August 13, 2026 Thesis Open Access

TEWODROS HAILU TESEMA

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  <identifier identifierType="DOI">10.20372/nadre:25767</identifier>
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    <creator>
      <creatorName>TEWODROS HAILU TESEMA</creatorName>
      <affiliation>Madda Walabu University</affiliation>
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  <titles>
    <title>ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF WILD AND SEMI-WILD EDIBLE PLANTS IN KOFALE SUB-DISTRICT OF WEST ARSI ZONE, OROMIA REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA</title>
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  <publisher>Zenodo</publisher>
  <publicationYear>2026</publicationYear>
  <subjects>
    <subject>Keywords:Ethnobotany,Indigenous knowledge, Kofale District,Wild and semi wild edible    plants</subject>
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  <contributors>
    <contributor contributorType="Supervisor">
      <contributorName>MOA MEGERSA GUTA (PhD</contributorName>
      <affiliation>Madda Walabu University</affiliation>
    </contributor>
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  <dates>
    <date dateType="Issued">2026-08-13</date>
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  <language>en</language>
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    <rights rightsURI="info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess">Open Access</rights>
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    <description descriptionType="Abstract">&lt;p&gt;ABSTRACT&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Wild edible plants are neither cultivated nor domesticated but are accessible from&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;various natural ecosystems and exploited for food. The purpose of this study was to&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;document wild and semi wild edible plants in Kofale Sub-Districts, West Arsi Zone,&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Oromia Regional State. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;More specifically, cross-sectional study design was used. The purposive sampling&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;techniques wereused to select key informants, and simple random sampling techniques&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;were used to select the general informants. Six kebeles were selected purposively from&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;43 kebeles in the district based on accessibility,proximity and availability of vegetation.A&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;total of 72 (51malesand 21 females) were randomly selected through simple random&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;sampling technique.Ethnobotanical data was collected using a semi-structured&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;interview, field observation, focus group discussions and market survey.Descriptive&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;statistics, informant consensus, preference ranking,direct matrix ranking, fidelity level&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;index and jaccard&amp;rsquo;s coefficient of similarity were used for data analysis. A total 44 Wild&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;and semi-wild edible plants ecies were documented in the study area. These wild edible&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;plants were belonging to 34 general and 27 families. Moraceae was the most popular&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;family which contributed five (11.3%) species followed by Fabaceae which contributed&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;4(9.09%) species.Of these plant species, shrubs account for 18 (40.9%), followed by&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;herbs 15 (34.1%). Regarding the edible parts, fruits account for 33 (75%) followed by&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;leaves 4 (9.09%). Cordia africanaand Opuntia ficus indica are the most preferred wild&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;edible plants in the study area.Cordia africana,Syzygium guineense and Carissa&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;spinarum are species with multiple uses.Agricultural land expansion, fire wood&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;collectionand charcoal production and other factors were the top prioritized threats&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;affecting the abundance and diversity of wild edible plants.Hence, the finding&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;recommends that the community that practice in situ and ex-situ conservation, public&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;awareness raising,which requires participation the government&amp;#39;s on sustainably use&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;these resources to address food insecurityand forest management practices approach&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;would help to protect wild edible plant in study area.&lt;/p&gt;

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