| 1 |
Gurage Zone |
Various |
Diseases & Pests / Nematology |
Nematode Density (Soil):?Pratylenchus?383.7 individuals/100 ml soil;?Meloidogyne?25;?Helicotylenchus?90;?Tylenchorhynchus?28.3.?Key Finding:?High?Pratylenchus?and?Helicotylenchus?density. |
Gerura et al. 2022 |
| 2 |
Gurage |
Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine |
Medicinal:?Used for treatment of back pain, bone fractures, and joint displacement.?Plant Part Used:?Corm and Bulla.?Preparation:?Boiled corm, bulla with milk/butter. |
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Muanenda et al. 2025 |
| 3 |
Gurage Zone |
Gumer, Enor, Cheha, Ezhe |
Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine |
Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Distribution:?Common across all study woredas.?Agroecology:?Adapted to highland (H), midland (M), and lowland (L) agroecologies.?Medicinal:?Use value 0.72 for healing fractured and broken bones. Most preferred in Gumer Woreda (31.5%). Used for healing fractured bones and setting broken bones.?Agronomic:?Cultivated in home gardens (91.4%). |
Negassa et al. 2025 |
| 4 |
Gurage Zone |
Various |
Biochemistry & Nutrition |
Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Major Use:?Food and traditional medicine.?Predominant Character:?Sweet corm.?Proximate Composition (dry matter):?Moisture 67.06%; Crude fibre 2.38% (lowest); Ash 2.88%; Crude fat 0.52% (lowest); Crude protein 4.74% (highest); Total carbohydrate 75.84% (lowest).?Mineral Composition (mg/100g):?Ca 97.27 (lowest); Mg 14.12; P 99.97; K 1261.00; Na 14.58 (lowest); Fe 2.05 (lowest); Zn 5.06; Cu 0.53 (lowest); Mn 0.62 (lowest).?Phytochemical Composition (mg/g):?Phytate 166.04; Tannin 153.94 (highest).?Key Finding:?Highest crude protein; lowest crude fibre, crude fat, calcium, sodium, iron, copper, and manganese; highest tannin; used for food and traditional medicine. |
Nuraga et al. 2019 |
| 5 |
Silte, Gurage, Kembata-Tembaro, Hadiya, Wolaita, Dawro, Gedeo, Sidama |
Various |
Genetic Resources & Diversity |
**Distribution:** Silte (1), Gurage (1), Kembata-Tembaro (1), Hadiya (1), Wolaita (1), Dawro (0), Gedeo (0), Sidama (0). **Total:** 5. |
Yemataw 2018 |