Nutritional Composition and Antinutritional Factors of Five Wild Edible Fruits Grown in the Mekdela District, South of Wollo, Ethiopia

Table 2

Proximate composition of five wild edible fruits.

Parameters	Proximate analysis of five wild edible fruits (g/100 g dry weight)
	Rhus vulgaris	Rosa abyssinica	Rhus natalensis	Euclea racemosa	Ficus sur
Moisture	10.8 ± 0.03^b	13.24 ± 0.003^c	14.21 ± 0.01^d	16.24 ± 0.003^e	10.12 ± 0.003^a
Total ash	2.41 ± 0.01^a	5.12 ± 0.003^b	8.22 ± 0.01^c	12.8 ± 0.37^d	8.20 ± 0.00^c
Crude fat	0.45 ± 0.03^d	0.9 ± 0.00^d	0.48 ± 0.02^b	0.71 ± 0.01^c	0.12 ± 0.003^a
Crude fiber	1.58 ± 0.02^a	1.73 ± 0.03^b	9.54 ± 0.003^d	1.53 ± 0.03^a	2.02 ± 0.006^c
Crude protein	2.23 ± 0.03^d	1.2 ± 0.00^b	0.98 ± 0.003^a	3.22 ± 0.01^e	2.02 ± 0.003^c
Carbohydrates	83.3 ± 0.28^d	77.8 ± 0.03^c	66.54 ± 0.02^b	65.54 ± 0.35^a	77.52 ± 0.01^c
Energy	344.5 ± 2.21^d	324.1 ± 0.14^c	274.5 ± 0.07^a	281.35 ± 1.4^b	319.27 ± 0.04^c

Note. Values are the averages of three separate composite sample analyses (based on DW) that were performed independently. The superscripts that vary along the column indicate significant differences at .