Critical Review on Wild-Edible Fruit Species in Ethiopia

Table 4

Most preferred wild edible fruit species in Ethiopia.

No.	Location	Scientific name	Source
1.	Western Ethiopia	Syzygium guineense	[16]
2.	Northwestern Ethiopia	Gardenia ternifolia	[53]
3.	Central Ethiopia	Ziziphus spina-christi, Balanites aegyptiaca, Ximenia americana	[54]
4.	Southern Ethiopia	Carissa spinarum, Ficussur, Cordia africana, Syzygium guineense	[24]
5.	Southern Ethiopia	Balanites rotundifolia, Vitex doniana, Manilkara butugi, Carissa spinarum, Garcinia livingstonei	[31]
6.	Northeastern Ethiopia	Ziziphus spina-christi, Cordia africana, Balanites aegyptiaca,	[34]
7.	Northwestern Ethiopia	Ziziphus spina-christi, Tamarindus indica, Syzygium guineense, Carissa spinarum, Ximenia americana	[47]
8.	Northern Ethiopia	Opuntia ficus-indica, Ziziphus spina-christi, Mimusops kummel, Balanites aegyptiaca, Ximenia americana, Cordia africana	[29]
9.	Eastern Ethiopia	Balanites aegyptiaca, Grewia villosa, Salvadora persica, Ziziphus mucronata, Tamarindus indica	[32]
10.	Northwestern Ethiopia	Syzygium guineense, Dovyalis abyssinica, Carissa spinarum, Mimusops kummel, Diospyros mespiliformis, Ximenia americana and Cordia africana	[19]
11.	Central Ethiopia	Ziziphus spina-christi, Balanites aegyptiaca, Cordia africana, Rosa abyssinica, Carissa spinarum	[11]
12.	Northwestern Ethiopia	Vitex doniana, Tamarindus indica, Balanites aegyptiaca, Syzygium guineense, Ziziphus spina-christi, Oncoba spinosa	[12]