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Table 3 Diversity and relative importance of frequently involved species in Synsepalum dulcificum-based production systems

From: Comparative analysis of management practices and end-users’ desired breeding traits in the miracle plant [Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach & Thonn.) Daniell] across ecological zones and sociolinguistic groups in West Africa

Species

On-farm

Species

Home garden

Importance score

Rank

Importance score

Rank

Theobroma cacao L.

4.06

1st

Theobroma cacao L.

4.39

1st

Zea mays L.

4.00

2nd

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

3.61

2nd

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

3.46

3rd

Musa parasidica L.

3.55

3rd

Manihot esculenta Crantz.

3.30

4th

Coffea canephora L.

3.43

4th

Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott & Endl.

3.09

5th

Manihot esculenta Crantz.

3.27

5th

Solanum aethiopicum L.

3.00

6th

Musa sapientum L.

3.12

6th

Musa sapientum L.

2.55

7th

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

3.00

7th

Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck

2.40

8th

Discorea alata L.

3.00

8th

Capsicum sp.

2.31

9th

Chrysophyllum albidum G.Don

2.79

9th

Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp

2.29

10th

Cocos nucifera L.

2.78

10th

Tectona grandis L.f.

2.23

11th

Citrus lemon L.

2.66

11th

Irvingia gabonensis (Aubry-Lecomte ex O'Rorke)

2.19

12th

Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck

2.66

12th

Dioscorea alata L.

2.18

13th

Moringa oleifera (Gaetn.) Dunal

2.42

13th

Musa parasidica L.

2.12

14th

Annona muricata L.

2.38

14th

Acacia auriculiformis Benth.

2.00

15th

Mangifera indica L.

2.25

15th

Annona muricata L.

2.00

15th

Persea americana Mill.

2.22

16th

Chrysophyllum albidum G.Don

2.00

15th

Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach &Thonn.) Daniell

1.70

17th

Xylopia aethiopica

(Dunal) A. Rich.

2.00

15th

Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

1.28

18th

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

1.94

19th

Persea americana Mill.

1.87

20th

Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach &Thonn.) Daniell

1.83

21st

Lycopersicum esculentum L.

1.80

22nd

Arachis hypogaea L.

1.64

23rd

Cocos nucifera L.

1.45

24th

  1. Perennial species are in bold