Subjects: Biology >> Botany >> Applied botany submitted time 2022-03-30 Cooperative journals: 《广西植物》
Abstract： Baiku Yao people like to eat local black pigs, and they are very good at collecting and managing forage plants. This study aims to make an ethnobotanical inventory of forage plants and their related native knowledge in the Baiku Yao area, provide data support for the preservation of their traditional knowledge, and provide ideas for the development of modern new types of forage. From 2019 to 2021, we went to the local area for ethnobotanical investigation of forage plants, using key formant interviews, semi-structured interviews, and group discussions. Additionally, we have screened out the forage plants with high comprehensive utilization value according to scoring and ranking and their utilization frequency. The results are as follows: (1) 104 forage plant species are recorded, belonging to 85 genera and 42 families. The family with the most cited species is Asteraceae (16 species, accounting for 15.38% of the total species), followed by Urticaceae (13 species, accounting for 12.5% of the total species). (2) Branches and leaves (56.73%), whole plant (26.92%) and leaves (8.65%) are the main utilization parts of local forage plants, accounting for 92.3% of the recorded plants. Most forage plants are herbaceous plants (88.46%). There are adequate forage plants that can be collected to feed pigs in almost all seasons. Chopping, crushing, and cooking feed plants are the main preparation methods of pig feed. (3) The most frequently cited local species are Zea mays, Broussonetia papyrifera, Ipomoea batatas, Morus alba, Fagopyrum dibotrys, and Oryza sativa. (4) The local forage plants with high comprehensive evaluation are Broussonetia papyrifera, Ipomoea batatas, Morus alba, Fagopyrum dibotrys, and Cucurbita moschata. The local people have rich traditional knowledge about the use and management of forage plants for swine, which are very scientific and well preserved, and the related forage plant resources are also worthy of further development and promotion.
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