Research Article

The Status of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Medicinal Plants and the Impacts of Resettlement in Delanta, Northwestern Wello, Northern Ethiopia

Table 13

Variation of LK on some TMP names.

NumberScientific name
Different local names among three groups of informants
Key informants Permanent residentsReturnees

1Aeonium leucoblepharumGimdoYetota-Kita
2Asparagus africanusYeset-kestKestenchaBetin
3Carduus schimperiDendero Yemidir KosheleYedega Koshele
4Carthamus lanatusYesetafKoshele
5Ceratostigma abyssinicumKey-telenjiKey-telenji
6Chenopodium schraderianumSininSinign
7Cistanche tubulosaDechmerchYesatmedanit
8Croton macrostachyusBisanaBisana/MekenisaMekenisa
9Cyathula uncinulataKunoKugno
10Cynoglossum coeruleumYemogn-fikirHulu-zemedeChigogot
11Cyphostemma adenocaulaMilas-golgulAserkushHareg
12Datura stramoniumAstenagrBanjie
13Dyschoriste radicansYesheftmedanitYesheftmedanit
14Ekebergia capensis
15Euphorbia polyacanthaSete-qulqualYeberha-qulqualQulqual
16Justicia schimperianaSimiza/SenselSenselSensel
17Kalanchoe petitianaEndehullaEndehulla/Fitfita
18Laggera tomentosaKeskessieAlashumeAlashume
19Launaea intybacea DemastefiYewushamilasYewushamilas
20Lippia adoensisKessieAyib-kessie
21Myrsine africanaKechemo Kerchemo
22Nicotiana rustica Yabesh-TinbahoTinbaho/AtiyaTinbaho
23Orobanche ramosaYesatmedanit
24Plectranthus cylindraceusYewerezamedanit
25Polygala abyssinica Etse-libonaYebabmedanit/Kibegolgu
26Pulicaria schimperi
27Ricinus communis GulloAgulloAgullo
28Rumex abyssinicus MekmekoEmbari-kolla Embari-kolla
29Solanum incanum YediEmbuayEmbuay
30Solanum nigrum Tikur-awutTikur-awutAwut
31Stephania abyssinicaEtse-eyesusYeayit-hareg Hareg
32Pteris pteridioides Etse-anbessa Ems-anketkit
33Verbscum sinaiticum Etse-debtera KetetinaKetetina
34Vernonia schimperi Yemichmedanit
35Zehneria scabra Etse-sabekAregresaHareg