Woody Species Composition, Plant Communities, and Environmental Determinants in Gennemar Dry Afromontane Forest, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Species list recorded with Gurage local name, language, and growth habit.

Scientific name	Local name	Growth habit
Acacia lahai	Girar	T
Agarista salicifolia	Adya	S
Allophylus abyssinicus	Kemo	T
Allophylus macrobotrys	Kemo	S
Apodytes dimidiate	Gefea	T
Asparagus africanus	Yefur det	S
Bersama abyssinica	Hureta	T
Brucea antidysenterica	Abaryet	S
Calpurina aurea	Yefek mshra	S
Canthium oligocarpum	Yedbr kawa	S
Carissa spinarum	Wetra	S
Clutia abyssinica	Demesmat	S
Dodonaea anguistifolia	Kitkita	S
Dovyalis abyssinica	Koshm	S
Dracaena afromontana	Geshamba	T
Ekebergia capensis	Ner	T
Embelia schimperi	Qera	L
Erica arborea	Gedra	S
Galiniera saxifrage	Tikur eche	T
Gnidia glauca	Shera	T
Helichrysum argyranthum	Amedwet	S
Hypericum quartinianum	Abeje	S
Hypericum revolutum	Abeje	S
Jasminum abyssinicum	Abta	L
Jasminum dichotomum	Anfar	S
Jasminum stans	Bitara	S
Juniperus procera	Ded	T
Lobelia giberroa	Gimar	S
Maesa lanceolata	Aguaj	S
Maytenus addat	Shamene	T
Maytenus arbutifolia	Atat	S
Myrica salicifolia	Qechecha	T
Myrsine Africana	Kecho	S
Myrsine melanophloeos	Gomra	T
Mystroxylon aethiopicum	Chire	S
Noxia congesta	Awre	T
Olea capensis	Chet	T
Olea europaea	Weara	T
Olinia rochetiana	Tifeae	T
Osyris quadripartite	Mekekr	S
Pentas schimperiana	Mesafukene	S
Phoenix reclinata	Deye	T
Pittosporum abyssinicum	Emekuashe	T
Podocarpus falcatus	Zigba	T
Prunus Africana	Gereabe	T
Rhamnus prinoides	Geasho	S
Rhamnus staddo	Wach	S
Rosa abyssinica	Enkoche	S
Rubus steudneri	Ingeya	S
Schefflera volkensii	Angab	T
Syzygium guineense	Guareba	T
Tephrosia interrupta	Ashtatla	S
Vernonia auriculifera	Terashe	S

T = tree, S = shrub and L = liana.