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Species Name
Family
Local name(s)
Alfa-haqi (Ari)
General description
It is a climbing/creeping plant
with white and green longitudinal strips on the stalk. It has got milky
saps. The plant usually looses its leaves in the dry season. It can stay
green without leaves, as the stem is doing the photosynthesis. However,
once the rains come, the leaves will flourish quickly. The inner part of
the stem is hollow and spongy in nature.
Edible part(s),
preparation methods and palatability
leaves and the tender parts of the
branches are chopped, boiled, salted and mixed with other cereals, particularly
maize.
Agroecology
Commonly grows
in low altitude bushland.
Propagation
method(s)
propagates vegetative
by cuttings.
Sample location(s)
Kaissa
Kebele, Bako-Gazer (South Omo)
Remarks
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‘Alfa-haqi’,
interlaced with other bushy plant species during the dry season, i.e. without
leaves, Kaissa Kebele, Bako-Gazer (South Omo) |
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