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Table 6 Useful plants cited by the informants and found in vegetation plots

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

Species

N/D

D

BA

IVI

M

No. of citations

No. of informants

Used part

General category of use

No. of secondary categories of use

Albizia antunesiana Harms

N

0.442

0.066

0.508

*

1

1

ST/BR

handicraft

1

D

0.631

0.035

5.279

Amblygonocarpus andongensis (Welw. ex Oliv.) Exell & Torre

N

0.442

0.097

0.539

*

4

3

F, S

food, fishing

2

Annona senegalensis Pers.

N

0.221

0.002

0.223

*

17

17

F

food

1

Bobgunnia madagascariensis (Desv.) J.H. Kirkbr. & Wiersama

N

0.221

0.019

0.240

 

3

3

B

fishing

1

D

0.311

0.047

4.551

Brachystegia bohemi Taub.

N

3.157

1.079

4.236

 

15

11

B, ST/BR

handicraft, domestic

3

D

7.957

0.745

37.763

Brachystegia manga De Willd.

N

3.200

0.292

3.492

 

11

6

B, ST/BR

handicraft, domestic

5

Brahystegia spiciformis Benth.

N

3.757

0.714

4.471

 

7

4

B, ST/BR

handicraft, domestic

4

D

1.263

0.373

18.893

Burkea africana Hook.

N

0.663

0.051

0.714

*

2

1

ST/BR

handicraft

2

D

1.263

0.433

22.716

Catunaregam obovata (Hochst.) A.E.Gonç.

N

0.442

0.009

0.451

*

2

2

F, ST/BR

handicraft, domestic

2

Cleistoclamys kirkii (Bent.) Oliv.

N

1.105

0.053

1.158

*

4

4

F, ST/BR

food, handicraft

2

Crossopterix febrifuga (Afzel. ex G. Don) Benth.

N

1.547

0.115

1.662

*

3

1

ST/BR

handicraft, domestic

3

D

0.631

0.060

5.974

Dalbergia melamoxylon Guill. & Perr.

N

0.221

0.006

1.461

*

5

3

ST/BR

handicraft, domestic

4

D

0.316

0.003

3.336

Diplorhynchus condylocarpon (Müll. Arg.) Pichon

N

7.294

0.404

7.698

*

2

2

ST/BR

handicraft

1

D

5.368

0.306

41.918

Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merr.

D

0.316

0.006

3.423

*

14

13

F

food

1

Julbernardia globiflora (Benth.) Troupin

N

3.978

0.088

4.067

 

6

4

B, ST/BR

handicraft, domestic

4

Millettia stuhlmanii Taub.

N

0.663

0.057

0.721

*

12

10

F, ST/BR, UO

handicraft, domestic

6

D

1.579

0.060

9.200

Parinari curatellifolia Planch. ex Benth.

N

1.105

0.099

1.205

*

4

3

F,S, ST/BR

food, handicraft

3

Pericopsis angolensis (Baker) Meeuwen

N

0.221

0.023

0.244

 

1

1

ST/BR

handicraft

1

D

0.316

0.038

4.291

Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh.

N

1.768

0.071

1.839

*

11

8

F, ST/BR

food, handicraft, domestic

5

D

0.316

0.057

4.812

Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax

N

4.641

0.245

4.887

*

3

3

ST/BR

handicraft

1

D

4.105

0.603

43.603

Pterocarpus angolensis DC.

N

4.420

0.066

4.487

 

4

3

ST/BR

handicraft

3

D

2.842

8.768

24.967

Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst.

N

0.663

0.014

0.677

*

7

4

F

food

3

D

0.316

0.290

11.236

Strychnos innocua Delile

N

0.221

0.023

1.741

*

29

29

F

food

2

Terminalia sericea Burch. ex DC.

N

0.442

0.088

0.530

*

1

1

ST/BR

handicraft

1

Vangueria infausta Burch. subsp. infausta

N

0.442

0.004

0.446

*

17

17

F

food

1

D

0.316

0.047

4.551

Vitex doniana Sweet

N

0.221

0.075

0.296

 

4

4

F

food

1

Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr.

N

0.221

0.011

0.232

*

2

2

F

food

1

Ximenia caffra Sond.

D

1.263

0.016

6.909

*

21

20

F

food

2

  1. N/D = Natural (N) / Degraded (D) Miombo; D = No. of plants/1000 m2; BA = Basal Area/1000 m2; IVI = Importance Value Index; M = star marks plants cited as medicinal in Bruschi et al. [12].
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