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Species Name
Piliostigma thonningii1
(Schum.) Milne-Rech.
Family
Caesalpinioideae
Local Name(s)
Olofoo (Hamer-Bena),
Kalkalla (Wolayetna), Yekallo wanza (Amargna), Camel's foot tree, Monkey
Bread (English)
General description
The plant is a small, rounded
deciduous tree, 3 - 5m heights growing in bush land. It has got pods containing
seeds in flesh. The outer part of the pod carries residue/dusty material
looking like coffee bean powder.
Edible part(s),
preparation methods and palatability
Around Alduba the Hamer and Bena pastoralists
eat the flesh of the seeds contained in the pods when dried like biscuits
(the skin and the seeds are removed)..
Agroecology
Growing at medium
and low altitudes. Also found in the Gibe river valley, and various areas
of Illubabor. It performs particularly well in moist and wet midlands (900
- 1,700m).
Propagation
Method(s)
Propagates by
seeds and seedlings
Sample location(s)
Alduba,
Hamer-Bena Woreda (South Omo)
Remarks
In Wolayita areas, unlike in South
Omo zone, the pods are used as forage material and people consume none
of the plant part at any time.
1
Parts
of the following description have been taken from Bekele-Tesemma et al.,
1993: p. 354/355
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Piliostigma thonningii tree near Alduba,
Hamer-Bena, South Omo
Leaves and seedpods of Piliostigma
thonningii tree near Alduba
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