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Table 4 Mean values of the cultural importance of G. erubescens use-category by site and ethnic groups

From: Traditional knowledge and cultural importance of Gardenia erubescens Stapf & Hutch. in Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso

Use-category

Site

Ethnic group

df

H

p value

df

H

p value

Food

2

2.00

0.37 ns

7

10.74

0.15 ns

Medicine

2

15.38

< 0.001***

7

34.22

< 0.001***

Construction

2

8.49

0.014*

7

30.31

< 0.001***

Fodder

2

3.93

0.14 ns

7

4.69

0.69 ns

Energy

2

40.84

< 0.001***

7

50.04

< 0.001***

Cultural

2

32.31

< 0.001***

7

55.64

< 0.001***

Magic

2

5.90

0.052 ns

7

5.21

0.63 ns

  1. *** = p < 0.0001; ** = p < 0.001; * = p < 0.01; ns = p > 0.05; df degree of freedom, H Kruskal-Wallis statistic, p value probability value computed
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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