Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Metema and Quara districts, Northwestern Ethiopia

Tadesse, Daniel; Masresha, Getinet; Lulekal, Ermias; Alemu, Asmamaw

doi:10.1186/s13002-025-00761-9

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Table 11 Jaccard’s WEP similarity index between the study districts and other study areas

From: Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Metema and Quara districts, Northwestern Ethiopia

Study areas (districts)	Other report	Species no. (a)	Species no. (b)	Common species (c)	JI (%)	Citations
Dibatie	54	27	30	24	72.73	[28]
Bullen District	77	25	51	26	52.00	[71]
Chilga	33	34	16	17	51.52	[34]
Quara	36	34	19	17	47.22	[16]
Bulen and Dibati	46	33	28	18	41.86	[77]
Kamash	60	31	40	20	39.22	[26]
Tigray region (3 districts)	41	36	26	15	31.91	[57]
Maale and Debub Ari	52	35	36	16	29.09	[33]
Six regions (10 districts)	88	30	67	21	27.63	[27]
Boosat and Fantalle	37	38	24	13	26.53	[78]
Tigray region (Ten districts)	44	37	30	14	26.42	[79]
Nech Sar National Park	51	36	36	15	26.32	[76]
Midakegn	50	37	36	14	23.73	[12]
Baso Liben and Debre Elias	52	37	38	14	22.95	[80]
Guangua, Jawi and Ankasha	39	39	27	12	22.22	[54]
Liben and Wadera	54	37	40	14	22.22	[81]
Libo Kemkem	33	40	22	11	21.57	[82]
Sedie Muja	33	40	22	11	21.57	[83]
Soro	64	36	49	15	21.43	[45]
North Wollo	66	36	51	15	20.83	[84]
Bule Hora	29	41	19	10	20.00	[29]
Derashe and Kucha	66	37	52	14	18.67	[32]
Chelia	58	38	45	13	18.57	[85]
Hula	50	39	38	12	18.46	[35]
Metema	44	40	33	11	17.74	[18]
Tigray (6 districts)	53	39	41	12	17.65	[86]
Berehet	53	39	41	12	17.65	[40]
Tach Gayint	36	41	26	10	17.54	[87]
Amaro and Gelana	80	36	65	15	17.44	[88]
Jibat, Chelia and Dendi	71	38	58	13	15.66	[89]
Adola	46	41	36	10	14.93	[90]
Konso	127	33	109	18	14.52	[30]
Hamer and Konso	109	35	93	16	14.29	[91]
Nole Kaba	39	42	30	9	14.29	[92]
Raya-Azebo	59	40	48	11	14.29	[13]
Benna Tsemay	30	43	22	8	14.04	[93]
Aba'ala	20	44	13	7	14.00	[94]
Mieso	41	42	32	9	13.85	[44]
Yilmana Densa and Quarit	32	43	24	8	13.56	[11]
Awash National Park	22	44	15	7	13.46	[95]
Dire Dawa City	22	44	15	7	13.46	[96]
Review of literature	203	27	179	24	13.19	[37]
Awash National Park	55	41	45	10	13.16	[39]
Berek	34	43	26	8	13.11	[42]
Dugda Dawa	71	40	60	11	12.36	[97]
Delanta	49	42	40	9	12.33	[31]
Yalo	16	45	10	6	12.24	[98]
Tigray region (3 districts)	17	45	11	6	12.00	[99]
Guna, Tiyo, and Sire	30	44	23	7	11.67	[100]
Arsi Robe	36	44	29	7	10.61	[69]
Debub Omo	38	44	31	7	10.29	[101]
Burji	46	44	39	7	9.21	[102]
Konso	113	42	104	9	6.57	[103]
Alamata, Cheha, Goma, and Yilmana Denssa	130	43	122	8	5.10	[104]
Bullen	29	48	26	3	4.23	[36]
Maale and Debub Ari	30	49	28	2	2.67	[41]
Oromia region (6 districts)	80	48	77	3	2.46	[105]
Adiarkay, Debark and Dejen	44	50	43	1	1.09	[43]

JI Jaccard index
a: The number of species in the study area only, b: The number of species of the other areas only (in Ethiopia), c: number of species common to both areas a and b

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