Claim · model-written summary
Ficus sur is rapidly disappearing and requires urgent conservation.
- Outcome
- rapidly disappearinge0
Ficus surVerbatim
e0“Several species (Mimosopus kummel, Ficus sur and Ficus palmata) are rapidly disappearing and require urgent conservation”
Title
Yirgalem Tafere; Etefa Guyassa; Woldegebrial Zeweld Journal of Sustainable Forestry 2026. doi:10.1080/10549811.2026.2660112
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation The study recorded 20 wild edible plant species.
- Observation Seventeen wild edible plant species were recorded in the midland.
- Observation Fifteen wild edible plant species were recorded in the highland.
- Observation Cordia africana was among the most widely domesticated and well-known wild edible species.
- Observation Ziziphus spina-christi was among the most widely domesticated and well-known wild edible species.
- Observation Species diversity of wild edible plants was highest in exclosures (1.83).
- Observation Species diversity of wild edible plants was also high in homesteads (1.55).
- Observation Croplands showed the lowest species diversity of wild edible plants.
- Observation Wild edible plants provide multiple benefits: food, medicine, fodder and income.
- Observation The major threats to wild edible plants were agricultural expansion, overgrazing and illegal fuelwood extraction.
- Observation Mimosopus kummel is rapidly disappearing and requires urgent conservation.
- Observation Ficus palmata is rapidly disappearing and requires urgent conservation.
- Recommendation The authors recommend strengthening management strategies, prioritizing key species, increasing processing technologies, promoting germplasm development and on-farm cultivation to improve livelihoods while ensuring conservation.