Multipurposeshrubs and Trees Used by Peoples at Woreta, Fogera District, South Gondaradministrative Zone
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2017-08-04
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Addis Ababa University
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Multipurpose Shrubs and Trees Used by People at Woreta, Fogera District,South
Gonder Administrative Zone
Emebet Gebru,2017
The purpose of study is to document and analyze in formation on the useand conservation
of multipurpose shrubs and trees around woreta ,Fogera district, south Gondar zone.
Data were collected by using ethnobotanical methods that include field work, semi
structured interview and questionnaires. Data collection was applied through active
participation of traditional healers, stakeholder in each sampled Kebele, farmers and
other communities.This included atotal of 77 informants of which 55 were key informants
The analysis of the data involved informantconsensus,preference ranking, direct matrix
ranking with support of tools.A total of62 plant species belonges to 51genera have been
identified in the study area.Among these 31species were reported for their various
culturalimportance,17spceiesused for traditional medicine,14species used as food
sources.twenty eight of the total species distributed in the natural forest,23speciesfrom
around homesteade,7species from road sides,6speciesfrom agricultural land in the
study area. plantation of tree & shrubs is the main management system to contribute
from soil erosion and atmospheric balance on the study area were recorded.
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Indeginous Knowledge, Informant Consensus, Traditional Healers, Shrubs, Trees