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Table 3 List of 11 medical plant species with the highest Relative Frequency Citation (RFC) including habitat, used plant parts (PP), and Cultural Importance Index (CI). Habitat: C cultivated, F forest, S savannah. Plant parts: B bark, F fruit, L leaf, R root, S seed, SS stem sap, ST stem, W whole plant; *neophyte

From: First large-scale ethnobotanical survey in the province of Uíge, northern Angola

Species

Habitat

PP

RFC

CI

Hymenocardia acida

S

B, L, R, S

0.3387

0.4355

Vitex madiensis

S

B, L, R

0.3226

0.4032

Psorospermum febrifugum

S

B, F, L, R, SS

0.3065

0.3226

Annona stenophylla subsp. cuneata

S

L, R

0.2903

0.4032

Chromolaena odorata*

S

L

0.2581

0.3226

Sarcocephalus latifolius

S

B, F, L, R

0.2581

0.4032

Aframomum alboviolaceum

S

L, R, ST

0.2419

0.3226

Dysphania abrosioides*

D

L, R, W

0.2419

0.3226

Maprounea africana

S

B, L, R

0.2419

0.3226

Monodora myristica

F

B, F, R, S

0.2419

0.371

Xylopia aethiopica

F

F, R, S

0.2419

0.3387