Review Article
Wild Edible Plant Nutritional Contribution and Consumer Perception in Ethiopia
Table 1
Proximate composition (g/100 g) of some selected wild edible plants.
| Scientific name | Moisture (fw) | Ash (dmb) | Ether extractives (dmb) | Protein (dmb) | Crude fiber (dmb) | CH (dmb) | Energy (kcal, dmb) | References |
| Dobera glabrab | 28.10 | 6.79 | 0.46 | 16.00 | 2.41 | 48.65 | 253.10 | [95] | Adenia ellenbeckii | | | | | | 43.5 | 174.1 | [54] | Amaranthus graecizans | | | | | | 37.1 | 148.2 | Balanites aegyptiaca | | | | | | 40.7 | 162.6 | Celosia argentea | | | | | | 30.7 | 122.9 | Coccinia grandis | | | | | | 34.9 | 139.6 | Corchorus trilocularis | | | | | | 51.7 | 206.8 | Justicia flava | | | | | | 31.3 | 125.4 | Justicia ladanoides | | | | | | 33.9 | 135.5 | Launaea intybacea | | | | | | 40.1 | 160.3 | Leptadenia hastata | | | | | | 45.5 | 182.0 | Pachycymbium laticoronum | | | | | | 60.5 | 242.1 | Pentarrhinum insipidum | | | | | | 38.0 | 151.9 | Portulaca quadrifida | | | | | | 36.8 | 147.3 | Amorphophallus gomboczianusa | | | | | | 83.5 | 333.8 | Ximenia caffrab | | | | | | 39.4 | 157.5 | Coccinia grandis | | | | | ND | ND | ND | Trigonella foenum-graecum | | | | | ND | ND | ND |
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All are green vegetables, unless otherwise mentioned; atuber; bfruit. ND = not determined; CH = carbohydrate.
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