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Table 6 Different local (vernacular) names for the same enset plants within or among zones

From: On-farm diversity, use pattern, and conservation of enset (Ensete ventricosum) genetic resources in southern Ethiopia

No.

Hadiya

Kembata-T

Silte

Gurage

1

Shate/Shatedegn

Shate

Shireteye

Shireteye

2

Disho

Disho

Kembat

Kembat/Hambediya

3

Xiggo

Qeqile-nech

Dem-worad

Dem-yetert nech

4

Meqelwesa

Qeqile- qey

Bushawese

Dem-yetert qey

5

Bequcho

–

–

Sisasir

6

Shereqa

–

Megrib

Yeqisew/Qesew

7

Soqido/Soqe

–

Kemele

Kemele

8

Qombotira

–

Ashaqit/Kombotir

Ashaqit

9

Dego

Degomerza

–

–

10

Merza

Abatemerza

Merza

Merza

11

Boshosha/Qebere

Xebere

Tem-wese

–