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Domestication status
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Wild (Talahe uutta)
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Sexually reproduced; occurring naturally in river banks and swampy areas;
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NA
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Cultivated
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Vegetatively propagated: it occurs in homegarden under farmers' management
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67 (100%)
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'Gender' of landrace
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Female (Macca uutta)
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Early maturing, more tender, with edible corms
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24 (36%)
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Male (Attuma uutta)
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Late maturing, fibrous, vigorous, stress tolerant, with non-edible corms
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28 (42%)
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Use-value of landrace
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Food use (Katta uutta)
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Mainly used for enset based foods (Uncca, Itima and Doyisa uutta)
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59 (88%)
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Non-food Use (Harra goa uutta)
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Mainly used as a source for fiber, fodder, firewood, medicine, and water
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8 (12%)
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Eco-geographic (Altitude) adaptability
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Highland (Geziya uutta)
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Some landraces are preferentially (e.g. Argama, Maziya) cultivated in highland, although their cultivation also occurs in lowland, otherwise no difference exists between landraces on basis of agro-ecology
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NSL
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Lowland (Gara uutta)
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NSL
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