Parinari curatellifolia fruit was collected fromMahusekwa, a
rural area which is about 50 km South East of Harare in
Zimbabwe. Both unripe and ripe fruit were collected in separate
polythene bags for convenience of processing, transported
to the laboratory and frozen stored at −20 °C. Unripe and ripe
fruit of Parinari curatellifolia are illustrated in Figs. 1 (a) and
(b) below: