Skip to main content

Table 6 Most used tree species PUD parameters in the phytodistricts 3, 4, 8, and 10

From: How do plant demographic and ecological traits combined with social dynamics and human traits affect woody plant selection for medicinal uses in Benin (West Africa)?

Families

Species

UV

IVI (%)

Anacardiaceae

Lannea acida A. Rich

0.24

9.47

Anacardiaceae

Lannea barteri (Olïv.) Engl

0.30

13.80

Bignoniaceae

Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth

0.83

0.00

Bignoniaceae

Newbouldia laevis (P. Beauv.) Seem

0.35

0.00

Combretaceae

Terminalia leiocarpa (DC.) Baill

0.25

26.75

Combretaceae

Combretum collinum Fresen

0.21

22.73

Fabaceae

Afzelia africana Pers

0.50

30.95

Fabaceae

Burkea africana Hook

0.19

15.19

Fabaceae

Cassia sieberiana DC

0.40

0.00

Fabaceae

Daniellia oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. & Dalziel

0.34

12.68

Fabaceae

Detarium microcarpum Guill. & Perr

0.16

10.70

Fabaceae

Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) G. Don

0.54

0.00

Fabaceae

Prosopis Africana (GuilI. & Perr.) Taub

0.41

0.00

Fabaceae

Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir

0.46

0.00

Malvaceae

Cola millenii K. Schum

0.29

0.00

Meliaceae

Azadirachta indica A. Juss

0.40

0.00

Meliaceae

Khaya senegalensis (Desv.) A. Juss

2.28

0.00

Meliaceae

Pseudrocedrela kotschyi (Schweinf.) Harms

0.30

0.00

Moraceae

Ficus sur Forssk

0.06

12.82

Moraceae

Treculia africana Decne. Ex Trecul

0.29

0.00

Ochnaceae

Lophira lanceolata Tiegh. ex Keay

0.31

0.87

Phyllanthaceae

Uapaca heudelotii Baill

0.16

0.00

Sapotaceae

Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn

0.79

0.00

  1. UV: Sum of tree Use Value in the mentioned phytodistricts, IVI: Sum of tree Importance value index in the mentioned phytodistricts