Modelling socioeconomic determinants for cultivation and in-situ conservation of Vitex doniana Sweet (Black plum), a wild harvested economic plant in Benin

Table 2 Vitex doniana plant parts and their uses in Djidja district

Plant parts used	Use categories	Uses
Roots	Folk medicine	Against snake and scorpion bites, haemorrhoids, malaria, ulcers, diabetes, sexual impotence, stomach-ache, wounds, constipation, eye pains, intestine worms, sprain
Bark	Folk medicine	Sterility, haemorrhoids, snake and scorpion bites, intestine worms, ulcers, stomach-ache, diabetes, constipation, malaria, wounds, sexual impotence, eye pain, cough, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, strokes
Trunk and branches	Construction and fuel	Fuel wood, charcoal, planks, beam
Trunk and branches	Other uses	Drums, stool of the king
Leaves	Food	Household use for consumption as cooked vegetable
	Sales	Sale as cooked vegetable
	Folk medicine	Haemorrhoids, snake bites, mouth candidiasis, whitlow, annulet, malaria, ulcers, sexual impotence, stomach-ache
	Other uses	Ink
Fruits	Food	Direct consumption of fruits, juice making
Fruits	Sales	Sale of fruits for direct consumption
	Folk medicine	Haemorrhoids

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