiana curatellifolia boehmii cocculoides guineense

2. Market survey ( n = 132) c

Ziziphus Adansonia Uapaca Tamarindus Diospyros Kwesiga and Mwanza (1995)

mauritiana digitata kirkiana indica mespiliformis

1. Household survey ( n = 118) a

Zimbabwe Strychnos Strychnos Azanza Parinari Uapaca Rukuni et al. (1998)

cocculoides pungens garckeana curatellifolia kirkiana

2. Household survey ( n = 113) a Strychnos Uapaca Parinari Azanza Vitex Kadzere et al. (1998)

cocculoides kirkiana curatellifolia garckeana payos

Regional Various surveys as above Uapaca Strychnos Parinari Ziziphus Adansonia F.K. Akinnifesi (unpublished

kirkiana (39) d

cocculoides (27) curatellifolia (18) mauritiana (15) digitata (11) data)

a Based on weighted mean; b based on mean rank order values as per Franzel et al . (1996); c based on percentage mentioned as top priority;
d figure in parenthesis is a weighted average estimated by multiplying the number of times ranked among priority species and the rank
nominal value.