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Table 2 Importance value index (IVI) of the top ten woody species in three land uses and two agroecologies in Chilga District, northwestern Ethiopia

From: Underutilized wild edible plants in the Chilga District, northwestern Ethiopia: focus on wild woody plants

 

LLA

MLA

 

Scientific name

NF

R

FL

NF

R

FL

Average

Anogeissus leiocarrpa

39.88 b

39.51 b

17.25

32.80 a

16.66 c

13.68

26.63 a

Syzygium guineense

-

0.95

-

28.72 b

86.63 a

32.99 c

24.88 b

Focus sycomorus

22.73

8.19

15.01

7.92

7.72

42.22 b

17.30

Diospyros abyssinica

3.22

80.93 a

8.81

2.11

8.41

1.07

17.31

Flueggea virosa

35.80 c

12.85

32.31 b

3.74

-

1.03

14.29

Terminalia laxiflora

42.26 a

1.77

25.94 c

8.71

1.77

5.10

13.96

Croton macrostachus

-

-

4.91

18.00 c

11.13

47.83 a

13.64

Maytenus arbutifolia

2.28

13.27

1.41

14.48

23.94 b

25.86

13.54

Acacia polyachanta

21.56

15.31

39.45 a

-

-

-

12.72

Acalypha sp.

1.51

21.84 c

-

13.06

3.83

3.19

7.24

Others

130.76

105.38

154.91

170.46

139.91

127.03

138.49

  1. LLA, lowland agroecology; MLA, midland agroecology; NF, natural forest; R, riverine forest; FL, farmland; Bold numbers with superscripts of a, b and c in each column are top three IVI values from highest to lowest order.