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. 2014 Jul 23;10:59. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-59

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
Albizia antunesiana Harms
N
0.442
0.066
0.508
*
1
1
ST/BR
handicraft
1
D
0.631
0.035
5.279
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
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
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
Burkea africana Hook.
N
0.663
0.051
0.714
*
2
1
ST/BR
handicraft
2
D
1.263
0.433
22.716
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax
N
4.641
0.245
4.887
*
3
3
ST/BR
handicraft
1
D
4.105
0.603
43.603
Pterocarpus angolensis DC.
N
4.420
0.066
4.487
 
4
3
ST/BR
handicraft
3
D
2.842
8.768
24.967
Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst.
N
0.663
0.014
0.677
*
7
4
F
food
3
D
0.316
0.290
11.236
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
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].