Introduction to Plants in Central Somaliland / Hordhac ku Saabsan Dhirta ka Baxda Badhtamaha Soomaalilaand

About this book

Language: Bilingual in English and Somali

This book is a guide for the non-specialist to some of the native and naturalised plants of Central Somaliland including the coastal plain, Golis mountains and the Hargeysa plateau. All sections are illustrated with high quality color images. This second edition contains several additional photographs and corrects a few errors that were overlooked in the first edition.

There is no other illustrated guide to Somaliland’s plants nor any other guide for the region in Somali, the first language of many people in Djibouti, eastern Ethiopia, Somalia, and northeastern Kenya.

The book starts with a short paragraph summarizing Somaliland’s recent history. This is followed by a summary of the country’s climate, landforms, and ecological zones. The 13 pages of this introductory material are followed by 120 pages illustrating the 150 species treated. Some accounts occupy a whole page, others only a half-page. All include at least one colour photograph, a brief, non-technical description and a statement of the species’ habitat and global distribution plus two names for each species, an internationally understood scientific name, an English name, and a Somali name.

The back matter includes a few references, a glossary of almost 75 words, and an index.

Summary in Somali:
Buuggani waxa uu hage u yahay dadka aan takhasuska gaarka ah u lahayn aqoonta dhirta ka baxda qayb ka mid ah badhtamaha Soomaalilaand ee xerudhaladka ah ama la qabatimay dabeecadda goobaha kala duwan ee Xeebta, Buuraha Golis iyo Oogada Hargeysa. Qaybaha buugga oo dhan waxa lagu ladhay sawirro tayo sare leh. Daabacaaddan labaad waxa lagu soo daray sawirro dheeraad ah waxana lagu saxay khaladaad yaryar oo ku jiray daabacaaddii koowaad.

Ma jiro hage sawiran oo hore loogu sameeyey dhirta Soomaalilaan iyo sidoo kale dhirta geyiga kale ee Soomaalidu degto sida Jabuuti, Bariga Itoobiya, Soomaaliya iyo Waqooyi-Bari Kiiniya.

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Biography

Ahmed Ibrahim Awale is an environmentalist with more than two decades of experience. He is the chairman of the Somaliland Biodiversity Foundation, as well as Candlelight for Environment, Education and Health. He also lectures on environmental science at the University of Hargeysa and is the author of several books including, Environment in Crisis: Selected Essays on the Somali Environment.

Faisal Jama Gelle works at the University of Hargeysa where he manages the Biodiversity Museum for the Somaliland Biodiversity Foundation and teaches plant taxonomy.

Helen Pickering has published three previous photographic guides to wildflowers: in Nicaragua, Oman and the Victoria Falls.