Research Article

Woody Species Diversity in Traditional Agroforestry Practices of Dellomenna District, Southeastern Ethiopia: Implication for Maintaining Native Woody Species

Table 6

List of woody species in the overall traditional agroforestry practices in Dellomenna District, Southeastern Ethiopia.

NumberLocal nameScientific nameFamilyOrigin (E/I)

1WangaAcacia oerfota (A. nubica)FabaceaeIndigenous
2KarxafaAcacia senegalCelastraceaeIndigenous
3KarchofeAlbizia gummifera (J.F.Gmel.) C.A. SmithMimosaceaeIndigenous
4SararaAllophylus abyssinicus (Hochst.) Radlk.SapindaceaeIndigenous
5GishtaAnnona reticulata L.AnnonaceaeIndigenous
6CheekataCalpurnia aurea (Lam.) Benth.FabaceaeIndigenous
7HagamssaCarissa edulis (Forssk.) VahlApocynaceaeIndigenous
8KasmiraCasimiroa edulis La Llave & Lex.RutaceaeIndigenous
9JimaaCatha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl.CelastraceaeIndigenous
10MeteqammaCeltis africanaUlmaceaeIndigenous
11LomiiCitrus aurantifolia (Christm.) SwingleRutaceaeIndigenous
12BurtukanaCitrus sinensis (L.) OsbeckRutaceaeIndigenous
13DhandhaasaCombretum ghasalense Engl. & DielsCombretaceaeIndigenous
14WaddessaCordia africana Lam.BoraginaceaeIndigenous
15BakanisaCroton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Del.EuphorbiaceaeIndigenous
16LookooDiospyros abyssinica (Hiern) WhiteEbenaceaeIndigenous
17KolatiDiospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.EbenaceaeIndigenous
18RuukeessaDracaena afromontana Mildbr.AgavaceaeIndigenous
19WaleensuErythrina brucei Schweinf.PapilionoideaeIndigenous
20UlaagaaEhretia cymosa Thonn.BoraginaceaeIndigenous
21KontirEntada abyssinica Steudel ex A. Rich.MimosoideaeIndigenous
22Nech bahirzafEucalyptus globulus Labill.MyrtaceaeExotic
23MiheesaEuclea schimperiEbenaceaeIndigenous
24QiltuFicus vasta Forssk.MoraceaeIndigenous
25MuluqaaFilicium decipiensSapindaceaeIndigenous
26AkukkuuFlacourtia indica (Eleusinej)FlacourtiaceaeIndigenous
27GrevilleaGrevillea robustaProteaceaeExotic
28HonchoJuniperus procera (Hochst. ex. Endl.)CupressaceaeIndigenous
29AndarkuLannea schimperiAnacardiaceaeIndigenous
30LucinaaLeucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de WitMimosoideaeExotic
31MangoMangifera indica L.AnacardiaceaeExotic
32KombolchaMaytenus arbutifoliaCelastraceaeIndigenous
33Kinin zafMelia azedarach L.MeliaceaeExotic
34QolatiMimusops kummelSapotaceaeIndigenous
35OnomaaOlea capensisOleaceaeIndigenous
36GagamaOlea capensis subsp. macrocarpaOleaceaeIndigenous
37EjerssaaOlea europaea subsp. cuspidataOleaceaeIndigenous
38WaatooOsyris compressa DecnSantalaceaeIndigenous
39AvocadoPersea americana Mill.LauraceaeExotic
40LilluuPiliostigma thonningii (Schum.)CaesalpiniaceaeIndigenous
41BirbirsaPodocarpus falcatus (Thunb.)PodocarpaceaeIndigenous
42ZeytunaPsidium guajava L.MyrtaceaeExotic
43DabaqaaRhus natalensisAnacardiaceaeIndigenous
44KobooRicinus communis L.EuphorbiaceaeIndigenous
45QondabarbereSchinus molle L.AnacardiaceaeExotic
46HoroqaSpathodea campanulata (S.nilotica)BignoniaceaeIndigenous
47BadeesaSyzygium guineense (Willd.) DCMyrtaceaeIndigenous
48HadheessaTeclea nobilis Del.RutaceaeIndigenous
49Tala’aaTrema orientalis (L.) BlumeUlmaceaeIndigenous
50GurbiiTriumfetta pentandra A. RichTiliaceaeIndigenous
51EbichaVernonia amygdalina Del.AsteraceaeIndigenous
52RejiiVernonia auriulifera HiernAsteraceaeIndigenous
53ArabeeVerprise dainelliRutaceaeIndigenous
54Bifti/kanafaWarburgia ugandensisCanellaceaeIndigenous
55KankuraZiziphus spp.RhamnaceaeIndigenous

E: exotic; I: indigenous.