Analysis of Structure and Diversity of the Kilengwe Forest in the Morogoro Region, Tanzania

Table 1

Family Importance Index Values for the studied plots in the Kilengwe Forest (RDi: relative diversity, RDe: relative density, RDo: relative dominance, and FIV: Family Importance Value).

Family	RDi	RDe	RDo	FIV
Fabaceae	31.3	37.2	47.2	115.7
Moraceae	7.5	6.0	7.5	21.0
Sterculiaceae	6.0	6.5	5.8	18.3
Bignoniaceae	4.5	5.5	3.5	13.5
Sapotaceae	4.5	5.0	3.8	13.3
Combretaceae	4.5	3.5	2.9	10.9
Loganiaceae	3.0	3.5	2.9	9.4
Annonaceae	3.0	3.5	2.7	9.2
Euphorbiaceae	3.0	2.0	3.1	8.1
Clusiaceae	3.0	1.5	3.2	7.7
Araliaceae	3.0	2.0	1.8	6.8
Boraginaceae	1.5	2.5	2.8	6.8
Burseraceae	3.0	1.5	1.2	5.7
Rubiaceae	3.0	1.5	0.9	5.4
Verbenaceae	1.5	2.5	1.3	5.3
Anacardiaceae	1.5	2.5	1.1	5.1
Ebenaceae	1.5	2.5	1.1	5.1
Sapindaceae	1.5	2.0	1.4	4.9
Ulmaceae	1.5	2.0	1.2	4.7
Apocynaceae	3.0	1.0	0.4	4.4
Meliaceae	1.5	1.0	1.6	4.1
Salicaceae	1.5	1.5	1.0	4.0
Tiliaceae	1.5	1.0	0.7	3.2
Rhizophoraceae	1.5	1.0	0.4	2.9
Simaroubaceae	1.5	0.5	0.3	2.3
Phyllanthaceae	1.5	0.5	0.2	2.2
Total	100	100	100	300