Research Article
Proximate Analysis of Five Wild Fruits of Mozambique
Table 3
Traditional consumption and use of the studied fruits.
| Species |
Utilisation |
| Adansonia digitata | Pulp: fresh, diluted, and sweetened to juice, frozen to sweet ice, cooked to porridge, and fermented to an alcoholic drink | Kernels: fresh or roasted, milled and boiled to sauce or porridge |
| Landolphia kirkii | Fresh or fermented to an alcoholic drink |
| Salacia kraussii | Eaten fresh |
| Sclerocarya birrea | Pulp: fresh, squeezed to juice, and fermented to an alcoholic drink | Kernels: fresh or roasted, cooking oil can be extracted |
| Vangueria infausta | Fresh, soaked, squeezed to juice, mixed with sugar, water, or milk to a porridge, and fermented to an alcoholic drink |
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