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Table 7 The relative value of fidelity level for potential wild edible plants in the study area

From: Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in Soro District of Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia

Scientific name

Wild edibles used as supplements or regular wild food

IP

IU

FL

FL%

Rank

Ficus sycomorus

Used during the famine as regular wild food

45

45

1

100

1

Amaranthus dubius

Used during the famine as regular wild food

29

30

0.90

90

2

Dioscorea schimperiana

Used as regular wild food

25

28

0.89

89

3

Landolphia buchananii

Used as supplementary wild food

19

22

0.86

86

4

Oncoba spinosa

Used as regular wild food

23

27

0.85

85

5

Warburgia ugandensis

Used to supplementary and regular wild food

21

25

0.84

84

6

Syzygium guineense subsp. afromontanum

Used supplementary, more during the famine as regular wild food

14

18

0.78

78

7

Carissa spinarum

Used as supplementary wild food

15

20

0.75

75

8

Ximenia americana

Used as supplementary wild food

10

14

0.71

71

9

Piliostigma thonningii

Used as supplementary wild food

9

13

0.69

69

10