EDIBLE PLANTS OF MARA REGION, TANZANIA

Fifty-three cultivated food plants and 38 species of edible wild fruit s and leafy vegetables were identified during the course of ethnobotan ical interviews with 51 informants of Musoma and Tarime Districts, Mar a Region, Tanzania, and an accompanying dietary survey of Tarime Distr ict. An additional 35 potentially edible species of fruits, leafy vege tables and underground plant portions were identified by searching the East Africa Herbarium, Nairobi, for specimens from Mara Region of spe cies known to be used as food in neighbouring areas of East Africa.