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Table 7 Folk species after use and use related traits

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

Variety

Named after

Alasherif

'Sheremute' only for sweet stalk

Chomme

'Chomma' 'Seed with a lot of fat'

Daddu

Sweet as butter

Fendisha

Means very beautiful.

Harkebasse

Available in times of problem

Hado

Soury not good for green eating (Eshet)

Bare Bekeyes

'Gan seber' produce a lot of dough (Siboka yiberketal), low flour-to-water ratio

Kuna

Sweet stalk, eaten as 'Eshet', green