Table 2. Cultivated plant species in each stratum of diversified plantain-based agroecosystems.

Stratum refers to the location of the plant canopy relative to the soil surface.

Stratum	Cultivated plant species
Low	Arachis hypogaea L. (groundnut), Xanthosoma sagittifolium (Schott) (macabo), Colocasia esculenta L. (taro), Dioscorea spp. (yam), Capsicum anuum L. (hot pepper), Solanum macrocarpon L. (garden egg), Corchorus spp. (crin-crin), Ananas comosus L. (pineapple), Amaranthus spp., Solanum lycopersicum L. (tomato), Abelmoschus esculentus (Medik) (gombo), Vigna unguiculata L. (cowpea), Ipomoea batatas L. (sweet potato), Zea mays L. (maize)
Intermediate	Carica papaya L. (papaya), Manihotesculenta (Crantz) (cassava), Vernonia spp., Gnetum africanum (eru), Triumphetta pentadra (Rich.)
High	Elais guineensis (Jacq.) (oil palm), Coffea Arabica L. (coffee), Theobroma cacao L. (cocoa), Cola acuminata (Schotte & Endl.) (cola), Dacryodes edulis Lam (safou), Persea americana (Mill.) (avocado), Psidium guajava L. (guava), Mangifera indica L. (mango)
Musa	Musa AAA (banana), Musa AAB (plantain)