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🌿 Medicinal Landraces Report

💡 Medicinal Landraces: Shows landraces used in traditional medicine with ailment information, plant parts used, and preparation methods. Click on an ailment to filter records.
🦴 33 Bone/Fracture 🔙 3 Back Pain 👶 5 Placenta 🫁 13 Cough/Lung 🩹 7 Wound/Abscess 🧴 4 Skin 💧 1 Diarrhea 🧬 5 Kidney/Liver 💪 6 Muscle 221 total records ⬇️ Export CSV
Landrace Name Zone Woreda Category Ailments / Uses Description Citation
Argama Wolaita Zone Various (14 Kebeles) Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Genetic Resources & Diversity General Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Distribution:?Highly preferred landrace; ranked 5th overall.?Agronomic:?Preferred for... Asfaw et al. 2024
Argama Dawuro Zone Mareka District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine General Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Medicinal:?Used for the normal functioning of the body.?Preparation:?The corm is boil... Feleke & Tekalign 2022
Argama Dawuro Zone Mareka District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine General Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Medicinal:?Used for the normal functioning of the body.?Preparation:?The corm is boil... Tekalign 2021
Arkia Wolaita Zone Various (14 Kebeles) Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Genetic Resources & Diversity General Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Distribution:?Ranked 15th overall.?Agronomic:?Preferred for Amicho use.?Medicinal:?Us... Asfaw et al. 2024
Arkiya Dawuro Zone Mareka District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge Cough Wound Medicinal:?Used to cure a cough; to dry an abscess; to restore normal body function.?Preparation:?The corm is boiled and eaten with milk.?Plant Part U... Feleke & Tekalign 2022
Arkiya Dawuro Zone Mareka District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine Cough Wound Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Medicinal:?Used to cure a cough; to dry an abscess; to restore normal body function.?... Feleke & Tekalign 2022
Arkiya Dawuro Zone Mareka District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine Cough Wound Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Medicinal:?Used to dry abscess; for normal functioning of the body; to cure cough.?Pr... Tekalign 2021
Ashaqite Silte Zone Various Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine General Medicinal:?Amicho with yoghurt to treat waist problem in human (N=38).?Amicho:?Selected for Amicho (N=50).?Use:?Used for medicinal purposes and Amicho... Dilebo et al. 2023
Astara Hadiya Zone Anlemo District General Morphological:?Identified by morphological characteristics.?Distribution:?Found in group A kebeles.?Medicinal:?Used for medicinal purposes. Temesgen Erebo (2023)
Astara Gurage Zone Gumer, Enor, Cheha, Ezhe Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine Bone Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Distribution:?Common across all study woredas.?Agroecology:?Adapted to highland (H), ... Negassa et al. 2025
Astara Hadiya Zone Various Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine Bone Muscle Medicinal:?Amicho with milk to cure bone and muscle problems in human (N=48).?Amicho:?Selected for Amicho in Hadiya Zone (N=51).?Use:?Used for medicin... Dilebo et al. 2023
Astara Kembata-Tembaro Zone Various Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine Bone Medicinal:?Amicho to treat bone problems in human (N=38).?Amicho:?Selected for Amicho in Kembata-Tembaro Zone (N=46).?Use:?Used for medicinal purposes... Dilebo et al. 2023
Astara Sidama Zone Hula District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Genetic Resources & Diversity General Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Distribution:?Common.?Use:?Used for food production and medicinal purposes.?Key Findi... Egziabher et al. 2020
Astara Gurage Zone Various Biochemistry & Nutrition General Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Major Use:?Food and traditional medicine.?Predominant Character:?Sweet corm.?Proximat... Nuraga et al. 2019
Astara (keyi) Gedeo Zone Various Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge Bone Back Use:?Corm used for medicine to repair a broken bone; bulla used for back pain and for women giving birth. Muanenda et al. 2025
Astaraa Guji Zone Adola Rede District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge General Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological features.?Use:?Preferred for medicinal use for both humans and livestock. Mengesha et al. 2022
Astarakey Gedeo Zone Various Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge General Use:?Preferred for kocho, amicho, and medicinal purposes. Muanenda et al. 2025
Astarakeyi Gedeo Zone Various Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge General Use:?Medicinal purposes. Muanenda et al. 2025
Astarakeyi Gedeo Zone Various (7 Kebeles) Genetic Resources & Diversity / Ethnobotany General Morphological:?Deep brown pseudostem color; narrow leaf width; medium plant vigor.?Agronomic:?Early maturing; medium yield per plant.?Food Preference:... Adem & Kibatu 2020
AstaraNech Gedeo Zone Various Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge General Use:?Preferred for kocho, amicho, and medicinal purposes. Muanenda et al. 2025

Data compiled from scientific publications on Ensete ventricosum.
Part of the Enset Research Database.
Last updated: September 10, 2026