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Table 3. — Mineral composition of H aivaiian fruits. 0 Edible portion. 



Wsmc <3 ncl variety ot iruit 



Total 

 Ash 



Calcium 



Phos- 

 phorus 



f P\ 



\K) 



Iron 

 t.re; 





Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Avocado, Hulumanu 



0.79 



0.008 



0.034 



0.00057 



Nabal 



.93 



.011 



.042 



.00037 



Banana, Bluefields 



.80 



.004 



.023 



.00027 



Brazilian 



.76 



.007 



.030 



.00028 



Largo 



.77 



.010 



.035 



.00135 



Breadfruit, Hawaiian 



1.21 



.021 



.048 



.00026 



Carambola (juice only) 



0.28 



.001 



.012 



.00007 



Coconut (water from nuts with no meat) 



.49 



.026 



.007 



.00007 



(water from nuts with soft spoon meat) 



.41 



.017 



.013 



.00007 



Fig, Brown Turkey (whole) 



.41 



.028 



.021 



.00016 



( peeled ) 



.33 



.024 



.022 



.00015 



Grape, Isabella (seeds removed) 



.38 



.012 



.023 



.00033 



(seeds and skins removed) 



.21 



.008 



.016 



.00023 



Guava, Common (whole) 



.50 



.010 



.022 



.00146 



(seeds removed) 



.48 



.015 



.016 



.00030 



("juice," watery extract) 



.34 



.006 



.006 



.00012 



Guava, Strawberry (whole) 



.61 



.034 



.020 



.00028 



Litchi, Hei Yeh 



.30 



.003 



.032 



.00021 



Kwai Mi 



.37 



.004 



.035 



.00037 



Mango, Pirie 



.37 



.006 



.015 



.00016 



Victoria 



.33 



.005 



.016 



.00026 



Mountain Apple 



.26 



.007 



.013 



.00038 



Orange, Hawaiian (with membrane) 



.41 



.040 



.024 



.00020 



(without membrane) 



.33 



.023 



.020 



.00020 



(juice) 



.35 



.013 



.020 



.00018 



Papaya 



.51 



.019 



.013 



.00025 



Passion-fruit, Purple (juice only) 



.48 



.005 



.018 



.00034 



Pineapple, Smooth Cayenne 



.28 



.018 



.012 



.00025 



(juice) 



.27 



.016 



.011 



.00011 



Poha 



.87 



.008 



.059 



.00093 



Soursop 



.58 



.009 



.030 



.00038 



Strawberry 



.43 



.021 



.030 



.00254 



Surinam-cherry 



.56 



.015 



.020 



.00033 



Tamarind 



2.57 



.113 



.096 



.00060 



Watermelon, Chilean black seeded 



0.37 



.006 



.017 



.00017 



For methods of analysis, see page 107. 



