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Table 4 Most threatened woody species common to the three zones

From: Traditional ecological knowledge-based assessment of threatened woody species and their potential substitutes in the Atakora mountain chain, a threatened hotspot of biodiversity in Northwestern Benin, West Africa

Threatened woody species

Zones

 

EA

CA

WA

Afzelia africana Pers.

x

x

x

Anogeissus leiocarpa (DC.) Gill. & Perr.

x

x

x

Antiaris toxicaria (Engl.) C. C. Berg

x

x

x

Bombax costatum Pellegrin & Vuillet

x

x

x

Borassus aethiopum Mart.

x

x

x

Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. Ex A.DC.

x

x

x

Khaya senegalensis (Desv.) A. Juss

x

x

x

Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.)G.Don

x

x

x

Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir.

x

x

x

Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn

x

x

x

Vitex doniana Sweet

x

x

x

Ceiba pentandra (L) Geartn

x

x

 

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

x

x

 

Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.C. Berg

x

x

 

Adansonia digitata L.

x

 

x

Tamarindus indica L.

x

 

x

Isoberlinia doka Craib & Stapf

x

  

Isoberlinia tomentosa (Harms) Craib & Stapf

x

  

Kigelia africana (Sprague) Bidgood & Verdc

x

  

Raphia sudanica A. Chev.

x

  

Afraegle paniculata (Schum.)

 

x

x

Prosopis africana (Guill. & Perr.)Taub.

 

x

x

Bombax buonopozense Beauv.

 

x

 

Ficus platyphylla Del.

 

x

 

Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A.Rich.)

 

x

 

Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) B.Zepernick & F.K. Timler

x

  

Detarium microcarpum Guill. & Perr.

  

x

Ficus gnaphalocarpa Steud. Ex Miq.

  

x

Lannea microcarpa Engl & K. Krause

  

x

Mitragyna inermis (Willd.) Kuntze

  

x

Sclerocarya birrea (Sond.) Kokwaro

  

x

  1. EA East Atakora, CA Central Atakora, WA West Atakora