Use patterns, use values and management of Afzelia africana Sm. in Burkina Faso: implications for species domestication and sustainable conservation

Balima, Larba Hubert; Nacoulma, Blandine Marie Ivette; Ekué, Marius Rodrigue Mensah; Kouamé, François N’Guessan; Thiombiano, Adjima

doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0221-z

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Table 3 Local knowledge on A. africana in Burkina Faso

From: Use patterns, use values and management of Afzelia africana Sm. in Burkina Faso: implications for species domestication and sustainable conservation

Criteria	Proposed variant	Bobo		Dagara		Dioula		Gourmantché		Kasséna		Mossi		Fulani
		(n = 37)		(n = 40)		(n = 39)		(n = 29)		(n = 40)		(n = 16)		(n = 20)
		F	FL	F	FL	F	FL	F	FL	F	FL	F	FL	F	FL
Motivations to conserve	Agroforestry	16	55.17	23	63.89	28	77.78	3	25	20	55.56	1	33.33	3	50
	Culture	6	20.69	7	19.44	6	16.67	7	58.33	14	38.89	1	33.33	2	33.33
	Multipurpose uses	5	17.24	6	16.67	2	5.56	1	8.33	2	5.56	1	33.33	1	16.67
	Threats	2	6.90	0	0	0	0	1	8.33	0	0	0	0	0	0
	ΣF	29	–	36	–	36	–	12	–	36	–	3	–	6	–
Use categories	Food	10	7.09	0	0	14	9.59	19	17.59	39	27.86	15	25.86	3	5.36
	Medicine	37	26.24	38	31.67	30	20.55	28	25.93	32	22.86	10	17.24	8	14.29
	Fodder	36	25.53	39	32.5	39	26.71	23	21.30	39	27.86	15	25.86	20	35.71
	Carpentry	16	11.35	5	4.17	27	18.49	17	15.74	1	0.71	11	18.97	10	17.86
	Culture	30	21.28	38	31.67	22	15.07	18	16.67	15	10.71	4	6.90	2	3.57
	Firewood	3	2.13	0	0	0	0	3	2.78	9	6.43	2	3.45	1	1.79
	Construction	4	2.84	0	0	8	5.48	0	0	1	0.71	0	0	4	7.14
	Shade	3	2.13	0	0	5	3.42	0	0	4	2.86	0	0	1	1.79
	Veterinary	1	0.71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.72	7	12.5
	Fertilization	1	0.71	0	0	1	0.68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	ΣF	141	–	120	–	146	–	108	–	140	–	58	–	56	–
Species regeneration	Assisted	0	0	0	0	1	2.56	1	3.45	1	2.5	0	0	0	0
	Natural	37	100	40	100	38	97.44	28	96.55	39	97.5	15	100	20	100
	Sowing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Transplantation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	ΣF	37	–	40	–	39	–	29	–	40		15	–	20	–
Local practices	Pruning	15	51.72	28	48.57	33	56.90	17	47.22	28	32.94	8	50	13	76.47
	Debarking	11	37.93	19	32.76	25	43.10	18	50	25	29.41	8	50	4	23.53
	Fire protection	3	10.34	11	18.97	0	0	1	2.78	32	37.65	0	0	0	0
	ΣF	29	–	58	–	58	–	36	–	85		16	–	17	–
Species status	Abundant	12	32.43	28	84.85	7	17.95	4	44.44	19	48.72	2	33.33	0	0
	Rare	25	67.57	5	15.15	32	82.05	5	55.56	20	51.28	4	66.67	9	100
	ΣF	37	–	33	–	39	–	9	–	39	–	6	–	9	–
Occurrence habitats	Farmlands	13	16.25	37	22.98	35	23.65	12	21.43	29	28.16	8	22.22	6	18.18
	Fallows	12	15	36	22.36	35	23.65	9	16.07	31	30.10	7	19.44	5	15.15
	Human settlements	7	8.75	18	11.18	15	10.14	4	7.14	0	0.00	3	8.33	1	3.03
	Protected areas	32	40	38	23.60	35	23.65	20	35.71	38	36.89	13	36.11	14	42.42
	Sacred groves	16	20	32	19.88	28	18.92	11	19.64	5	4.85	5	13.89	7	21.21
	ΣF	80	–	161	–	148	–	56	–	103	–	36	–	33	–
Variations criteria	Trees’ size	21	70	12	66.66	28	45.16	18	75	17	53.12	7	63.63	11	78.57
	Trees’ density	2	6.67	2	11.11	8	12.90	2	8.33	10	31.25	0		0	0
	Trees’ morphology	7	23.33	4	22.22	26	41.93	4	16.67	5	15.62	4	36.36	3	21.43
	ΣF	30	–	18	–	62	–	24	–	32	–	11	–	14	–

n number of interviewees per ethnic group, F frequency, ΣF sum of frequency per item, FL fidelity level

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