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Table 6 Familiarity index (Fi) of top ten popular wild edible plants

From: Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Dibatie district, Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, western Ethiopia

Wild edible plants

Number of times a species was mentioned

Fi

Syzygium guineense subsp. macrocarpum

69

31.36

Vitex doniana

57

25.91

Carissa spinarum

54

24.55

Cordia africana

48

21.82

Ximenia americana

48

21.82

Syzygium guineense subsp. guineense

42

19.09

Saba comorensis

30

13.64

Dioscorea praehensilis

28

12.73

Ficus sycomorus

27

12.27

Ficus sur

24

10.91