Table 5.
Percentage of plant species consumed by Colobus monkey in dry and wet seasons
| Local name | Species name | Family | Life form | Part consumed | % of contribution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry season | Wet season | Mean | |||||
| Dong | Apodytes dimidiate | Icacinaceae | Tree | YL, ML, FR | 13.1 | 12.6 | 12.8 |
| Lol | Ekebergia capensis | Meliaceae | Tree | YL, ML, SH | 12.1 | 10.1 | 11.1 |
| Shola | Ficus sur croton | Moraceae | Tree | YL, FR | 6.9 | 0 | 3.45 |
| Besana | Macro stachus | Euphorbiaceae | Tree | FR | 2.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| Tid | Juniperus procera | Cupressaceae | Tree | FR, BR | 0.5 | 0 | 0.25 |
| Sesa | Albizia Schimeperi | Fabaceae | Tree | YL, SH, FR | 30.7 | 35.8 | 33.2 |
| Keteketa | Dodonaea angustif | Sapindaceae | Tree | YL, FR | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
| Kimo | Rhus glutinosa | anacardiaceae | Tree | YL, FR | 6.1 | 8.6 | 7.35 |
| Welekefa | Dombeya torrida | Sterculiaceae | Tree | BR | 0.4 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Shenbko | Arundo donax | Poaceae | Tree | YL | 2.2 | 4 | 3.1 |
| Avalo | Brucea antidysenterica | simaroubaceae | Tree | YL | 0.5 | 0 | 0.25 |
| Gitem | Schefflera abyssinica | Araliaceae | Tree | YL, FR | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.4 |
| Kulkual | Opuntia ficusindica | Cactaceae | Tree | FR | 0.8 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Cheba | Acacia nilotica | Fabaceae | Tree | YL, FR | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Atete | Maytenus gracilipes | Celasteraceae | Shr | YL | 0.7 | 0 | 0.35 |
NB: - YL: young leaves, ML: mature leaves, SH: shoot, FR: fruit, FL: flower, BK: bark, RT: root