Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Sterculia setigera Del. in the Sudanian Zone of Togo (West Africa)

Table 5

Importance of plant use indices of S. setigera among Moba ethnic group of Sudanian area, Togo.

Plant parts	RUplantpart	PPV	Specific reported uses	SU	IUV
Wood	33	0.26	Elephantiasis	2	0.06
			Pimple	2	0.06
			Firewood	3	0.09
			Mask	4	0.12
			Magicmystic	22	0.37
Pulp	8	0.06	Paint	8	1.00
Bark	45	0.35	Heart trouble	5	0.11
			Increase blood in the body	1	0.02
			Cough	12	0.27
			Shingles	8	0.18
			Diarrhea	1	0.02
			Menstruation	1	0.02
			Sauce	8	0.18
			Magicomystic	9	0.20
Seed	12	0.09	Zona	12	1.00
Leaf	8	0.06	Poultry incubation	2	0.25
			Against dust mite	2	0.25
			Rachitis	4	0.50
Gum	13	0.10	Heart trouble	4	0.31
			Dysentery	8	0.61
			Paint	1	0.08
Root	9	0.07	Zona	8	0.89
			Wound	1	0.11
RU	128

RU_plantpart: plant part reported use; RU: reported use; PPV: plant part value; SU: specific use; IUV: interspecific use-value.