INDIGENOUS ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS SURROUNDING THE BAOBAB (Adansonia digitata L.) TREE IN THE KASENA-NANKANA EAST DISTRICT OF NORTHERN GHANAIshaque Mahama
They specify that if it is the baobab tree (Bombacaceae), not all sides will take leaves at the same time. It is on the side where the leaves start to come out that the first rain will arrive. It has been shown in science that the Baobab was among the most effective tree that ...
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND FOOD SECURITY IN HARVESTING OF ADANSONIA DIGITATA (BAOBAB TREE) PRODUCTS IN SOUTH-EAST LOWVELD OF ZIMBABWEMugangavari, B.Mbatha, K.Masekoameng, M.Indilingua: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems
A total of 24 useful wild mushroom species were identified. Among the three ethnic groups, the Sidama have the most extensive ethnomycological knowledge and over seven vernacular names for useful fungal species were recorded for this group. Collecting mushrooms is common practice among the Sidama ...