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Wild Fruits: Composition, Nutritional Value and Products

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Editors:
  1. Abdalbasit Adam Mariod

    1. Ghibaish College of Science & Technology, Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage Center, Ghibaish, Sudan

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  • Extensively covers wild fruits from their growth and chemical makeup to their harvest, distribution, health effects and beyond

  • Focuses on wild fruits' effects on the quality of life, food security, economics and health of native populations worldwide

  • Outlines the phytochemical constituents, bioactive compounds, traditional and medicinal uses and chemical composition of over 50 indigenous wild fruits

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Table of contents (42 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Role of Wild Fruits in Mitigating Hunger

    • Izzeldien Abdelhamid Al Faki Adam
    Pages 1-15

  3. Wild Fruits and Sustainable Rural Development

    • Eatimad Babikir, Ahmed Abdel Aziz Ahmed
    Pages 17-36

  4. Wild Fruits and Its Implications on Food Security and Poverty Alleviation in Sudan

    • Abdalbasit Adam Mariod
    Pages 37-41

  5. Prospects for Utilization of Wild Fruits

    • Abdalbasit Adam Mariod
    Pages 43-47

  6. Economic of Wild Fruits and It Is Contribution to Rural People

    • Elsedig Elbadawi Ahmed Awad, Abdalbasit Adam Mariod
    Pages 49-57

  7. Domestication of Indigenous Fruit Trees

    • Abdel Moneim Elhadi Sulieman, Abdalbasit Adam Mariod
    Pages 59-81

  8. Contribution of Wild Edible Fruits to Rural Peoples Income

    • Rania Mustafa Abdalrhman Ahmed
    Pages 83-90

  9. The Impact of Wild Fruits to a Better Life Worldwide

    • Suzy Munir Salama
    Pages 91-105

  10. The Utilization of Multi-Purpose Wild fruits in Central Sudan, because gum belt is Part of Central Sudan

    • Hagir Mahagoub Elnasri
    Pages 107-124

  11. Wild Fruits: Medicinal Use and Health Benefits

    • Abdalbasit Adam Mariod
    Pages 125-131

  12. Adansonia digitata: Phytochemical Constituents, Bioactive Compounds, Traditional and Medicinal Uses

    • Muneer E. S. Eltahir, Mohamed E. O. Elsayed
    Pages 133-142

  13. Annona squamosa: Phytochemical Constituents, Bioactive Compounds, Traditional and Medicinal Uses

    • Rasheeda Hamid Abdalla Ahmed, Abdalbasit Adam Mariod
    Pages 143-155

  14. Vangueria madagascariensis: Phytochemical Constituents, Bioactive Compounds, Traditional and Medicinal Uses

    • Sara Elkheir Mustafa, Rafiah Awad Mohamed, Abdalbasit Adam Mariod
    Pages 157-164

  15. Grewia tenax (Guddaim): Phytochemical Constituents, Bioactive Compounds, Traditional and Medicinal Uses

    • Abdel Moneim Elhadi Sulieman, Abdalbasit Adam Mariod
    Pages 165-173

  16. Ziziphus spina-christi: Analysis of Bioactivities and Chemical Composition

    • Ahmed S. Hussein
    Pages 175-197

  17. Balanites aegyptiaca: Phytochemical Constituents, Bioactive Compounds, Traditional and Medicinal Uses

    • Essa E. M. Ahmad, Abdalbasit Adam Mariod
    Pages 199-205

  18. Detarium microcarpum: Chemical Composition, Bioactivities and Uses

    • Abdalbasit Adam Mariod, Haroon Elrasheid Tahir, Mahunu Gustav Komla
    Pages 207-217

  19. Sclerocarya birrea Chemical Composition, Bioactivities and Uses

    • Abdalbasit Adam Mariod, Haroon Elrasheid Tahir, Mahunu Gustav Komla
    Pages 219-228

  20. Tamarindus indica: Phytochemical Constituents, Bioactive Compounds and Traditional and Medicinal Uses

    • Ghada Hashim Abdelrahman, Abdalbasit Adam Mariod
    Pages 229-238
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About this book

Wild fruits play an important role in mitigating hunger in the developing world. As a sustainable and natural food source in rural areas, these fruits have a strong effect on regional food security and poverty alleviation. This makes the utilization of wild foods incredibly important for native populations both in terms of food security and economics. There are many traditional methods for wild fruit harvesting, indigenous tree and plant domestication and cultivation passed down through generations that are sustainable and economically viable, ultimately contributing to a better quality of life for large sections of the developing world. 

To date there has not been a reference work focusing on the full scope of wild fruits from their growth and chemical makeup to their harvest, distribution, health effects and beyond. Wild Fruits: Composition, Nutritional Value and Products adequately fills this gap, expansively covering the utilization of multi-purpose wild fruits in regions worldwide. Effects on quality of life, food security, economics and health are extensively covered. Over 31 wild fruit species are examined, with individual chapters focusing on each species' phytochemical constituents, bioactive compounds, traditional and medicinal uses and chemical composition. Harvest, post-harvest and consumption methods are covered for each, as are their overall effect on the food security and economics of their native regions. 


This book is essential for researchers in search of a comprehensive singular source for the chemical makeups and cultivation of indigenous wild fruits and their many benefits to their native regions. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ghibaish College of Science & Technology, Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage Center, Ghibaish, Sudan

    Abdalbasit Adam Mariod

About the editor

Abdalbasit Adam Mariod (Ed.) is a Professor in the Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage Center at Ghibaish College of Science & Technology in Ghibaish, Sudan



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Wild Fruits: Composition, Nutritional Value and Products

  • Editors: Abdalbasit Adam Mariod

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31885-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31884-0Published: 19 December 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31887-1Published: 19 January 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-31885-7Published: 14 December 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 577

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 110 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Food Science, Organic Chemistry

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