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Table 16.5 (cont.)
Nos.
Ghana
Guinea
64
Afzelia africana
Cissus aralidoides
65
Amaranthus
sp.
Cissus doeringii
66
Biophytum petersianum
Cola cordifolia
67
Cathormion altissimum
Combretum ghasalens
68
Clerodendron
sp.
Cussonia
sp.
69
Combretum
spp.
Desmodium adscendens
70
Crinum
sp.
Dioscorea preussi
71
Cyathula
sp.
Ficus
sp.
72
Dioscorea
sp.
Indet
(
baa
in vernacular)
73
Ehretia cymosa
Malnikara multinerus
74
Euphorbia
sp.
Pavetta oblongifolia
75
Evovolus
sp.
Psychotria rupifilis
76
Gmelina arborea
Saba senegalensis
77
Indet
-1
Strychnos densiflora
78
Indet
-2
Tephrosia
sp.
79
Indet
-3
Trichilia emertica
80
Indet
-4
Vernonia
sp.
81
Indet
-5
Vitex doniana
82
Indet
-6
Ximmenia americana
83
Indet
-7
84
Indet
-8
85
Indet
-9
86
Indigofera hirsute
87
Khaya senegalensis
88
Kyllinga
sp.
89
Lannea acida
90
Lippia
sp.
91
Mitragyna enermis
92
Panicum
sp.
93
Paullinia pinnata
94
Rubiaceae indet
95
Salacia
sp.
96
Securinega virosa
97
Sida acuta
98
Spathodea campanulata
99
Sporobolus pyramidalis
100
Tectona grandis
101
Tephrosia
sp.
102
Terminalia glauscens
103
Thonningia sanguina
Abundance diversity and Shannon-Wiener index
Generally, there was no significant difference in the abundance diversities of the
species (Figure 16.5). This is evident in the proportional diversity by Shannon-Wiener
index for the sampled plots. The indices were 2.88 for Ghana and 2.87 for Guinea.
