Table 4. Multi-nutrient species to address traditional malnutrition.
| Name | Form | Thermal Climate | Moisture | Part | Fe | Zn | A | Folate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cnidoscolus aconitifolius | Woody | Tropical | Humid, semi-arid, arid | Leaf | XH | XH | ||
| Malva sylvestris | Perennial herb | Temperate, boreal/arctic | Humid | Leaf | XH | XH | ||
| Manihot esculenta | Woody | Tropical | Humid, semi-arid | Leaf | XH | XH | VH | |
| Momordica cochinchinensis | Perennial vine | Tropical | Humid | Leaf, unripe fruit, fruit | VH | VH | VH | H |
| Monochoria vaginalis | Perennial herb | Tropical | Aquatic | Leaf | VH | VH | VH | |
| Moringa oleifera | Woody | Tropical | Humid, semi-arid | Leaf, unripe fruit, flowerbud | XH | VH | VH | |
| Morus alba | Woody | Tropical, temperate | Humid, semi-arid | Leaf | XH | XH | VH | |
| Persicaria barbata | Perennial herb | Tropical | Humid | Leaf | XH | VH | VH | |
| Pterocarpus mildbraedii | Woody | Tropical | Humid | Leaf | XH | XH | ||
| Salix reticulata | Woody | Boreal/arctic | Humid | Leaf | XH | XH | ||
| Senna obtusifolia | Woody | Tropical | Humid | Leaf* | XH | XH | ||
| Senna sophera | Woody | Tropical | Humid | Leaf | VH | VH | VH | H |
| Solanum aethiopicum | Perennial herb | Tropical* | Humid, semi-arid | Leaf | XH | VH | VH | |
| Toona sinensis | Woody | Tropical, temperate | Humid, semi-arid | Leaf | XH | XH | XH | |
| Ulmus pumila | Woody | Temperate, boreal/arctic | Humid, semi-arid, arid | Fruit | XH | XH | ||
| Vitis vinifera | Perennial vine | Tropical, temperate, boreal/arctic | Humid, semi-arid | Leaf | VH | VH | VH |
“Tropical” indicates lowland tropics, highland tropics, and/or subtropics. “Temperate” indicates warm temperate and/or cold temperate. “Boreal/arctic” indicates boreal and/or arctic. “XH” indicates extremely high levels, over twice the highest level found in the reference crops. “VH” indicates very high levels between the highest level of reference crops and double the level of reference crops. “H” indicates high levels, in the highest tertile of the reference crops.
* Cultivated for its young leaves as a vegetable in four African countries, but mature leaves are a powerful laxative [36].