Table 5.
Main quantitative results for the 14 most mentioned species
|
Species |
No. of informants |
No. of citations |
Quantitative indices |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV | RFC | RI | CI | |||
|
Dioscorea preussii Pax |
39 |
84 |
1.615 |
0.750 |
0.667 |
0.750 |
|
Strychnos innocua Delile |
29 |
29 |
0.558 |
0.558 |
0.538 |
0.558 |
|
Ximenia caffra Sond. |
20 |
21 |
0.404 |
0.385 |
0.423 |
0.385 |
|
Dioscorea cochleariapiculata De Willd. |
20 |
20 |
0.385 |
0.385 |
0.423 |
0.385 |
|
Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth) Pax |
18 |
18 |
0.346 |
0.346 |
0.397 |
0.346 |
|
Annona senegalensis Pers. |
17 |
17 |
0.327 |
0.327 |
0.385 |
0.327 |
|
Vangueria infausta Burch. subsp. infausta |
17 |
17 |
0.327 |
0.327 |
0.385 |
0.327 |
|
Brachystegia boehmii Taub. |
11 |
15 |
0.288 |
0.212 |
0.474 |
0.250 |
|
Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merr. |
13 |
14 |
0.269 |
0.250 |
0.333 |
0.250 |
|
Dioscorea praehensilis Benth. |
13 |
13 |
0.250 |
0.250 |
0.333 |
0.250 |
|
Millettia stuhlmannii Taub. |
10 |
12 |
0.231 |
0.192 |
0.462 |
0.212 |
|
Brachystegia manga De Willd. |
6 |
11 |
0.212 |
0.115 |
0.410 |
0.135 |
|
Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh. |
8 |
11 |
0.212 |
0.154 |
0.603 |
0.173 |
| Afzelia quanzensis Welw. | 7 | 10 | 0.192 | 0.135 | 0.423 | 0.154 |
UV = Use Value; RFC = Relative Frequency of citation; RI = Relative Importance Index; CI = Cultural Importance index.