Appendix: Nutritional composition of edible parts of plants

Species	plant part	energy kJ	water %	protein g	fibre g	ash g	fat g	total CHO g	NFE g	vit C mg	b-carotein eq mg	Na mg	P mg	Ca mg	Mg mg	Fe mg	K mg	thi mg	ribo mg	niac mg	chlorides mg
Acacia nilotica	seeds			14.1	14.3	6.2	1.9						23
Acacia senegal	seeds			22	39	7.1	1
Acacia senegal	seeds			40.1	13.7	5	5.8						0.3
Acacia tortilis	seeds		8.28	13.21		16.21	6.93	55.37			18000	42	206	101	23	31	843
Acacia tortilis	green pod	280	75	4.2	7.2	1.5	0.3	19	11.8	1.1		1.03	62.7	187	45	3.9	296	0.23	0.02
Acokanthera oppositifolia	fruit		89.03							3.58
Adansonia digitata	fruit	1229	8.7	2.7	8.9	5.8	0.2	82.6	73.7	20.9		11.2	76.2	335	167	2.65	2409
Adansonia digitata	kernel	1803	8.1	33.7	16.9	5.9	30.6	21.7	4.8			2.48	5.12	273	640	6.55	1275
Adansonia digitata	pulp	1214	16.0	2.2	6.8	4.3	0.8	76.7	69.9	270	70		118	284		7.4		0.37	0.06	2.1
Adansonia digitata	meal	1331	7.4	6.6	5.7	4.2	0.3	81.5	75.8				143	300		2.6		0.02	0.07	2.2
Adansonia digitata	leaves raw	289	77	3.8	2.8					50				400
Aerva lanata	leaves raw		85.85	2.59		3.46				10.84	1518
Aerva lanata	leaves	201	83.1	3.9	2.1	3.0	0.6	9.4	7.3				86	493
Amaranthus sp.	leaves raw		83.28	3.15	2.01	3.12	0.21	10.24	8.23	127.27	10667
Amaranthus sp.	leaves raw	176	84	4.6			0.2			64	5716		103	410
Amaranthus sp.	seeds dried	1490	12.7	14.0			6.0						455	490
Amaranthus sp.	leaves raw	151	86.9	3.5	1.3	2.6	0.5	6.5	5.2	80			67	267		3.9	411	0.08	0.16	1.4
Amaranthus caudatus	leaves raw		75.51	4.72	3.02	5.55	0.29	14.29	11.27	179.49	9031
Amaranthus cruentus	leaves raw		79.96	4.84	2.0	4.36						2.2	94.18	673	644	10.62	1204
Amaranthus dubius	leaves raw		80.74	3.83	3.33	3.45	0.2	11.79	8.46	137.88	10375
Amaranthus hybridus hybridus	leaves raw	336	72.7	6.3	2.8	5.2	0.5	15.3	12.5			6.54	116	553	329	10.9	1389
Amaranthus thunbergii	leaves raw	147	83.6	4.3	2.8	5.1	0.2	6.8	4.0			14.4	67.5	313	135	13.6	381
Antidesma venosum	fruit		83							3.08
Asystasia gangetica	leaves raw		88.04	2.96	1.3	2.95				6.05	4625	38.41	43.08	379	242	15.56	493
Azanza garckeana	fruit		18.0
Balanites aegyptiaca	fruit raw	511	64.0	2.2		1.9	tr.	31.9		14				47
Balanites aegyptiaca	fruit dried	1151	19.0	5.0	3.1	4.4	0.1	71.5	68.4	35	0		62	141		3.1		0.20	0.11	1.17
Balanites aegyptiaca	kernel dried	2289	5.0	23.0	5.4	3.2	43.5	25.3	19.9	0	0		508	172		7.0		1.60?	0.07	1.3
Balanites aegyptiaca	seeds	2140		27	1.0	3.7	34						720
Balanites aegyptiaca	fruit	1129		4.9	3.5								58
Balanites aegyptiaca	fruit	1357		4.1	6.6	3.9							80
Basella alba	leaves raw		90.2	1.85	1.5	1.4	0.33	6.22	4.73	227.45	1927
Basella alba	leaves raw	84	92.5	1.8	0.8	1.7	0.3	3.7	2.9	39			69	138
Basella alba	leaves raw	80	93.4	1.6	0.6					85	3500			105	1.6
Berchemia discolor	fruit									116
Berchemia discolor	fruit		38.65	0.99	30.43	3.08	2.8	59.26		2.85		300	2250	18.75	1250	175	7500				38.48
Borassus aethiopum	fruit raw	179	87.6	0.8			0.1			5			30
Boscia coriacea	fruit ripe	1994	7.46	16.63	31.92	4.82	1.93		44.7
Brassica carinata	leaves		86.1	3.5	1.6	3.4	0.8	4.3		197			77
Cajanus cajan	seed whole dried	1444	9.9	19.5	7.3	3.8	1.3	65.5	58.2	tr.	55		285	161				0.72	0.14	2.9
Cajanus cajan	seeds raw unripe		67.4	7.0	3.5	1.3	0.6	23.7?	20.2
Cajanus cajan	seeds dry ripe		10.1	19.2	8.1	3.8	1.5	65.4	57.3
Carissa edulis	fruit ripe, no seeds	77.2	3.4	2.0
Carissa edulis	fruit unripe with seeds	79.2	5.7	2.0
Citrullus lanatus	fruit raw	92	93.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	5.5	5.1	8	250		9	8		0.3		0.04	0.05	0.1
Citrullus lanatus	flesh	60	94.2	0.4	1.2	1.1	0.04	4.26	3.06	9.2		2.1	5.1	31.6	16	0.3	267
Citrullus lanatus	seed	1274	5.7	17.9	41.8	1.9	20.2	54.3	12.5			5.67	474	54	209	6.55	433
Citrullus lanatus	fruit		93.4	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.1	5.5	5.3
Cleome gynandra	leaves raw	181	85	5.1	1.3	3.6	0.6	5.7	4.4			33.6	12.0	262	86.8	18.8	410
Cleome gynandra	leaves raw	142	86.6	4.8	1.2	3.0	0.4	5.2		13			111	288		6.0
Cleome gynandra	leaves cooked	172	86.6	4.2	1.3	1.9	1.0	6.3					94	135		3.4
Commelina benghalensis	leaves raw		82.31	3.79		1.98						2.83	37.15	228	109	11.59	616.5
Commelina forskaolii	leaves dry			20.25	17.4	15.7	2.89	61.16	43.76
Commiphora sp. nr. campestris	fruit unripe		77.42	1.04		1.27
Corchorus olitorius	leaves raw	243	80.4	4.5	2.0	2.4	0.3	12.4	10.4	80	6410		122	360		7.2		0.15	0.53	1.2
Corchorus olitorius	leaves dried	1000	20.2	19.0		9.1	1.6	50.1		2.0			525	1540		8.0
Corchorus olitorius	leaves raw	180	86.1	5.6	1.7					55	7900			270		7.7
Corchorus trilocularis	leaves raw		86.91	3.36	1.43	1.83				7.55	3562
Cordia sinensis	fruit		12.06	25.89	26.38	5.32	5.01	68.98				2125	3500	1250	1250	275	125				28.41
Cordia sinensis	berry ripe	2015	8.79	16.59	6.81		5.25	27.11	44.24
Crotalaria brevidens	leaves raw		74.5	8.8	1.6	1.6								222		0.8
Crotalaria brevidens	leaves raw			4.55						122	5800			270		38
Crotalaria ochroleuca	leaves raw		74.5	8.8		1.6
Cucumis dipsaceus	leaves raw	146	89.9	1.0	tr.	0.8	0.7	7.6		21			25	14		1.0		0.03	0.05
Cyperus blysmoides	corm sheaths			12.44		12.81	3.14
Dactyloctenium aegyptium	whole seed	1440	11.4	15.7	2.8	2.9	1.9	68.1					460
Dialium orientale	fruit pulp		20.37	2.44		2.83
Dialium orientale	fruit pulp with membrane		20.44	2.16		3.42
Digera muricata var. patentipilosa	leaves raw		88.48	3.2	1.07	2.53				4.85	3800	65.32	73.73	316	190.4	14.9	597.8
Digera muricata ssp. trinervis	leaves raw		88.43	2.89	1.97	2.44	0.04	6.21	4.24	35.17	5719
Dioscorea bulbifera	tuber	326	79.4	1.4	1.2	1.0	0.2	18.0					58	40		2.0
Dioscorea bulbifera	tuber	469	71.0	1.5	0.9	0.9	0.1	26.6					29	69
Dioscorea dumetorum	tuber	519	67.3	3.2	0.8	1.1	0.1	28.3					45	52
Dioscorea minutiflora	tuber	494	64.0	3.0	10	1.5	0.1	27.0					41	69
Diospyros mespiliformis	fruit pulp raw	522.5	64.5	1.0						13			46
Dobera glabra	fruit green		11.04	22.63	19.1	20.66
Eleusine coracana	whole grain red	1373	11.3	7.5	3.4	3.3	1.4	76.5
Eleusine coracana	whole grain white	1444	10.5	9.9	2.7	3.1	4.5	72.0
Eleusine coracana	grain	1377	10.9	7.4	4.3		1.3	77.7			tr.		244	397		17.1		0.18	0.11	0.8
Ficus sycomorus	fruit	227	82.7	1.3	3.6	1.3	0.9	13.8	10.2			3.91	36.5	68.1	42.3	1.94	399
Flacourtia indica	fruit		72.3							0
Grewia bicolor	fruit dry (flesh + skin)	1302	13.2	10.3	13.5	5.9	0.1	70.5	57	9.3		12.4	181	268	317	5.92	1707
Grewia tenax	fruit		59.14	4.5	21.13	4.33	6.8	60.87		161.09	1400	350	2750	1875	1250	125	7500				2.93
Grewia villosa	fruit flesh	443	70	3.3	1.9	2	0.2	24.5	22.6			3.8	41		34.6	1.9	672
Grewia villosa	berries green		84.2	1.6	5.9	1.5	0.1		6.7
Hyphaene compressa	fruit		6.45	1.24	14.95j	8.24	2.74	67.36				3100	3000	1250	2500	275	16250				0
Hyphaene compressa	fruit (mesocarp)		10.73	1.95	15.09	7.5
Hyphaene coriacea	pulp ripe		11.72	4.66	28.86	4.55	3.91		58.02
Ipomoea aquatica	leaves raw		87.95	3.15	1.13	1.3					3063
Ipomoea aquatica	leaves raw		83.54	3.42	2.25	1.81						121.74	61.85	261.5	73.3	11.7	545.7
Ipomoea aquatica	leaves raw	184	85.0	3.3	1.9	2.0	0.4	9.3	7.4				42	180		5.4
Ipomoea aquatica	leaves raw	126	90.0	2.7	1.1					45	2900			60		2.5
Ipomoea longituba	tuber		85.72	4.02	1.61	1.6	0.1