Table 9.
Cultural importance index (informant based) of each species according to the different sociolinguistic groups
| Species | Sociolinguistic group | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adja | Fon | Idatcha | Ifè | Itcha | Mahi | Nago | Tchabè1 | Tchabè2 | |
| Aeollanthus pubescens | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Aframomum alboviolaceum | 1.10 | 1.35 | 0.85 | 1.50 | 1.33 | 1.20 | 1.47 | 1.25 | 1.30 |
| Aframomum angustifolium | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.81 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.60 |
| Aframomum melegueta | 0.80 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Clausena anisata | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cymbopogon giganteus | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lippia multiflora | 0.00 | 0.78 | 0.95 | 1.55 | 1.57 | 3.20 | 1.66 | 1.50 | 1.90 |
| Monodora tenuifolia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Piper guineense | 1.10 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Securidaca longipedunculata | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Thonningia sanguinea | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Uvaria chamae | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Xylopia aethiopica | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.66 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.90 |