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Table 3 Frequency of Citation (FC in %) of plant species in the survey areas

From: Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used as insects repellents in six malaria endemic localities of Cameroon

Percent Frequency of Citation (in %)

Plant family

Species

Lolodorf

Bipindi

Kon-Yambetta

Dimako

Londji

Babete

Annonaceae

Greenwayodendron suaveolens

0

12.6

0

0

0

0

Arecaceae

Elaeis guineensis

25.2

14.6

32.5

0

0

0

Burseraceae

Canarium schweinfurthii

32.2

36.9

49.8

34.2

0

0

Compositae

Chromolaena odorata

8.8

17.9

0

0

0

0

Leguminosae

Cylicodiscus gabunensis

2.9

0

0

0

0

0

Erythrophleum ivorense

0

0

0

11.8

0

0

Lamiaceae

Ocimum gratissimum

0

11.2

0

0

0

0

Premna angolensis

0

0

17.7

0

0

0

Musaceae

Musa paradisiaca

2.9

0

0

0

0

0

Musa sp.

2.9

0

0

0

0

0

Piperaceae

Piper umbellatum

0

0

0

21.1

0

0

Poaceae

Saccharum officinarum

8.8

0

0

0

0

0

Cymbopogon nardus

0

0

0

0

0

100

Rutaceae

Citrus limon

8.8

6.8

0

0

0

0

Siparunaceae

Glossocalyx longicuspis

7.5

0

0

0

0

0

Zingiberaceae

Aframomum alboviolaceum

0

0

0

32.9

0

0

  1. The percent frequency of citation was calculated as the number of citations/total number of citations for all recorded species