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gional informaton on the nutritional composition of foods by Raymond (1941),<br />

provides background to important work completed on ethnic studies and the<br />

role of wild plants in maintaining quality nutrition.<br />

Glegg (1945), writing on the Sukuma, identified forty-six species<br />

with important dietary use (Table 19), yet Abrahams (1967, p. 33) made only<br />

brief comment that Sukuma females gather mushrooms and leaves from numerous<br />

wild plants. -ukui (1969), working. with the agro-pastoral Iraqw, identified<br />

five wild plants with important dietary roles, specifically Acalypha grantii,<br />

Coieus oguatics, Erucastrum arabicum, Ranunculus multifidus, and Solanum<br />

nigrum. Fleuret (1979a; 1979b), reporting on edible wild plants in Shamba<br />

diet in the vicinity of Lushoto, noted extensive, important roles for wild<br />

plants providing for high intakes of plant protein, carotene, calcium, and<br />

iron. Of equal important was her finding that Shamba women were able to<br />

sell wild plants, thus providing cash income to the sophisticated, energetic<br />

gatherer (Table 20).<br />

Wilson (1978), working on wild kenaf species (Hibiscus spp.) as commonly<br />

encountered in Kenya and Tanzania, documented dietery use of Hibiscus sabdariffa<br />

leaves and flowers.<br />

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