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Table 6 Suppliers’, manufacturers’, retailers’ and consumers’ preferences for specific wood species for mortar

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)(%)

Apru

Nesogordonia papaverifera

4.5

4.5

0

9.1

Asanfran

Amphimas ferrugineus

4.5

4.5

0

0

Bese

Cola nitida

4.5

0

5.7

0

Danta

Cistanthera papaverifera

4.5

18.2

13

9.1

Essia

Petersianthus macrocarpus

4.5

0

6.6

0

Kusea

Nauclea diderrichii

4.5

9.1

4.7

3

Kyere

Pterygota macrocarpa

0

0

6.6

0

Mahogany

Khaya senegalensis

0

0

7.6

0

Mansonia

Mansonia altissima

4.5

4.5

0

0

Nkutodua

Butyrospermum paradoxum

13.7

9.1

2.8

15.2

Odandam

-

0

0

7.5

0

Odum

Chlorophora excelsa

13.7

18.2

33

27.3

Oframum

-

0

0

9.7

0

Papao

Afzelia africana

27.4

31.9

2.8

36.3

Wonton

Morus mesozygia

13.7

0

0

0

Total

 

100

100

100

100