Table 4 Prioritization of wild edible plants through multiple criteria.

Carissa spinarum

Gonorrhea¹⁰⁵

Energy¹²⁷

Ca, Fe, Zn¹²⁷

^90,97

Medicine, construction, furniture, agricultural tools fuel wood, fodder, fence^105,128

Cordia africana

Diarrhea¹⁰⁵

Carbohydrate, crude ash, energy¹²⁹

Ca, K, Fe¹²⁹

⁹⁷

Medicine, construction, furniture, agricultural tools fuel wood, fodder, fence^105,130,131

Ficus sur Forssk

Toothache¹³²

Carbohydrate, energy, ash¹³³

Fe, Zn, K, Ca¹³³

⁹⁰

Medicinal, wild edible, fodder, fuel wood¹³⁴

Balanites aegyptiaca

Abdominal pain and Snake bite¹⁰⁵

Ash, crude protein, crude fiber, carbohydrate¹³⁵

Ca, Fe, Mg¹³⁵

⁹⁷

Medicine, construction, furniture, agricultural tools fuel wood, fodder, fence^105,136

Ximenia americana

Abdominal pain^105,137,138

Crude fat, crude protein, fiber¹³⁹

Ca, Mg¹³⁹

^90,97,112

Medicine, construction, furniture, agricultural tools fuel wood, fodder, fence¹⁰⁵

Tamarindus indica

Diarrhea^105,140

Ash, crude lipid, crude protein¹⁴¹

K, Mg, Fe¹⁴¹

^90,97,112

Medicine, construction, furniture, agricultural tools fuel wood, fodder, fence¹⁰⁵

Ficus sycomorus

Hepatitis¹⁰⁵

Carbohydrate, energy¹⁴²

Zn, Fe¹⁴²

¹¹²

Medicine, construction, furniture, agricultural tools fuel wood, fodder, fence¹⁰⁵

Ziziphus spina-christi

Dandruff¹⁰⁵

Ash, carbohydrate, energy¹⁴³

Ca, Fe, K, P¹⁴³

^90,97,112

Medicine, construction, furniture, agricultural tools fuel wood, fodder, fence^105,144

Syzygium guineense

Diarrhea¹³²

Carbohydrate, energy¹⁴²

Zn, Fe¹⁴²

^90,97,110

Medicine, construction, furniture, agricultural tools fuel wood, fodder, fence¹⁰⁵