Critical Review on Wild-Edible Fruit Species in Ethiopia

Table 2

Marketable wild edible fruit species in different geographic locations of Ethiopia.

No.	Species name	Family name	Geographic location	Source
1.	Adansonia digitata	Malvaceae	Northern Ethiopia	[34, 36]
2.	Annona senegalensis	Annonaceae	Southeastern Ethiopia, southwestern Ethiopia	[36]
3.	Balanites aegyptiaca	Balanitaceae	Northern Ethiopia	[34, 36]
4.	Balanites rotundifolia	Balanitaceae	Southern Ethiopia	[30, 31]
5.	Berchemia discolor	Rhamnaceae	Northwestern Ethiopia, eastern Ethiopia	[19, 32]
6.	Carissa spinarum	Apocynaceae	Northwestern Ethiopia, northern Ethiopia	[19, 34, 36]
7.	Cordia africana	Boraginaceae	Northern Ethiopia	[34, 36]
8.	Diospyros mespiliformis	Ebenaceae	Northwestern Ethiopia, northern Ethiopia	[19, 34, 36]
9.	Dobera glabra	Salvadoraceae	Eastern Ethiopia	[32]
10.	Dovyalis abyssinca	Flacourtiaceae	Northern Ethiopia, southwestern Ethiopia	[34, 36]
11.	Ficussur	Moraceae	Northwestern Ethiopia	[19]
12.	Ficus sycomorus	Moraceae	Eastern Ethiopia	[32]
13.	Flacourtia indica	Flacourtiaceae	Southeastern Ethiopia	[36]
14.	Grewia villosa	Tiliaceae	Eastern Ethiopia	[32]
15.	Manilkara butugi	Sapotaceae	Southern Ethiopia, eastern Ethiopia	[31, 32]
16.	Meyna tetraphylla	Rubiaceae	Southern Ethiopia	[30]
17.	Mimusops kummel	Sapotaceae	Northwestern Ethiopia, northern Ethiopia, southeastern Ethiopia	[19, 34, 36]
18.	Opuntia ficus-indica	Cactaceae	Northern Ethiopia, southern Ethiopia	[30, 34, 36]
19.	Rosa abyssinica	Rosaceae	Northern Ethiopia	[34, 36]
20.	Sclerocarya birrea	Anacardiaceae	Southern Ethiopia	[30]
21.	Syzygium guineense	Myrtaceae	Northwestern Ethiopia, northern Ethiopia, southern Ethiopia, southeastern Ethiopia, southwestern Ethiopia	[19, 31, 34, 36]
22.	Tamarindus indica	Fabaceae	Northwestern Ethiopia, northern Ethiopia, eastern Ethiopia, southeastern Ethiopia	[19, 32, 34, 36]
23.	Vangueria madagascariensis	Rubiaceae	Southern Ethiopia	[31]
24.	Vitex doniana	Lamiaceae	Southern Ethiopia	[31]
25.	Ximenia americana	Olacaceae	Northwestern Ethiopia, northern Ethiopia, eastern Ethiopia, southeastern Ethiopia, southwestern Ethiopia	[19, 32, 34, 36]
26.	Ziziphus spina-christi	Rhamnaceae	Northwestern Ethiopia, northern Ethiopia, eastern Ethiopia	[19, 32, 34, 36]