Chimpanzees Foods

Chimpanzees are frugivorous in general and chimpanzees in Kalinzu spend much time feeding on fruit of Musanga and figs. These fruit are available all the year around.

In a rainy season, there are many kind of fruit in the forest. Fruits of Uvariopsys and Drypetes are favorite of chimpanzees.

A chimpanzee eating Musanga fruit

Fruit of Musanga leo-errerae

Musanga spp. are pioneer species and common in secondary forest in Africa.

They fruit all the year around. Musanga fruit is one of main food for chimpanzees in Kalinzu it plays an important role of their subsistence.

Figs

Figs are also chimpanzee's favorite food. There are more than 10 species of Ficus spp. and there are many big Ficus trees, more than 30m tall, in the Kalinzu Forest.

Figs are also available all the year around.

Fruit of other species

Most fruit except Musanga fruit and figs fruit only in a rainy season.

There are many Uvariopsys trees and Drypetes trees in Mixed mature forest and many chimpanzees gathers there in fruiting season.