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Survey on Indigenous Food Plants of Kaya Kauma and Kaya Tsolokero in Kilifi County Kenya
Author(s)
Jolly Rajat, Joyce Jefwa and Joseph Mwafaida
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7391/2017.02.004
Affiliation(s)
The Department of Biological Sciences, Pwani University, P.O. Box: 195-80108, Kilifi County, Kenya
ABSTRACT
An ethnobotanical study was
carried out in the sacred forests of Kaya Kauma in Kilifi county and Kaya
Tsolokero in Junju location in Kenya between 21st January 2015 to 22nd February
2016. Ethnobotanical data
on the knowledge of useful Indigenous Food Plants among the dwelling population
in the villages around Kaya Kauma and Kaya Tsolokero were obtained from the
using semi-structured questionnaire and interviews of the population in the
homesteads around both the forests. The Food Plants included vegetables, fruit or any sort of
food if they yield to the society. Results based on a questionnaire survey in
18 villages around Kaya
Kauma and 9 villages around Kaya Tsolokero are presented by different stratum of Gender, Age,
Tribes, Education level, Relationship to the village, Marital status. Usage of plant as food out of the population
interviewed around Kaya Kauma and the total fruit plants mentioned by the villagers
dwelling around the forest was 18 belonging to 9 different families. The total
vegetable plants which were mentioned by the population around Kaya Kauma were
23 belonging to 12 different families. Other Food Plants mentioned by the
community was 36. Out of the population interviewed around Kaya Tsolokero out
of the Food Plants mentioned by the community, total fruit plants mentioned by
the community was 46 belonging to 19 different families, total vegetable plants
mentioned was 20 which belonged to 13 different families and other Food Plants
mentioned by the community was 23. Out of the dwelling tribes around Kaya
Kauma, Mkauma emerged as the most popular tribe and Mjibana as the most popular
tribe around Kaya Tsolokero. The 18 adjoining villages to Kaya Kauma were interviewed
for the survey and 9 adjoining villages were interviewed adjacent to Kaya
Tsolokero.
KEYWORDS
Sacred forest, indigenous food, Kaya Kauma, Kaya Tsolokero, ethnobotanical species.
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