Traditional uses of plants in a rural community of Mozambique and possible links with Miombodegradation and harvesting sustainability

Table 5 Main quantitative results for the 14 most mentioned species

Species	No. of informants	No. of citations	Quantitative indices
			UV	RFC	RI	CI
Dioscorea preussii Pax	39	84	1.615	0.750	0.667	0.750
Strychnos innocua Delile	29	29	0.558	0.558	0.538	0.558
Ximenia caffra Sond.	20	21	0.404	0.385	0.423	0.385
Dioscorea cochleariapiculata De Willd.	20	20	0.385	0.385	0.423	0.385
Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth) Pax	18	18	0.346	0.346	0.397	0.346
Annona senegalensis Pers.	17	17	0.327	0.327	0.385	0.327
Vangueria infausta Burch. subsp. infausta	17	17	0.327	0.327	0.385	0.327
Brachystegia boehmii Taub.	11	15	0.288	0.212	0.474	0.250
Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merr.	13	14	0.269	0.250	0.333	0.250
Dioscorea praehensilis Benth.	13	13	0.250	0.250	0.333	0.250
Millettia stuhlmannii Taub.	10	12	0.231	0.192	0.462	0.212
Brachystegia manga De Willd.	6	11	0.212	0.115	0.410	0.135
Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh.	8	11	0.212	0.154	0.603	0.173
Afzelia quanzensis Welw.	7	10	0.192	0.135	0.423	0.154

UV = Use Value; RFC = Relative Frequency of citation; RI = Relative Importance Index; CI = Cultural Importance index.

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