📋 Functional Use Catalogue

💡 Functional Use Catalogue: Categorizes landraces by primary use: Kocho, Bulla, Amicho, Fiber, Medicine, Food, and Feed. Click on a use to filter records.
K 336 Kocho B 238 Bulla A 230 Amicho F 220 Fiber M 200 Medicine Fo 197 Food Fe 34 Feed 1,455 total mentions ⬇️ Export CSV
Landrace Name Zone Woreda Category Functional Uses Description Citation
Godare Gamo Zone Chencha & Kogota Districts Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Genetic Resources & Diversity Kocho Bulla Morphological:?Named after skin color of hyena as the pseudostem resembles.?Agro-ecology:?Mid & low altitude.?Maturity:?Late.?Plant Height:?Vigorous.?... Getahun et al. 2024
Godaria Wolaita Zone Various (14 Kebeles) Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Genetic Resources & Diversity Kocho Food Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Distribution:?Ranked 17th overall.?Agronomic:?Preferred for high yield of Kocho.?Use:... Asfaw et al. 2024
Godariya Wolaita Zone Offa Woreda Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Genetic Resources & Diversity Amicho Fiber Agronomic:?Not listed in Table 1.?Amicho:?Selected for Amicho (1 farmer, 0.7%).?Fiber:?Selected for fiber (2 farmers, 1.5%). Shumbulo et al. 2012
Godorota Kembata-Tembaro Zone Angacha District Genetic Resources & Diversity / Ethnobotany Kocho Availability:?0.5%.?Shannon Index:?0.0105.?Suitability:?Kocho. Mulachew 2015
Goimersa Kembata-Tembaro Zone Angacha District Genetic Resources & Diversity / Ethnobotany Kocho Amicho Availability:?5.3%.?Shannon Index:?0.01.?Suitability:?Kocho, Amicho. Mulachew 2015
Gorize Kembata-Tembaro Zone Angacha District Genetic Resources & Diversity / Ethnobotany Kocho Bulla Availability:?38.0%.?Shannon Index:?0.15.?Suitability:?Kocho, Bulla. Mulachew 2015
Gossalo Sidama Zone Hulla woreda Fiber Morphological:?Analyzed for fiber chemical and mechanical properties.?Agronomic:?High-altitude landrace.?Fiber Properties:?Linear density 26.4 tex (mi... Buta et al. 2025
Gossalo Sidama Zone Hulla woreda Biochemistry & Nutrition / Material Science Fiber Fiber Properties:?Linear density 26.4 tex (mid) and 41.1 tex (high). Highest tensile strength of 104.56 cN/tex, superior to Abaca (77.3 cN/tex) and Ba... Buta et al. 2025
Guareye Gurage Zone Gumer, Enor, Cheha, Ezhe Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine Medicine Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Distribution:?Common across all study woredas.?Agroecology:?Adapted to highland (H), ... Negassa et al. 2025
Guary Gurage Zone Various Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine Amicho Medicine Medicinal:?Amicho with milk to heal bone fracture in human (N=56).?Use:?Used for medicinal purposes. Dilebo et al. 2023
Guary Silte Zone Various Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine Amicho Medicine Medicinal:?Amicho with milk to cure bone fracture (N=56).?Use:?Used for medicinal purposes. Dilebo et al. 2023
Guarye Gurage Zone Various Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Amicho Amicho Amicho:?Selected for Amicho in Gurage Zone (N=58).?Use:?Used for Amicho (boiled corm) consumption. Dilebo et al. 2023
Guarye Gurage Zone Various Biochemistry & Nutrition Fiber Medicine Food Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Major Use:?Food and traditional medicine.?Predominant Character:?Sweet corm.?Proximat... Nuraga et al. 2019
Gudiro Sheka Zone Anderacha Woreda Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge Kocho Bulla Amicho Fiber Morphological:?Erect leaf habit; long leaf length; broad leaf width; green/light green leaf blade color; green or light green petiole color; no or spa... Haile et al. 2022
Gudiro (Aa'i-Gudiro) Sheka Zone Anderacha Woreda Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge Kocho Morphological:?Black coloration variant of Gudiro (Aa'i = black).?Agronomic:?Kocho yield high; Kocho color white; disease resistance high.?Use:?Proces... Haile et al. 2022
Gudiro (Necha-Gudiro) Sheka Zone Anderacha Woreda Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge Kocho Morphological:?White coloration variant of Gudiro (Necha = white).?Agronomic:?Kocho yield high; Kocho color white; disease resistance high.?Use:?Proce... Haile et al. 2022
Gulummo Sidama Zone Hula District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Genetic Resources & Diversity Food Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Distribution:?Common.?Use:?Used for food production. Egziabher et al. 2020
Gulumo Sidama Zone Hulla woreda Fiber Morphological:?Analyzed for fiber chemical and mechanical properties.?Fiber Properties:?Linear density 46.2 tex.? Buta et al. 2025
Gulumo Sidama Zone Hulla woreda Biochemistry & Nutrition / Material Science Fiber Fiber Properties:?Linear density 46.2 tex.?Altitude Impact:?Analyzed for fiber chemical and mechanical properties. Buta et al. 2025
Gushiro Sheka Zone Anderacha Woreda Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge Kocho Agronomic:?Kocho yield high; flowering late (3-7 years).?Use:?Processing type. Haile et al. 2022