Assessment of Edible Woody Plants’ Diversity, Their Threats, and Local People’s Perception in Borecha Woreda of Buno Bedele Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia

Table 3

Identified edible woody plants.

Scientific name	Family name	Frequency (species/family)	Percentage (%)
Rhus glutinosa A. Rich	Anacardiaceae	2	4.7
Mangifera indica L.
Annona senegalensis Pers	Annonaceae	1	2.3
Carissa spinarum L.	Apocynaceae	1	2.3
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott	Araceae	1	2.3
Cordia africana L.	Boraginaceae	1	2.3
Carica papaya L.	Caricaceae	1	2.3
Maytenus addat + (Loes)Sebsebe	Celastraceae	1	2.3
Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.) Cogn	Cucurbitaceae	2	4.7
Cucurbita pepo L.
Dioscorea abyssinica Hochst	Dioscoreaceae	2	4.7
Dioscorea schimperiana Kunth
Manihot esculenta Crantz	Euphorbiaceae	1	2.3
Flacourtia indica (Burm.f.) Merr	Flacourtiaceae	1	2.3
Persea americana Mill	Lauraceae	1	2.3
Ficus sur Forssk	Moraceae	2	4.7
Ficus vasta Forssk
Ensete ventricosum Welw	Musaceae	2	4.7
Musa × paradisiaca L.
Embelia schimperi Vatke	Myrsinaceae	1	2.3
Psidium guajava L.	Myrtaceae	3	7
Syzygium guineense (Willd.) subsp.guineense
Syzygium guineense (Willd.) subsp. afromontanum
Ximenia americana L.	Olacaceae	1	2.3
Saccharum officinarum L.	Poaceae	1	2.3
Prunus persica L.	Rosaceae	6	14
Rubus steudneri Schweinf
Malus sylvestris Miller
Rosa abyssinica R.Br. ex Lindley
Rubus apetalus Poir
Rubus steudneri Schweinf
Galiniera saxifraga	Rubiaceae	3	7
Rytigynia neglecta (Hiern) Robyns
Vangueria apiculata K. Schum
Citrus aurantium L.	Rutaceae	6	14
Casimiroa edulis La Llave
Citrus aurantifolia (Christm) Swingle
Citrus medica L.
Citrus reticulata Blanco
Citrus sinensis (L.) Obs
Mimusops kummel A	Sapotaceae	1	2.3
Kirkia burgeri Stannard	Simaroubaceae	1	2.3
Physalis peruviana L.	Solanaceae	1	2.3
Total	24	43	100