Research Article

Proximate Analysis of Five Wild Fruits of Mozambique

Table 2

Sugar content of selected fruits obtained in 2009 from Manhiça expressed in g sugar/100 g pulp ( ).

Sample Dry matter (%)GlucoseFructoseSucrose

Adansonia digitata 88.03.03.04.3
Landolphia kirkii 18.07.55.71.2
Salacia kraussii 9.03.73.9<0.1
Sclerocarya birrea 8.00.50.41.4
Vangueria infausta 31.01.41.42.7

The variation between duplicate determinations was below 15%.