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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Identified Species
Adansonia digitata
Amaranthus sp.
Becium grandiflorum
Berchemia discolor
Brassica carinata
Buddleja polystachya
Cadaba farinosa
Capparis decidua
Carissa edulis
Celosia trigyna
Cordia africana
Cordia monoica
Cordia sinensis
Dobera glabra variety
Dovyalis abyssinica
Embelia schimperi
Euclea schimperi
Ficus sp.(Tolussa)
Ficus sp.(Warka)
Ficus sp. (sur,sycomorus)
Ficus vasta
Flueggea virosa
Grewia bicolor
Grewia tenax
Grewia velutina
Grewia vilossa
Psydrax schimperiana
Lantana camara
Manilkara butugi
Moringa stenopetala
Oncoba spinosa
Rhus natalensis
Rosa abyssinica
Schinus molle
Strychnos innocula
Tamarindus indica
Uvaria angolensis
Vangueria madagascariensis
Vatovaea pseudolablab
Vitex doniana
Ximenia americana
Ximenia caffra
Ziziphus mauritiana
Ziziphus mucronata
Ziziphus spina-christi

Non-Identified Species
Abena
Abna
Ade
Agorro bayta
Atitmiso
Beles adgi
Duldoa
Kutatta
Gurutchna
Kararu
Ladia
Mata
Qaaqula
Selchin
Timpliqsha