Table 6.
Useful plants cited by the informants and found in vegetation plots
Species | N/D | D | BA | IVI | M | No. of citations | No. of informants | Used part | General category of use | No. of secondary categories of use |
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Albizia antunesiana Harms |
N |
0.442 |
0.066 |
0.508 |
* |
1 |
1 |
ST/BR |
handicraft |
1 |
D |
0.631 |
0.035 |
5.279 |
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Amblygonocarpus andongensis (Welw. ex Oliv.) Exell & Torre |
N |
0.442 |
0.097 |
0.539 |
* |
4 |
3 |
F, S |
food, fishing |
2 |
Annona senegalensis Pers. |
N |
0.221 |
0.002 |
0.223 |
* |
17 |
17 |
F |
food |
1 |
Bobgunnia madagascariensis (Desv.) J.H. Kirkbr. & Wiersama |
N |
0.221 |
0.019 |
0.240 |
|
3 |
3 |
B |
fishing |
1 |
D |
0.311 |
0.047 |
4.551 |
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Brachystegia bohemi Taub. |
N |
3.157 |
1.079 |
4.236 |
|
15 |
11 |
B, ST/BR |
handicraft, domestic |
3 |
D |
7.957 |
0.745 |
37.763 |
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Brachystegia manga De Willd. |
N |
3.200 |
0.292 |
3.492 |
|
11 |
6 |
B, ST/BR |
handicraft, domestic |
5 |
Brahystegia spiciformis Benth. |
N |
3.757 |
0.714 |
4.471 |
|
7 |
4 |
B, ST/BR |
handicraft, domestic |
4 |
D |
1.263 |
0.373 |
18.893 |
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Burkea africana Hook. |
N |
0.663 |
0.051 |
0.714 |
* |
2 |
1 |
ST/BR |
handicraft |
2 |
D |
1.263 |
0.433 |
22.716 |
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Catunaregam obovata (Hochst.) A.E.Gonç. |
N |
0.442 |
0.009 |
0.451 |
* |
2 |
2 |
F, ST/BR |
handicraft, domestic |
2 |
Cleistoclamys kirkii (Bent.) Oliv. |
N |
1.105 |
0.053 |
1.158 |
* |
4 |
4 |
F, ST/BR |
food, handicraft |
2 |
Crossopterix febrifuga (Afzel. ex G. Don) Benth. |
N |
1.547 |
0.115 |
1.662 |
* |
3 |
1 |
ST/BR |
handicraft, domestic |
3 |
D |
0.631 |
0.060 |
5.974 |
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Dalbergia melamoxylon Guill. & Perr. |
N |
0.221 |
0.006 |
1.461 |
* |
5 |
3 |
ST/BR |
handicraft, domestic |
4 |
D |
0.316 |
0.003 |
3.336 |
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Diplorhynchus condylocarpon (Müll. Arg.) Pichon |
N |
7.294 |
0.404 |
7.698 |
* |
2 |
2 |
ST/BR |
handicraft |
1 |
D |
5.368 |
0.306 |
41.918 |
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Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merr. |
D |
0.316 |
0.006 |
3.423 |
* |
14 |
13 |
F |
food |
1 |
Julbernardia globiflora (Benth.) Troupin |
N |
3.978 |
0.088 |
4.067 |
|
6 |
4 |
B, ST/BR |
handicraft, domestic |
4 |
Millettia stuhlmanii Taub. |
N |
0.663 |
0.057 |
0.721 |
* |
12 |
10 |
F, ST/BR, UO |
handicraft, domestic |
6 |
D |
1.579 |
0.060 |
9.200 |
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Parinari curatellifolia Planch. ex Benth. |
N |
1.105 |
0.099 |
1.205 |
* |
4 |
3 |
F,S, ST/BR |
food, handicraft |
3 |
Pericopsis angolensis (Baker) Meeuwen |
N |
0.221 |
0.023 |
0.244 |
|
1 |
1 |
ST/BR |
handicraft |
1 |
D |
0.316 |
0.038 |
4.291 |
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Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh. |
N |
1.768 |
0.071 |
1.839 |
* |
11 |
8 |
F, ST/BR |
food, handicraft, domestic |
5 |
D |
0.316 |
0.057 |
4.812 |
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Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax |
N |
4.641 |
0.245 |
4.887 |
* |
3 |
3 |
ST/BR |
handicraft |
1 |
D |
4.105 |
0.603 |
43.603 |
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Pterocarpus angolensis DC. |
N |
4.420 |
0.066 |
4.487 |
|
4 |
3 |
ST/BR |
handicraft |
3 |
D |
2.842 |
8.768 |
24.967 |
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Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst. |
N |
0.663 |
0.014 |
0.677 |
* |
7 |
4 |
F |
food |
3 |
D |
0.316 |
0.290 |
11.236 |
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Strychnos innocua Delile |
N |
0.221 |
0.023 |
1.741 |
* |
29 |
29 |
F |
food |
2 |
Terminalia sericea Burch. ex DC. |
N |
0.442 |
0.088 |
0.530 |
* |
1 |
1 |
ST/BR |
handicraft |
1 |
Vangueria infausta Burch. subsp. infausta |
N |
0.442 |
0.004 |
0.446 |
* |
17 |
17 |
F |
food |
1 |
D |
0.316 |
0.047 |
4.551 |
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Vitex doniana Sweet |
N |
0.221 |
0.075 |
0.296 |
|
4 |
4 |
F |
food |
1 |
Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr. |
N |
0.221 |
0.011 |
0.232 |
* |
2 |
2 |
F |
food |
1 |
Ximenia caffra Sond. | D | 1.263 | 0.016 | 6.909 | * | 21 | 20 | F | food | 2 |
N/D = Natural (N) / Degraded (D) Miombo; D = No. of plants/1000 m2; BA = Basal Area/1000 m2; IVI = Importance Value Index; M = star marks plants cited as medicinal in Bruschi et al. [12].