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| Family | Scientific names | Local name | Habit | Part used | Preparation and mode of consumption | Habitat | Co. No |
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| Acanthaceae | Acanthus sennii Chiove | Koshosha (SH) | H | Flower nectar | Juice of flower nectars is sipped by lip | WL, FL | TB 069 |
| Justica ladanoides Lam. | Kakim (GU) | H | Leaves | Flesh leaves are boiled and eaten | RV EL | TB 046 |
| Justicia schimperiana Hochst. ex Nees | Dumuga (SH) | S | Flower nectar | Juice of nectars is sipped by lip | FE | TB 014 |
| Amaranthaceae | Amaranthus caudata L. | Darka (GU) | H | Leaves & young shoot | Young leaves and shoots of plants are eaten after being cooked with Phaseolus vulgaris L. | HG, RS | TB 034 |
| Amaranthus cruentus Thell | Lama (SH) | H | Leaves & seed | Leaves are eaten cooked and the seed is grinded and eaten when it is changed to porridge | HG, WL | TB 063 |
| Amaranthus hybridus L. | Dahka (GU) | H | Leaves | Leaves are eaten boiled | HG, RS | TB 031 |
| Anacardiaceae | Rhus retinorrhoea Oliv. | Kefijanga (SH) | T | Fruit | Fruit is eaten raw | WL | TB 009 |
| Rhus vulgaris Meikle | Bakitela (SH) | S | Fruit | Fruit is eaten raw | RV, WL | TB 015 |
| Rhus ruspolii Engle. | Qamo (SH) | T | Fruit | Fruit is soaked with straw until it is ripe and eaten raw | WL | TB 002 |
| Annonaceae | Annona cherimola Mill | Gishita (SH) | T | Fruit | Fruit is eaten raw | WL, FE | TB 060 |
| Annona senegalensis Pers. | Bambuta (SH) | T | Fruit | Fruit is eaten raw | WL | TB 043 |
| Apocynaceae | Carissa spinarum (Forssk) Vahil. | Soha (GU) | S | Fruit | Fruit is eaten raw and as juice | WL, RV | TB 068 |
| Saba comorensis (Boji.) Pichen | Fuya (SH) | C | Fruit | Fruit is eaten raw | RV | TB 050 |
| Apiaceae | Anethum graveolens (Mill) | Lubicha (GU) | H | Leaves | Leaves are eaten raw or after being cooked with Cucurbita pepo | RS, RV | TB 045 |
| Foeniculum vulgare (Mill) | Qushuwa (SH) | H | Leaves | Leaves are squeezed with Allium sativum L. and used as condiment | HG | TB 037 |
| Asteraceae | Vernonia amygdalina Del | Banjaga (GU) | H | Leaves | Leaves are eaten either raw or cooked | WL DR | TB 070 |
| Bidens pilosa L. | Tsetsega (SH) | H | Leaves | Leaves are eaten after being boiled | RS | TB 057 |
| Araceae | Colocosa esculanta (Hochst) | Kompha (SH) | H | Tubers | The tuber is cut off, dried for one day, and eaten after being properly boiled | RV, HG | TB 004 |
| Arecaceae | Borassus aethiopum Mart. | Goha (SH) | T | Fruit &young seedling | Germinating parts are eaten after being boiled and the fruit is eaten raw after soaking with straw for a month | WL | TB 038 |
| Phoenix reclinata Jacq | Wola (SH) | S | Fruit and stem | External surface of the young stem is removed by sharp materials and boiled for two days until toxic substances are removed and then after staying for 30 minutes before eating. Fruit is eaten raw or after soaking with straw until it is ripened | FM, WL | TB 003 |
| Balanitaceae | Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del. | Qota (SH) | T | Fruit | Fleshy exocarp of the fruit is removed first and then the stony mesocarp is broken and the endocarp fruit is roasted and is eaten after getting immersed with alcohol for sexual excitement and to neutralize the alcoholic effects | WL | TB 071 |
| Boraginaceae | Cordia africana Lam. | Banja (SH) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL, FM | TB 051 |
| Celastraceae | Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Excell. | Tisha (GU) | S | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL | TB 012 |
| Salacia congolensis (Wild.) | Tsera (SH) | S | Stem bark | The internal part of stem bark is removed carefully ground and the extracted juice is used as sauce | WL | TB 036 |
| Commelinaceae | Commelina africana L. | Echaya (GU) | T | leaves | Leaves are eaten after cooking | WL | TB 047 |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucurbita pepo L. | Maximara (SH) | C | Leaves | Young leaves are eaten after cooking | HG | TB 053 |
| Gladiolus candies (Rendle) | Engula (SH) | C | Young shoot | Young shoots are eaten after cooking | RV | TB 001 |
| Momordica foetida Schumach. | Badha (SH) | C | Leaves and fruit | Young leaves are eaten after cooking and the fruit endocarp is eaten raw | RV | TB 028 |
| Dioscoreaceae | Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. | Egera (GU) | C | Tubers/root | The poisonous parts of tubers are removed and the remaining parts are eaten after cooking | WL, RV | TB 010 |
| Dioscorea prehensilis Benth | Anga (GU) | C | Root/tubers | Boiled tuber is eaten | WL | TB 040 |
| Ebenaceae | Diospyros mespiliformis Hoechst | Maranta (SH) | T | Fruit | Fruit is eaten raw | RV, FL | TB 072 |
| Erythroxylaceae | Erythroxylon fischeri Engle | Tiriga (GU) | H | Leaves | The leaves are eaten raw | HG | TB 030 |
| Euphorbiaceae | Bridelia micrantha Hoechst | Yejega (GU) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL, FL | TB 062 |
| Croton macrostachyus Del. | Shekeshek (SH) | T | Leaves | Young cooked shoots eaten | WL | TB 076 |
| Bridelia scleroneura Muell.Arg. | Ajega (GU) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL, FL | TB 044 |
| Sepium ellipticum L. | Andirgago (SH) | S | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | RC | TB 065 |
| Clutia lanceolata Hoechst | Doguha (SH) | S | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL | TB 067 |
| Fabaceae | Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwan & Barneby | Bamdisa (GU) | H | Seed | Endocarp is eaten raw | HG, RS | TB 011 |
| Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.) Milne-Redh | Mac’a (SH) | T | Fruit | Fruit is eaten raw | WL | TB 033 |
| Tamarindus indica L. | Dogha (SH) | T | Fruit | Fleshy exocarp is eaten raw | WL | TB 008 |
| Flacourtiaceae | Oncoba spinosa Forssk. | Ula (SH) | S | Fruit | Fleshy endocarp is eaten raw | WL | TB 059 |
| Loganiaceae | Strychnos innocua Del. | Oola (SH) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL, DR | TB 035 |
| Strychnos spinosa L. | Merenza (GU) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL | TB 047 |
| Malvaceae | Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) | Andeha (GU) | H | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | HG | TB 024 |
| Abelmoschus ficulneus (L.) Monch | Andha yiza (SH) | H | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | Hg, FM | TB 058 |
| Hibiscus cannabinus L. | Tisha (GU) | H | Leaves | Leaves are burned until they form ash and are used as salt | HG, FL | TB 032 |
| Moraceae | Ficus vasta Forssk | Bowa (GU) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | RV, F | TB 021 |
| Ficus sur Forssk | Essa (SH) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | RV | TB 013 |
| Ficus sycomorus L. | Fuqa (GU) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL, FL | TB 067 |
| Moras alba L. | Injor (SH) | S | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | FE | TB 019 |
| Moringaceae | Moringa stenopetala Lam | Sheferwu (SH) | S | Y, L | Cooked young leaves, eaten with Phaseolus vulgaris L. and rice | HG | TB 016 |
| Musaceae | Ensete Ventricosum (Wild) | Echecha (SH) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | RV, HG | TB 066 |
| Eugenia uniflora L. | Badirbonga (SH) | S | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL | TB 064 |
| Myrtaceae | Syzygium guineense (Wild.) Dc. sp. guineense | Daguwa (GU) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw or drunk in juice form | RV | TB 061 |
| Syzygium guineense (Wild.) Dc. ssp. macrocarpum | Diwa (SH) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL, FL | TB 018 |
| Poaceae | Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A. Rich.) Munro | Soha (GU) | H | Yse | The young seedling boiled and eaten with bread | WL, HG | TB 007 |
| Polygonaceae | Rumex abyssinicus Jacq | Ambata (SH) | H | Root | Root grinded by mortar and the squeezed part used as food decoction | HG | TB 073 |
| Olacaceae | Ximenia americana L. | Meyo (GU) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL, FL | TB 017 |
| Portulacaceae | Portulaca quadrifida L. | Kiwa (SH) | H | Leaves | The shoot part is ground together with Allium sativum, Foeniculum vulgare, and Ruta chalepensis toform sauce and eaten with porridge and injeria (local bread) | HG, FL | TB 006 |
| Sapotaceae | Mimusops kummel A.DC. | Shemiya (SH) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten as raw | WL, FL | TB 040 |
| Solanaceae | Lycopersicon esculentum Mill | Komidira (SH) | H | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | R | TB 048 |
| Physalis peruviana L. | Bosiya (SH) | H | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | Rs, DA | TB 023 |
| Solanum nigrum L. | Func’a (SH) | H | Fruit and leaves | The fruit is eaten raw and the leaves are eaten raw together with green pepper | HG, RS | TB 054 |
| Rhamnaceae | Ziziphus abyssinica Hoechst | Anguga (GU) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL | TB 055 |
| Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Wild | Sirah (Gu) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL | TB 049 |
| Sapindaceae | Lepisanthes senegalensis Pers | Bekuda (SH) | S | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | Wl | TB 052 |
| Rubiaceae | Gardenia ternifolia Schummach &Thonn. | Gaaba (GU) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL, FL | TB 016 |
| Pavetta crassipes (K.Schum) | Munqa (SH) | S | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL, FL | TB 020 |
| Vangueria apiculata L. | Hawa (SH) | S | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | FM | TB 056 |
| Tiliaceae | Grewia bicolor Juss | Somoya (SH) | S | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | FE.FL | TB 074 |
| Grewia ferruginea Hochst. ex A.Rich | Galqoriya (Sh) | S | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | WL | TB 039 |
| Grewia mollis Juss | Qoriya (GU) | S | Stem bark | The inner parts of stem bark are safely removed and soaked with hot water and grinded and collecting juice used as sauce | WL, FL | TB 025 |
| Grewia schweinfurthii Burret. | Badiriya (GU) | S | Leaves | The fruit eaten raw | RV.FL | TB 077 |
| Corchorus olitorius L. | Laliaq (SH) | H | Leaves | Young leaves eaten raw or after being cooked | FL, DR | TB 027 |
| Verbenaceae | Vitex doniana Sweet | Kokor (SH) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten | WL | TB 005 |
| Ulmaceae | Celtis africana Brum.f. | Qawo (GU) | T | Fruit | The fruit is eaten raw | DR | TB 07 |
| Zingiberaceae | Etlingera littoralis L. | Zingibila (GU) | H | Tuber | The fruit is eaten raw | RV | TB 026 |
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