Physiochemical and nutritional characterization of Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr. (Verbenaceae): An indigenous fruit tree of Eastern Africa
James Munga Kimondo1*, Jacob Godfrey Agea2, Clement Akais Okia2,
Refaat Atalla Ahmed Abohassan3, Elizabeth T. N. Nghitoolwa Ndeunyema4,
Dino Andrew Woiso5, Zewge Teklehaimanot6 and Jackson Mulatya1
1Kenya Forestry Research Institute, P. O. Box 20412-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
2Department of Community Forestry and Extension, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala Uganda.
3Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box 80208 Jeddah, 21589 Saudi Arabia.
4Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, The University of Namibia - Ogongo Campus, Private Bag 5520, Oshakati, Namibia.
5Department of Biological Science, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P. O. Box 3038, Morogoro, Tanzania.
6University of Bangor, Bangor Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK.
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