Abstract:
The indigenous knowledge of plants is systematically and socially very crucial. This study was done
ethnobotanical study of plant resources in Hadero-Tunto Zuria District, Kembata-Tembaro Zone,
Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, Ethiopia. Survey was used to
conductdatain the study District. The study was doneby identifying and documenting the plants
thatwereused for food 49.3%, fodder 35.5%, medicine 63%, Construction 16.5%, and several mixed
uses including material culture. The sample size of the study Districtwas selected 186 respondents by
Yamane (1967) formula. And the respondents were selected by lottery methods from three
administrative towns of the study District. Various ethnobotanical methods wereused to collect and
analyze the data such as semi- structured interview, participant observation, group discussion,
guided field walk, preference ranking, direct matrix ranking, paired comparison, informant’s
consensus factor and reliability level combined with descriptive statistical analysis. In the study
District, 73 different plant species with 42 family and 42 genera are identified. Poaceae stood first
contributing 12(16.5%) species followed by Fabaceae and Solanaceae represented by 5(6.9%)
species each and, Rosaceae and Rutaceae 4(5.5%), Asteraceae 3(4.4%), Zingiberaceae,
Annacardiaceae, Lamiaceae, and Musaceae represented by 2(2.7%) species each. Based on the
findings, those collected plant resources were mentioned in a minimum amount that shoud be
preservedwere: Oleae europaea, Syzygium guineense, Prunes persica, Rhamnus prinoides,
Ipomoeabatatas, Arundinaria alpina and some others eight plant species
