Table 4.
Family | Species of Plant | Lifeform | Size Class of Trees | Food Part Eaten during Cofeeding | Observed Cofeeding Events |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apocynaceae | Landolphia sp. | liane | fruit | 1 | |
Calophyllaceae | Mammea africana | tree | small, medium | fruit | 2 |
Cannabaceae | Celtis tessmannii | tree | large | fruit | 1 |
Fabaceae | Angylocalyx pynaertii | tree | small, medium | fruit | 1 |
Dialium pachyphyllum | tree | small | fruit | 1 | |
Pterocarpus soyauxii | tree | small, medium, large | fruit | 1 | |
Tetrapleura tetraptera | tree | medium, large | fruit | 1 | |
Irvingiaceae | Klainedoxa gabonensis | tree | large | fruit | 4 |
Loganiaceae | Strychnos sp. | liane | fruit | 1 | |
Malvaceae | Ceiba pentandra | tree | small | fruit | 2 |
Moraceae | Antiaris toxicaria | tree | large | fruit | 1 |
Ficus burretiana | hemi-epiphyte, strangler | fig | 1 | ||
Ficus elasticoides | hemi-epiphyte, strangler | fig | 33 | ||
Ficus exasperata | hemi-epiphyte, strangler | fig | 1 | ||
Ficus recurvata | strangler | fig | 12 | ||
Ficus wildemaniana | hemi-epiphyte, strangler | fig | 2 | ||
Ficus spp. | hemi-epiphyte, strangler | fruit | 13 | ||
Treculia africana | tree | medium | seeds, fruit | 7 | |
Rubiaceae | Nauclea diderrichii | tree | medium | fruit | 1 |
Sapindaceae | Pancovia laurentii | tree | small, medium, large | fruit | 4 |
Zanha golungensis | tree | medium, large | fruit | 1 | |
Sapotaceae | Chrysophyllum lacourtianum | tree | medium, large | fruit | 4 |
Unknown | Unidentified Unidentified |
fruit flowers |
1 1 |
Cofeeding events involved at least one member of both species feeding at the same food source (e.g., in the same tree crown). Lifeform describes plant morphology of the species cofed upon by sympatric apes (see Ndolo Ebika et al., 2018 for the lifeforms of Ficus spp.). Size classes of trees are small (10-30 cm diameter at breast height, DBH), medium (30-80 cm DBH), and large (>80 cm DBH).