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Species<br />

Frequency per <strong>land</strong> <strong>cover</strong> type Uses<br />

Forest Agr<strong>of</strong>orest<br />

Stachytapheta jamaicensis - 1 -<br />

Tabernaemontana pachysiphon 12 - -<br />

Tricalysia pallens 1 - -<br />

Trilepisium madagascariensis 1 - -<br />

Vepris simplicifolia 1 - -<br />

Fallow <strong>land</strong> (40%) &<br />

Agr<strong>of</strong>orest (10%) &<br />

Monoculture (50%)<br />

Vernonia myriantha - 5 - -<br />

12<br />

Leaves used to<br />

cure fever<br />

In Kwatango, 81 plant species were recorded (table 9). The list <strong>in</strong>cluded an endemic tree species, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Cynometra engleri which was found only <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> forest. The valuable timber tree species <strong>in</strong>cluded Milicia<br />

excelsa and Pterocarpus t<strong>in</strong>ctorius. Milicia excelsa was found <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> fallow <strong>land</strong> and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> areas where mixed<br />

farm<strong>in</strong>g was practiced. Pterocarpus t<strong>in</strong>ctorius was found <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> forest.<br />

Table 9. List <strong>of</strong> species recorded <strong>in</strong> <strong>different</strong> <strong>land</strong> <strong>cover</strong> <strong>types</strong> <strong>in</strong> Kwatango village.<br />

Species Frequency per <strong>land</strong> <strong>cover</strong> type<br />

Forest Agr<strong>of</strong>orest Fallow<br />

<strong>land</strong><br />

Plantation Mixed<br />

farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Acalypha neptunica 20 - - - -<br />

Uses<br />

Acalypha volkensii - - 31 - - Not used<br />

Agelaea sp 1 - - - -<br />

Albizia adianthifolia 1 - - - -<br />

Albizia schimperiana - - 6 - - Timber<br />

Albizia sp - - - 4 1 Not used<br />

Alchornia hirtella 5 - - - -<br />

Allophylus pervillei - - - - 2<br />

Annona senegalensis - - - 1 -<br />

Annona sp - - 1 - -<br />

Antiaris toxicaria - - 4 - - Fuelwood<br />

Blighia unjugata - - 1 - -<br />

Bosqueiopsis gilletii 8 - - - -<br />

Bothriocl<strong>in</strong>e sp - 1 - - 8<br />

Bosqueopsis gilettii 1 - - - -<br />

Bridelia micrantha - 4 - - -<br />

Carpodiptera africana - - - 6 - Fuelwood<br />

Ceiba pertandra - - 2 - -<br />

Citrus s<strong>in</strong>ensis - 2 - - -<br />

Cola clavata 10 - - - -<br />

Commiphora Africana - - - 2 -<br />

Conyza sp - 38 - - 16 Not used

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