Table 1.
Names of collected fuelwood species and comments on their heating efficiency
| No.*** | Local name of the species | Scientific name | Location | Life form | Heating efficiency | Smoke | Other features |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | oiti | Acacia mellifera (Vahl) Benth. | a | tree | good | no | good charcoal |
| 2 | olkiloriti | Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Delile | b | tree | good | no | heavy |
| 8 | enkilelio | Acacia senegal (L.) Wild | b | tree | * | * | easy to break into pieces, it does not stay in the fire for a long time |
| 24 | olderkesi | Acacia senegal (L.) Wild | c | tree | * | a lot | leaves ashes after being burnt |
| 3 | oltepesi | Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne | a | tree | good | * | hard, leaves ashes after being burnt |
| 19 | osalagi | Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile | a | tree | * | a lot | the smoke hurts one’s eyes |
| 21 | olng'osua | Balanites glabra Mildbr. & Schltr. | a | tree | good | a lot | the smoke hurts one’s eyes and has a bitter taste when floats into mouth |
| 6 | nenkopang | Bridelia taitensis Vatke & Pax | b | shrub | * | a little | too small for use as firewood |
| 13 | enkonerei | Commiphora schimperi (O.Berg) Engl. | b | tree | * | * | |
| 17 | osioki | Cordia monoica Roxb. | b | tree | * | yes | the smoke has a good smell, the dried wood easily attracts ants |
| 14 | oltiasika | Dalbergia melanoxylon Guill. & Perr. | b | tree | good | no | |
| 15 | olalejani | Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq. | b | shrub | good | a little | the smoke has a bad smell |
| 25 | olporokuai | Dombeya kirkii Mast. | c | shrub | good | no | it can stay in the fire for a long time |
| 9 | esamantet | Grewia fallax K.Schum. | a | tree | * | no | it cannot stay in the fire for a long time |
| 5 | esiteti | Grewia sp. | b | tree | * | no | |
| 12 | olmangulai | Grewia villosa Willd. | b | shrub | * | yes | too small for use as firewood |
| 16 | olorien | Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don) Cif. | c | tree | * | yes | the smoke has a good smell, and is used to clean milk containers |
| 7 | enkitarrae | Opilia amentacea Roxb. | c | liana | * | no | too small for use as firewood |
| 1 | enkorsiyanchoi | Ormocarpum kirkii S.Moore | b | tree | good | no | heavy, good charcoal |
| 11 | olokunonoi | Ozoroa insignis Delile | b | tree | * | no | the wood has a bad smell |
| 18 | oltimigomi | Pappea capensis Eckl. & Zeyh. | c | tree | * | yes | the smoke has a good smell, for use as tea leaves |
| 10 | olmisigiyoi | Rhus natalensis Krauss | b | shrub | * | no | good charcoal, it can stay in the fire for a long time |
| 22 | entulele** | Solanum incanum L. | a | grass | * | no | it burns out easily |
| 23 | olegipeta | Teclea simplicifolia (Engl.) Verd. | c | tree | * | * |
Notes: data was collected from interviews with 15 women (who ranged in age from their 20s to 80s), and listed with alphabet order of the scientific names. Diverse answers can be found concerning the described features of wood species, which are marked with *. Because this paper focuses on the EK acquisition of girls, details of the differences in women’s descriptions and their reasons would not have been discussed. Location: a-Oiti, b-Oldonyo Wuarikon, c-Embilbil Oldonyo Sampu (see Fig. 1)
**Due to inefficient voucher information, I could not get identification information of this plant species. I adopted its scientific name from Kiringe’s study [39]
***No. refers to the voucher numbers that provided for plant identification