Livestock-based knowledge of rangeland quality assessment and monitoring at landscape level among borana herders of northern Kenya

Dabasso, Bulle Hallo; Oba, Gufu; Roba, Hassan G

doi:10.1186/2041-7136-2-2

Pastoralism

Research, Policy and Practice

Table 3 Livestock preferences and trend of plant species in surveyed landscapes of Marsabit Central District, Kenya

From: Livestock-based knowledge of rangeland quality assessment and monitoring at landscape level among borana herders of northern Kenya

Species botanical name	Authority^a	Species local name (Borana)	Life form	Trend	Livestock preference
					Cattle	Goat	Camel
Pennisetum mezianum	Heim	Ogoono	Herb	Decreasing	D	P	P
Unidentified		Lucholee	Herb	Decreasing	VD	D	D
Rhus natalensis	Krauss	Thabobes	Shrub	Stable	U	D	D
Unidentified		Itho	Herb	Decreasing	VD	P	P
Siege sp.		Santu	Herb	Increasing	D	D	P
A. mossambicensis	(Olive.)Wild.	Atha	Shrub	Increasing	P	VD	VD
Maytenus sp.		Fonqolch	Tree	Stable	U	D	P
C. ciliaris	L.	Math gudes	Herb	Decreasing	VD	D	D
Osyris abyssinca	A. Rich	Wato	Tree	Stable	U	VD	VD
Aloe sp.		Arges	Shrub	Decreasing	U	U	U
Unidentified		Gurbi olla	Herb	Decreasing	D	D	D
Commelina africana	L.	Qayo	Herb	Increasing	VD	D	D
Unidentified		Ubbe	Herb	Decreasing	D	D	D
Solanum incanum	L.	Iddi	Shrub	Increasing	U	P	U
Carris edulis	(Forsk.) Vahl	Dagams	Tree	Stable	U	D	D
Sporobolus sp.		Ilmogor	Herb	Decreasing	D	D	D
Croton megalocarpus	Hutch.	Mokhof	Tree	Stable	P	P	P
Lantana sp.		Midan thubra	Shrub	Decreasing	D	VD	VD
Siege sp.		Barchuma tite	Herb	Decreasing	VD	D	D
Grewia bicolour	Juss.	Arrores	Tree	Decreasing	P	P	P
Hibiscus micranthus	L.F. Suppl.	Bungalla	Shrub	Decreasing	D	D	D
Phyllanthus somalensis	Hutchinson	Diri warseso	Shrub	Stable	P	D	D
Unidentified		Jilibo	Herb	Stable	D	D	D
Oropetium sp.		Roba jires	Herb	Increasing	VD	D	D
Aristida sp.		Billa	Herb	Decreasing	VD	D	D
Unidentified		Challachalu	Shrub	Stable	P	D	D
Dichrostachys cinerea	L.	Jirimme	Shrub	Increasing	P	VD	D
Commiphora africana	A.Rich	Ammess	Tree	Stable	U	VD	VD
Euclea schimperia	(DC.) Dandy	Miesa	Tree	Stable	U	D	D
Pappea capensis	Sond.&Harv.	Biqa	Tree	Decreasing	D	D	D
Tribulus sp.		Mogorre	Herb	Decreasing	D	D	D
Blepharis sp.		Barrat	Herb	Decreasing	P	VD	VD
Unidentified		Dukubsa	Herb	Stable	D	D	D
Olea Africana	Mill.	Ejers	Tree	Stable	U	U	U
Acacia mellifera	Benth.	Sapans	Tree	Stable	U	D	D
Balanites aegyptiaca	(L.) Del	Badan	Tree	Stable	U	P	P
Unidentified		Bisile	Herb	Stable	D	D	D
Propelia sp.		Haqarre	Herb	Decreasing	P	D	D
Cordia sinensis	Lam.	Madder	Shrub	Stable	D	D	D
Unidentified		Alallo	Herb	Decreasing	VD	D	D
Solanum sp.		Iddi watiti	Shrub	Increasing	U	P	U
Commiphora sp.		Challanqa	Tree	Stable	U	VD	VD
Asparagus sp.		Okolle	Shrub	Stable	P	D	D
Grewia villosa	Wild.	Ogomdi	Shrub	Stable	P	D	D
Acacia tortillis	(Forsk.)Hayne	Dadacha	Tree	Stable	U	D	D
Unidentified		Chimpa	Herb	Decreasing	D	D	D
Cadaba farinose	Forsk.	Dumaso	Shrub	Stable	P	D	D
Ormocarpum trichocarpum	(Taub.) Engl.	Butiye	Shrub	Stable	U	D	P
Acacia seyal	Del.	Wachu	Tree	Increasing	U	D	D
Tagetes minuta	L.	Halaku ajo	Herb	Stable	P	D	D
Ocimum hadiense	Forsk. F. I.	Urgo dada	Shrub	Decreasing	P	U	U
Brachiaria sp.		Bododi	Herb	increasing	D	D	D
Unidentified		Tutufi	Herb	Stable	U	U	U
Sansevieria abyssinica	N.E Br.	Chake	Shrub	Stable	P	P	P
Plectranthus igniarius	Schweinf.	Barbares	Shrub	Stable	D	D	D
Commiphora rivae	Engl.	Agarsu	Tree	Stable	U	VD	VD
Acacia brevispica	Harms.	Hamares	Tree	Stable	U	VD	D
Unidentified		Mirtu	Herb	Decreasing	VD	D	D
Acacia drepanolobium	Sjoestedt	Fulles	Tree	Decreasing	U	VD	D
Duosperm eremophilu	(M.R) Napper	Sarim	Shrub	Increasing	P	D	VD
Acacia sp.		Golole	Tree	Increasing	U	D	D
Solanum sp.		Iddi gaga	Shrub	Increasing	U	P	P
Lantana viburnoides	(Forssk.)Vahl	Qatte	Shrub	Stable	U	D	VD
Acacia senegal	(L.)Wild.	Idado	Tree	Increasing	U	D	D
Unidentified		Rath waqa	Herb	Stable	U	U	U
Unidentified		Rarri	Herb	Stable	U	U	U
Salvadora persica	L.	Athee	Shrub	Stable	U	D	D
E. tirucalli	L.	Anno surre	Shrub	Increasing	U	U	U
Indigofera sp.		Asura	Shrub	Decreasing	D	VD	VD
Eurphobia sp.		Arsa	Herb	Stable	U	D	D
Indigofera schimperi	Jaub.& Spach	Agargaro	Shrub	Stable	U	D	D
Asparagus sp.		Ergems	Shrub	Stable	U	D	D
Justicia sp.		Dukisa	Herb	Decreasing	D	D	D
Portulaca sp.		Chuma iyessa	Herb	Increasing	D	D	D
Cussonia holstii	Harms.	Abrata	Tree	Stable	P	D	D
Heliotropium sp.		Digaji	Shrub	Increasing	D	VD	VD
Barleria ecanthoides	Vahl	Qiltipe	Herb	Stable	U	VD	VD
Volkensinia prostrata	(Gilg) Schinz	Jilbete	Shrub	Stable	D	VD	D
Boswellia hilderbrandtii	Engl.	Thakar	Tree	Stable	U	VD	D
Coleus sp.		Abune	Shrub	Stable	U	D	D
Unidentified		Tititu	Shrub	Stable	U	D	D
Unidentified		Buyo haree	Herb	Stable	D	D	D
Lannea triphylla	A.Rich	Handarak	Tree	Stable	U	D	P
Stegnanotaenia aralacea	Hostst.	Luqaluqe	Tree	Stable	U	D	VD
Sterculia africana	(Louri).Fiori	Qarari	Tree	Stable	U	U	U
Grewia tembensis	Fress.	Deka	Shrub	Stable	P	D	D
Acacia reficiens	Wawra	Sigiriso	Tree	Stable	U	D	D

VD, very desirable; D, desirable; P, partly desirable; U, undesirable.
^aThe name of scientist who first published the scientific name.

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