A survey was conducted in Maswa District, Tanzania, in 1995, to collect information on the production and uses of miombo fruit trees. The following indigenous trees were mentioned by at least 10% of the respondents: Adansonia digitata, Azanza garckeana, Canthium burttii, Diospyros fischeri, Ficus natalensis, Grewia fallax, Tamarindus indica, Vitex mombassae, Vitex payos and Ximenia caffra. The Kiswahili and Sukuma names, and the various flower, fruit, leaf, bark, root, stem and branch uses were recorded. Recommendations for a domestication programme of indigenous fruit tree species are provided.
Publication year
1997
Authors
Buwalda, A.O.; Otsyina, R.M.; Filson, G.; Machado, V.S.
Language
English
Keywords
farmers, fruit trees, indigenous forests, indigenous knowledge, plant domestication, woodlands
Geographic
Kenya
