Table 2 The 20 top useful medicinal plants in Burkina Faso based on the relative importance index
Accepted name | Family | Number medicinal of uses | Frequency of citation | Relative frequency of citation | Relative importance index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tamarindus indica L. | Fabaceae | 18 | 21 | 0.53 | 0.974 |
Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. | Sapotaceae | 17 | 19 | 0.48 | 0.9 |
Adansonia digitata L. | Malvaceae | 19 | 16 | 0.4 | 0.881 |
Ximenia americana L. | Ximeniaceae | 18 | 17 | 0.43 | 0.878 |
Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A.Juss. | Meliaceae | 16 | 19 | 0.48 | 0.873 |
Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC. | Ebenaceae | 16 | 18 | 0.45 | 0.85 |
Lannea microcarpa Engl. & K.Krause | Anacardiaceae | 16 | 18 | 0.45 | 0.85 |
Annona senegalensis Pers. | Annonaceae | 18 | 15 | 0.38 | 0.831 |
Ficus sycomorus L. | Moraceae | 16 | 17 | 0.43 | 0.826 |
Combretum micranthum G.Don | Combretaceae | 18 | 14 | 0.35 | 0.807 |
Sterculia setigera Delile | Malvaceae | 17 | 15 | 0.38 | 0.805 |
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile | Zygophyllaceae | 16 | 16 | 0.4 | 0.802 |
Lannea acida A.Rich. | Anacardiaceae | 17 | 14 | 0.35 | 0.781 |
Guiera senegalensis J.F.Gmel. | Combretaceae | 16 | 15 | 0.38 | 0.778 |
Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir. | Fabaceae | 16 | 15 | 0.38 | 0.778 |
Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex G.Don | Fabaceae | 15 | 16 | 0.4 | 0.776 |
Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) E.A.Bruce | Rubiaceae | 15 | 16 | 0.4 | 0.776 |
Cassia sieberiana DC. | Fabaceae | 14 | 17 | 0.43 | 0.773 |
Entada africana Guill. & Perr. | Fabaceae | 18 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.759 |
Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich.) Hochst. | Anacardiaceae | 16 | 13 | 0.33 | 0.731 |