DIVERSITY OF WILD EDIBLE FRUIT BEARING WOODY SPECIES IN DIFFERENT LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM....

In Ethiopia's rural communities, wild edible fruit-bearing woody species are commonly used as supplementary food and traditional medicinal plants. However, deforestation, forest degradation, lack of management, and population pressure are all threatening the diversity of wild edible fruit bearing tree species. In recent decades, several ethnobotanists have turned their attention to them as a research issue in order to improve their long-term use and conservation. In most parts of Ethiopian forests, adequate research on wild edible fruit yielding woody species has not been undertaken. The goal of this study was to look at the variety of wild edible fruit-bearing woody plants in dangur rural district, North West Ethiopia, under various land use types and management systems. Following the transect lines, data was collected on two types of land uses. To explore the diversity of wild edible fruit bearing woody species, a systematic sampling strategy was used to select sample plots on transects. A plot size of 20 m 20 m was utilised to record all edible wild fruit bearing woody species for the wood land use type, while a plot size of 50 m 100 m was employed for parkland agroforestry. The data regarding species diversity in park land, agroforestry, and woodland land use types was collected using a total of 144 plots. A total of 34 wild edible fruit bearing woody species were found in parkland agroforestry and woodland land use types, according to the findings. Shannon's diversity, richness, and evenness measures were 2.030.12, 8.831.0, and 0.890.01 for parkland agroforestry, and 2.490.1, 15.161.49, and 0.820.02 for wood land use type, respectively. Syzygium guineense and Ziziphus mauritiana are two of the most commonly kept species. Gardenia ternifolia, Ficus sur and Ficus sycomorus, Carissa spinarum, Balanites aegyptiaca, and Ficus sur. Wild edible fruit-bearing woody species are employed in traditional medicine and as a supplemental food source, but their variety is threatened by deforestation and poor management. As a result, both land use types require conservation strategies in order to manage plant species sustainably. Our research found that conserving and utilising wild edible fruit-bearing woody species is critical for maximising their economic, social, and environmental advantages, as well as implementing suitable management techniques.

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