Some of the plants that grow at Be’ati Hagosa are the following:

Agam

I wonder if the name Agame has any thing to do with the thorny bush tree Agam. It used to grow in abundance every where. Now, it can only be found around church yards and other places that are considered holy, like at Enda Abba Libanos and probably at Enda Abba Metta’e. It fruits in July and August giving violet coloured fruits that are tastey to eat. Unfortunately, if one eats too much, ones teeth become sensitive to chewing other food. It must contain some sort of an acid I guess.

A few trees exist at the place we call Mereba’e now. The place got its name, we were told, from when the Italians had occupied Ethiopia for some time and had built a big building whose walls was made from adobes and used for storing ammunition.

Da’ero

Da’ero” which is **Sycamore in English is not available at Be’ati Hagosa. I have never seen it growing in the area before as well. But, it used to grow near Gol’aa. Now, it is available at Enda Mariam Genahti. I have the idea of growing it at Be’ati Hagosa.

Kado

We have a tree of Kado at Be’ati Hagosa. It has existed since we were children and it is still holding its own.

Tche’aa

Tche’aa which is Acacia in English has been growing in abunadnce before. Fortunately, it is still there although in a some what reduced state. Acacia trees come in many vareties.The type that is available at Be’ati Hagosa is of whitish type and its bark has lots of scale like materials. I suspect it might be the type that gives incense except that it is growing at a wet location and the incense that is produced from this tree contains too much water. We have not tried to collect it though. This is some thing I plan to do in the future.

Hitsawits

Awli’e

Awli’e is Olive Tree in English. It used to grow in abunadance before. Now, it is very hard to come on a tree of Awli’e* except at church yards. The reason is that, because of its strength as timberwood and highly valued as firewood, it was cut away indiscriminately by the people. Another reason is that it take a long time to grow and it is very hard to grow because all animals like to eat its leaves and goats in particular. People also cut its branches to use its stems as tooth brushes. So, unless some one puts a constant watch on an **Awli’e sampling until it grows to a big height, people and animals will never give it a chance to grow.