Aspects of Traditional and Potential Utilisation of the Indigenuos Vegetation of North Eastern Africa — A contribution of Ethnobotany to self-reliant and people oriented development at the Horn of Africa

Autor: Jörg Berchem

A study of the significance of wild plants for the culture and economy  of the people inhabiting the Horn of Africa is presented, based on  research carried out in 1986, 1987 and 1991 in Somalia. The Somali  ecosystem, human ecology and some aspects of Somali ethnobotany are  described. A large number of conventional and unconventional useful  plants of the arid and semi-arid study area are described in the given  cultural and socio-economic context and some ideas about the potential  utilization of these plants are given. Selected plants and genera  include Lannea malifolia, Rhus natalensis, Carissa edulis, Balanites  spp., Cordia spp., Boswellia spp., Commiphora spp., Cassia truncata,  Cordeauxia edulis, Boscia spp., Suaeda monoica, Dovyalis abyssinica,  Acacia spp., Moringa stenopetala, Ximenia americana, Berchemia discolor  and Ziziphus spp., Salvadora persica, Mimusops angel, Grewia spp. and  Corchorus spp. Indexes of Somali and scientific names are provided.  Recommendations for the protection or cultivation of some, not typically cultivated or non-domesticated plants are suggested. KEYWORDS: TROPAG | Lannea malifolia | Carissa edulis | Cassia truncata | Dovyalis  abyssinica | Berchemia discolor | Mimusops angel | ethnobotany | wild  plants | uses | botany.

   Paperback, 506 pages, 70 illustrations, many tables, hundreds of Somali plant names,
OMIMEE Intercultural Publishers;
ISBN-10: 3921008050
ISBN-13: 978-3921008058