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The majority of wild-food species encountered during the field study in southern Ethiopia could be classified into this category. For all the species classified in this category people's consumption behaviour is the same, that is, only the fruits or the berries are eaten or considered edible. Children consume the fruits in normal times, but when food is short adults as an additional consumer category will collect and consume fruits from wild trees and bushes. From an approximate total of 120 identified and listed wild-food species, fruits are exclusively consumed from about half of them, which are mostly tree and bush species such as a variety of identified Ficus and Grewia species.
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