e contents in the leafy vegetables of parsley, Jews mallow, spinach, arugula and cabbage were significantly (p < 0.05) higher as compared to those in the other vegetables, whereas, in the fruit such as tomatoes and cucumber were found to be significantly higher (p < 0.05) although they have lower Fe content. However, there was no significant variation (p > 0.05) in the Fe level in the stem vegetables (range: 31.96–66.9 and 49.7–70.2 μg/g) for onion and potatoes respectively ( Table 1, Table 2, Table 3 and Table 4). On the other hand, there were significant variation (p < 0.05) between Fe content in collected vegetables from middle district and other districts.