| S. no. |
Scientific name |
Common name |
Major uses |
| 1 |
Oleaafricana |
Ejersa |
Homestead plant uses as flavor and major bee forage flowered at onset of rainy season |
| 2 |
Acacia abyssinica |
Lafto |
Agro-forestry plant used as fuel wood and major bee forage |
| 3 |
Vernoniaamygdalina |
Eebicha |
Homestead shrubs used for live fence, animal feed, medicinal and major bee forage flowered from January to February |
| 4 |
Eucalyptus species |
Behirzaf |
Fuel wood, pole for constricting houses and long-term major bee forage flowered from April to June |
| 5 |
Croton machrostachyus |
Bakanisa |
Agro-forestry plant, used as fuel wood fence and major bee forage flowered from May to June |
| 6 |
Dovyalisabyssinica |
Koshim |
Spiny shrubs used as live fence and major bee forage flowered at starting and ending of rainfall |
| 7 |
Grevillearobusta |
Grevila |
Widely grown in all agro-ecology as live fence and major bee forage flowered from April to June |
| 8 |
Sesbanisesban |
sesbania |
Animal forage and major bee flower at the end of rainy season |
| 9 |
Cordiaafricana |
Woddeessa |
Agro-forestry tree important major honeybee flower and live fence flowered Sept-Nov |
| 10 |
Bidenspachyloma |
Kelo |
Major honeybee flower (weed) flowered at September |
| 11 |
Medicagopolymorpha |
- |
Major honeybee flower (weed) flowered at September |
| 12 |
Gizotiascabira |
Amaget |
Major honeybee flower(weed) flowered at September |
| 13 |
Gizotiaabyssinica |
Noug |
Oil crop and major honeybee flower flowered from October to November |
