Table 5.
List of 10 species representing ≥50% citations of women and men, respectively (%) and highest number of use-reports (UR), with their habitat (H), Habitat: S = savanna, F = forest, V = village; *neophyte
Species mentioned mainly by women | UR | % | H | Species mentioned mainly by men | UR | % | H |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aframomum alboviolaceum | 15 | 54 | S | Annona stenophylla subsp. cuneata | 32 | 91 | S |
Dialium englerianum | 8 | 50 | S | Hymenocardia acida | 28 | 70 | S |
Jatropha curcas* | 7 | 64 | V | Securidaca longipedunculata | 26 | 90 | S |
Combretum psidioides | 6 | 86 | S | Sarcocephalus latifolius | 25 | 78 | S |
Ekebergia benguelensis | 6 | 67 | S | Monodora myristica | 24 | 80 | F |
Stachytarpheta cayennensis* | 6 | 67 | V | Vitex madiensis | 23 | 66 | S |
Gaertnera paniculata | 5 | 100 | F | Chromolaena odorata* | 22 | 88 | S |
Cola acuminata | 5 | 63 | F | Psorospermum febrifugum | 22 | 85 | S |
Zingiber officinale* | 4 | 100 | V | Bridelia ferruginea | 21 | 84 | S |
Strychnos pungens | 4 | 80 | S | Morinda lucida | 21 | 91 | S, F |