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Table 11 Suppliers’, manufacturers’, retailers’ and consumers’ preferences for specific wood species for cutting/chopping board

From: Assessment of local wood species used for the manufacture of cookware and the perception of chemical benefits and chemical hazards associated with their use in Kumasi, Ghana

 

Wood species

Respondents

Local name

Scientific name

Manufacturers (n=22)(%)

Suppliers (n=22)(%)

Consumers* (n=106)(%)

Retailers (n=25)(%)

Albizia

Albizia adianthifolia

18.2

20

0

0

Danta

Cistanthera papaverifera

27.2

0

0

20

Hyedua

Guibourtia ehie

0

0

17

0

Kyere

Pterygota macrocarpa

13.7

0

0

0

Mahogany

Khaya senegalensis

4.5

40

15

8

Mansonia

Mansonia altissima

0

30

0

0

Odandam

-

0

0

6.6

0

Odum

Chlorophora excelsa

0

0

21.7

0

Oframum

-

0

0

8.5

0

Papao

Afzelia africana

18.2

0

0

8

Redwood

Sequoia sempervirens

0

0

16.8

48

Sapelle

Entandrophragma cylindricum

13.7

0

0

0

Teak

Tectona grandis

4.5

10

0

16

Wawa

Triplochiton scleroxylon

0

0

14.4

0

Total

 

100

100

100

100

  1. * Excludes 19 respondents who claimed not to be knowledgeable in wood species.