Wild Edible Plant Nutritional Contribution and Consumer Perception in Ethiopia

Table 2

Mineral contents (mg/100 g dry weight bases) of selected wild edible plants.

Scientific name	Ca	Cu	Fe	Mg	Mn	Zn	References
Ziziphus spina-christi					ND		[96]
Moringa stenopetala				ND	ND		[97]
Adenia ellenbeckii	1239	0.54	16.6	404	7.8	3.1	[54]
Amaranthus graecizans	3029	0.65	19.3	2049	7.2	2.3
Balanites aegyptiaca	2487	0.61	13.5	701	3.4	1.2
Celosia argentea	2207	1.39	19.8	824	9.1	2.2
Coccinia grandis	3064	0.60	13.0	433	5.6	2.5
Corchorus trilocularis	1767	0.68	18.6	175	8.4	2.9
Justicia flava	3419	1.48	20.6	547	8.4	2.7
Launaea intybacea	2070	1.45	22.0	437	9.9	3.1
Leptadenia hastata	1699	0.59	14.2	214	4.2	2.0
Pachycymbium laticoronum	1128	0.43	13.2	309	9.8	2.4
Pentarrhinum insipidum	1100	0.41	16.3	183	6.2	2.1
Portulaca quadrifida	2193	0.87	20.1	1094	6.8	2.9
Amorphophallus gomboczianus^a	428	0.08	8.72	109	1.9	1.1
Ximenia caffra^b	180	0.58	1.9	110	1.1	1.3
Trigonella foenum-graecum	1038	3.2	23.14	203.5	ND	1.0
Dobera glabra^b	13.88	ND	ND	1.16	1.66	ND	[95]

All are green vegetables, unless otherwise mentioned; ^atuber; ^bfruit. ND = not determined.