Fisheries in the Southern Border Zone of Takamanda - Impact ...
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156 Sunderland et al.<br />
Table 1. Major plant NTFPs from <strong>Takamanda</strong> Forest Reserve, Cameroon, and <strong>the</strong>ir contribution to household <strong>in</strong>come (from<br />
Schmidt-Soltau 2001, Sunderland 2001)<br />
Common<br />
name<br />
Scientific name<br />
Plant part<br />
used<br />
<strong>Takamanda</strong>: <strong>the</strong> Biodiversity <strong>of</strong> an African Ra<strong>in</strong>forest<br />
Use<br />
%<br />
contribution<br />
to cash<br />
Ma<strong>in</strong> market(s)<br />
Bush mango Irv<strong>in</strong>gia gabonensis Seed Condiment, soup<br />
<strong>in</strong>come<br />
58.9 Ikom, Amana (Nigeria)<br />
and I. wombolu<br />
thickener<br />
Mamfe<br />
Eru Gnetum africanum and Leaves Edible vegetable 23.3 Ikom, Amana (Nigeria)<br />
G. buccholzianum<br />
Mamfe<br />
Njansang Ric<strong>in</strong>odendron<br />
heudelotii<br />
Seed Condiment 6.6 Mbu, Nyang, Mamfe<br />
Bush pepper Piper gu<strong>in</strong>eensis Seed, leaf Condiment, leafy 2.9 Ikom, Amana (Nigeria)<br />
vegetable<br />
Mamfe<br />
Chew<strong>in</strong>g Garc<strong>in</strong>ia mannii Wood Dental hygiene 1.9 Agbokim, Ikom (Nigeria)<br />
stick<br />
Mamfe<br />
Bush onion Afrostyrax<br />
Seed Condiment<br />
1.5 Ikom, Amana (Nigeria)<br />
kamerunensis<br />
Mamfe<br />
Bitter kola Garc<strong>in</strong>ia kola Seed Stimulant,<br />
medic<strong>in</strong>al<br />
1.0 Mbu, Nyang, Mamfe<br />
Raffia Raphia hookeri Leaves Thatch<strong>in</strong>g 0.7 Local sale with<strong>in</strong> TFR<br />
Hausa stick Carpolobia lutea and<br />
C. alba<br />
Stems Cattle stick 0.4 Ikom (Nigeria)<br />
Cola nut Cola nitida Seed Stimulant, cultural 0.4 Ikom, Amana (Nigeria)<br />
Mamfe<br />
Alligator<br />
pepper<br />
Aframomum spp. Seed Medic<strong>in</strong>al 0.3 Mbu, Nyang, Mamfe<br />
Akpa Tetrapleura tetraptera Seed pod Condiment 0.1 Mamfe<br />
Njabe Baillonella toxisperma Seed Oil 0.1 Local sale, Mamfe<br />
Essok Mushroom Edible 0.1 unknown<br />
Screw p<strong>in</strong>e Pandanus<br />
candelabrum<br />
Leaves Thatch<strong>in</strong>g for mats 0.07 Local sale with<strong>in</strong> TFR<br />
Rattan Laccosperma<br />
secundiflorum<br />
L. robustum and<br />
Eremospatha<br />
macrocarpa<br />
Stems Weav<strong>in</strong>g 0.07 Local sale with<strong>in</strong> TFR<br />
Ngongo Marantaceae Leaves Weav<strong>in</strong>g, wrapp<strong>in</strong>g 0.06 Local sale with<strong>in</strong> TFR<br />
Bush plum Dacryodes edulis Fruits Edible 0.06 Local sale with<strong>in</strong> TFR<br />
Poga Poga oleosa Seed Edible 0.06 Local sale with<strong>in</strong> TFR