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Table 1 Useful species used by people in Ga-Sekgopo and Monywaneng villages

From: The utilization and management of plant resources in rural areas of the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Species name

Collection no

Vernacular name

Family

Utilization category

Ga-Sekgopo

Monywaneng

Frequency (%)

Acacia karroo Hayne

43 MT

Mushu

Fabaceae

Firewood

-

+

22

Acacia rehmanniana Schinz

20 MT

Mosibihla

Fabaceae

Firewood

-

+

15

Aloe greatheadii Schönland var. greatheadii

16 MT

Sekgopha

Aloaceae

Medicine

+

+

22

Asparagus suaveolens Burch.

04 MT

Sephatlalatsa

Asparagaceae

Medicine

+

-

08

Bauhinia galpinii N.E.Br

28 MT

Motswiriri

Fabaceae

Medicine

-

+

05

Berchemia discolor (Klotzsch) Hemsl.

34 MT

Mogwahlapa

Rhamnaceae

Firewood

+

-

35

Burkea africana Hook.

42 MT

Monatlo

Fabaceae

Firewood

+

-

17

Medicine

+

-

05

Carissa edulis (Forssk.) Vahl

36 MT

Mothokolo

Apocynaceae

Firewood

-

+

02

Fruit

+

-

10

Combretum apiculatum Sond. subsp. Apiculatum

19 MT

Khuditshwane

Combretaceae

Firewood

+

-

07

Combretum hereroense Schinz

22 MT

Mokabe

Combretaceae

Firewood

+

-

02

Combretum kraussii Hochst.

11 MT

Moduba

Combretaceae

Firewood

+

+

35

Clerodendrum glabrum E.Mey.

18 MT

Mohlokohloko

Verbenaceae

Crafting

+

-

03

Timber

+

-

02

Commiphora mollis (Oliv.) Engl.

32 MT

Mokgorokgoro

Burseraceae

Crafting

-

+

02

Cryptocarya sp.

47 MT

Morobarobe

Lauraceae

Medicine

-

+

07

Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.

12 MT

Moretshe

Fabaceae

Firewood

+

+

22

Diospyros lycioides Desf. subsp. Lycioides

17 MT

Setlommana

Ebenaceae

Fruit

+

-

07

Dombeya rotundifolia (Hochst.) Planch. var. rotundifolia

01 MT

Mogokobu

Sterculiaceae

Firewood

-

+

10

Ehretia rigida (Thunb.) Druce subsp. Rigida

25 MT

Morobe

Boraginaceae

Fruit

-

+

13

Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill ex Maiden

15 MT

Motlouma

Myrtaceae

Firewood

+

-

02

Euclea crispa Gürke subsp. crispa

33 MT

Mkwerekwere

Ebenaceae

Crafting

-

+

03

Euclea undulate Thunb.

46 MT

Mohlakola

Ebenaceae

Fruit

-

+

10

Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq.

08 MT

Monokane

Moraceae

Fruit

+

-

12

Flacourtia indica (Burm.f.) Merr.

38 MT

Morethema

Flacourtiaceae

Fruit

+

-

02

Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Voigt subsp. Virosa

44 MT

Mohlakauma

Phyllanthaceae

Fruit

+

+

05

Crafting

+

-

03

Grewia bicolor Juss. var. bicolor

30 MT

Morethwa

Malvaceae

Fruit

+

+

15

Grewia retinervis Burret

02 MT

Mpharatshwene

Malvaceae

Firewood

+

-

05

Medicine

+

-

02

Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes.

37 MT

Sephathwa

Celastraceae

Medicine

+

-

02

Gymnosporia sp.

21 MT

Moritidi

Celastraceae

Firewood

+

-

08

Crafting

+

-

02

Harpephyllum caffrum Bernh. ex Krauss

27 MT

Motshidi

Anacardiaceae

Firewood

-

+

07

Fruit

+

+

28

Indigofera sp.

31 MT

Morotelashotsi

Fabaceae

Medicine

-

+

05

Kleinia longiflora DC.

03 MT

Mmale

Asteraceae

Medicine

-

+

05

Lannea discolor (Sond.) Engl.

05 MT

Mokgothwane

Anacardiaceae

Fruit

-

+

05

Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng.

06 MT

Mosunkwane

Verbenaceae

Medicine

+

+

08

Melia azedarach L.

40 MT

Mobidi

Meliaceae

Firewood

-

+

10

Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

41 MT

Motloro

Cactaceae

Fruit

+

+

05

Pappea capensis Eckl. & Zeyh.

10 MT

Morothodi

Sapindaceae

Fruit

+

-

05

Peltophorum africanum Sond.

45 MT

Mosehla

Leguminosae

Firewood

-

+

10

Philenoptera violacea (Klotzsch) Schrire

60 MT

Mphato

Leguminosae

Firewood

+

+

13

Ptaeroxylon obliquum (Thunb.) Radlk.

23 MT

Molope

Rutaceae

Fruit

+

-

13

Rhigozum brevispinosum Kuntze.

29 MT

Not available

Bignoniaceae

Medicine

-

+

02

Sansevieria sp.

30 MT

Mokgosi

Dracaenaceae

Crafting

+

-

02

Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich.) Hochst. subsp. caffra (Sond.)

13 MT

Morula

Anacardiaceae

Fruit

+

+

33

Firewood

-

+

42

Medicine

+

+

10

Searsia leptodictya (Diels) T.S.Yi, A.J.Mill. & J.Wen

07 MT

Mohlohlo

Anacardiaceae

Fruit

-

+

08

Senna petersiana (Bolle) Lock.

26 MT

Monepenepe

Fabaceae

Medicine

+

+

05

Solanum lycopersicum L.

09 MT

Motamati

Solanaceae

Medicine

+

-

02

Vangueria infausta Burch. subsp. Infausta

24 MT

Mmilo

Rubiaceae

Fruit

+

+

17

Ziziphus mucronata Willd. subsp. Mucronata

14 MT

Mokgalo

Rhamnaceae

Firewood

-

+

12

Fruit

+

+

03

  1. KEY: + :Species is used, - : Species is not used.