Table 2.
Energy concentration (kcal/gDM) in 13 fruits from Sebitoli and intersite variations across Uganda.
| Species | Part | Kibale National Park | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBL 1 | KNP 2 | KWRA.1 3 | KWRA.2 4 | KWRA.3 5 | NGO 6 | Bulindi 7 | |||
| N | X (SD) | ||||||||
| Aphania senegalensis | RF | 3 | 4.23 (0.07) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cordia abyssinica | RF | 2 | 4.42 (0.55) | - | - | - | 3.28 | - | - |
| Ficus sansibarica | RF | 3 | 4.75 (0.68) | 4.64 | 2.20 | 3.05 | 3.28 | 2.96 | 3.36 |
| Ficus saussureana | RF | 5 | 4.60 (0.38) | 4.47 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ficus exasperata | RF | 2 | 4.23 (0.16) | 5.03 | - | 2.90 | - | - | 3.45 |
| URF | 1 | 5.10 (-) | - | 1.90 | 2.99 | - | - | - | |
| Ficus mucoso | RF | 2 | 4.53 (0.08) | - | 2.40 | - | - | 2.83 | 3.56 |
| Ficus natalensis | RF | 6 | 4.49 (0.05) | 4.37 | 1.30 | - | 2.93 | - | 3.23 |
| URF | - | 4.49 * | - | - | - | 2.56 | - | - | |
| Ficus sur | RF | 24 | 4.53 (0.69) | 4.53 | - | 2.55 | 3.13 | 2.60 | 3.41 |
| URF | 5 | 4.41 (0.38) | - | - | - | 2.80 | - | - | |
| Mimusops bagshawei | RF | - | 4.50 * | - | - | 2.93 | 3.03 | 2.89 | - |
| URF | 2 | 4.50 (0.09) | - | - | - | 2.78 | - | - | |
N: number of samples; X: mean energy gain in kcal/g of dry matter (DM); SD: standard deviation. Values for the different sites are from: 1 this study, 2 [84], 3 [85], 4 [86], 5 [87], 6 [88], and 7 [31]. SBL: Sebitoli; KNP: Kibale National Park (no site specified); KWRA: Kanyawara; NGO: Ngogo, all sites are located in Uganda; RF: ripe fruit; URF: unripe fruit; * missing values in our study (we took RF and URF values instead).