Folk taxonomy and traditional uses of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces by the sociolinguistic groups in the central region of the Republic of Benin

Loko, Laura Estelle Yêyinou; Toffa, Joelle; Adjatin, Arlette; Akpo, Ahouélété Joel; Orobiyi, Azize; Dansi, Alexandre

doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0251-6

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Table 1 Basic information regarding the seven sociolinguistic groups surveyed in the study area

From: Folk taxonomy and traditional uses of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces by the sociolinguistic groups in the central region of the Republic of Benin

	Municipalities of
	Banté	Dassa-zoumé	Glazoué	Ouèssè	Savalou	Savé
Sociolinguistic groups surveyed	Nago, Ifé	Idaatcha, Fon	Mahi, Adja	Nago, Tchabè	Mahi, Idaatcha	Tchabè, Idaatcha
Population	107,181	112,122	124,431	142,017	144,549	87,177
Climate	Transition between subequatorial and Sudano-Guinean climate	Sub-equatorial climate	Sub-equatorial climate	Tropical climate intermediate between Guinean and Sudanese climate	Transition between subequatorial and Sudano-Guinean climate	Tropical climate intermediate between Guinean and Sudanese climate
Area (Km²)	2695	1711	1750	3200	2674	2228
Annual rainfall (mm)	600–1600	900–1100	959.56–1255.5	1100–1200	864–1637.3	1100–1300
Annual temperature (°C)	23 to 37	21 to 36	24 to 29	24 to 26	23 to 36	20 to 34
Vegetation	Wooded savannah area with part of classified forest	Wooded savannah and shrubby cut deciduous and semi-deciduous forests	The vegetation consists of natural formations	The plant cover is made of wooded savannah, shrubby, gallery forests and part of classified forest	The vegetation consists of islands of dense forest, savannah, fallow land and fields.	Graminaceous savannah with trees and shrubs. Classified forest
Soils	Tropical ferruginous soils	Tropical ferruginous soils	Soils sandy clay, hydromorphic and tropical ferruginous	Soils are clayey, hydromorphic and tropical ferruginous	Tropical ferruginous soils	Tropical ferruginous soils
Farming system	Cassava-Yam-Maize-based	Cassava-Soybean-Maize-based	Yam-Rice-Cassava-based	Cassava-Yam-Groundnut-based	Cassava-Yam-Maize-based	Cassava-Yam-Soybean-based
Number of surveyed villages	4	4	3	4	4	4

Data assembled from INSAE [77], Yabi et al. [78], and Akoegninou et al. [79]

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