Evidence in support of the role of disturbance vegetation for women’s health and childcare in Western Africa

Table 2 Most frequently cited plant species in Gabon from 38 childcare (CC) questionnaires and 40 women’s health (WH) questionnaires

Species	Vegetation type	IUCN status	CC frequency [%]^*	WH frequency [%]^*
Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle	cultivated		74	10
Capsicum annuum L.	cultivated		39	30
Manihot esculenta Crantz	cultivated		45	23
Pterocarpus soyauxii Taub.	primary		34	28
Elaeis guineensis Jacq.	disturbance, cultivated		37	23
Musa sp.	cultivated		37	20
Annickia affinis (Exell) Versteegh & Sosef	primary, disturbance		37	18
Costus sp.	disturbance		37	18
Alchornea cordifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Müll.Arg.	disturbance		8	40
Harungana madagascariensis Lam. ex Poir.	disturbance		34	8
Psidium guajava L.	cultivated		37	5
Aframomum sp.	disturbance		29	10
Cola sp.	disturbance		32	8
Cucumeropsis mannii Naudin	disturbance, cultivated		18	20
Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth.	primary, disturbance		18	20
Ocimum gratissimum L.	disturbance, cultivated		13	18
Baillonella toxisperma Pierre	primary	VU	13	18
Alstonia cf. boonei De Wild.	primary, disturbance		29	0
Sida acuta Burm.f.	disturbance		3	25
Vernonia amygdalina Delile	disturbance, cultivated		24	3
Aframomum melegueta K.Schum	disturbance, cultivated		21	5
Mangifera indica L.	cultivated		16	10
Senna alata (L.) Roxb.	disturbance		16	10
Alstonia congensis Engl.	wetlands		0	25

*Number of informants who mentioned each species at least once per questionnaire, divided by the total number of informants.
VU = vulnerable.