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Important value index of abusively harvested plants in Kom-Mengame forest conservation Complex. Medium-sized important tree species are: Pteleopsis hylodendron (3,967), Mitragyna stipulosa (3,017), Panda oleosa (2,624), Gambeya lacourtiana (2,062), Tetrapleura tetraptera (2,017), Celtis mildbraedii (1,994), Diospyros crassiflora (1,982), Trichoscypha acuminata (1,985), Celtis adolfi-friderici (1,979), Eribroma oblongum (1,954), Calpocalyx dinklagei ( 1,941), Ceiba pentandra (1,914), Lannea welwitschii (1,858), Dalium spp (1,863) and Amphimax pterocarpoides (1,491) and Parinari excelsa (1,126). Less important species are: Symphonia globulifera (0,933), Morinda lucida (0,168), Mostuea batesii (0,126), Manotes pruinosa (0,126) and Sapium ellipticum (0,126). Very less important plant species are; Harunga madagascariensis (0,095), Ficus conraui (0,030),
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The natural availability of medicinal plants depends on their habitats, the type of forests, their degree of exploitation and their medicinal value for riparian population and local markets. Animals like elephants destroyed forests and transformed them in grassy areas, sometimes with scattered trees, in tropical or subtropical forests. These activi...
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... plants are presented in Fig. 3. The number in brackets represents the value of the important value index which gives the importance of the plant species in the reserve. The quantitative ecological study of these plant species demonstrated the ...
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... most important tree species: Petersianthus macrocarpus (7,142), following by Pycnanthus angolensis (6,791), Desbordesia glauscescens (5,655), Distemonanthus benthamianus (5,077) and Myrianthus arboreus 4,371) (Fig 3 and 4). ...
