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Table 5 Local description of honey

From: An iconic traditional apiculture of park fringe communities of Borena Sayint National Park, north eastern Ethiopia

Species

Honey quality

Honey economics

Dombeya torrida, Eucalyptus globulus, Apodytes dimidiata and Ekebergia capensis

White

Table honey

Olinia rochetiana, Erica arborea, Dombeya torrida and Eucalyptus globulus

Crystallized

Table honey

Erica arborea

Crystallized like table sugar

Table honey

Dombeya torrida

Crystallized, white, sweetest

Table honey

Guizotia scabra and Bidens prestinaria

Brown

Mead known as TEJ/BIRZ

Guizotia scabra, Bidens prestinaria, Euphorbia ampliphylla and Olinia rochetiana

Sour

Mead known as TEJ/BIRZ