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Table 6 Folk species named after the introducer or name or place of the origin

From: Infra-specific folk taxonomy in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor(L.) Moench) in Ethiopia: folk nomenclature, classification, and criteria

Variety

Named after

Alisho

Farmer who brought it from Assebot area

Arebe or Yemeni

Yemen, name of an Arabic country

Bisidimo

Bisidimo, name of a place

Cherchero

Chercher, name of a place

Dinni

Dinni, name of a farmers association

Dulla

Farmer Dulla who introduced to the area

Engidawork

Farmer 'Engidawork' and it is introduced from North Shoa

Kassim

Introducer Kassim

Manahaile

Introducer Manahile

Mullu

Mullu, name of FA

Mureta

Mureta, name of a place

Wobere

Wobera, name of a place

Wahelo

Wahelo, name of a place

HajiiAli

Introducer 'Hajiiali'

Jeldi

A sorghum that comes with the cover of holy Koran book

Weliso

Weliso, name of a place